Chame Airport
Airport in Panama
MP24
Location in Panama
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
|---|---|---|---|
| m | ft | ||
| 18/36 | 1,200 | 3,937 | Asphalt |
Chame Airport (LID: MP24) is an airport serving Chame District, a district in the Panamá Oeste Province of Panama.
The airport is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) inland from the Gulf of Panama. There is distant rising terrain to the north.
The Taboga Island non-directional beacon (Ident: TBG) and VOR-DME (Ident: TBG) are 22.9 nautical miles (42.4 km) east-northeast of the airport.[4][5]
History
During World War II the facility was used as an auxiliary military airfield (Chame Airdrome, Chame Airfield #1) of Howard Field as part of the defense of the Panama Canal. Assigned units were the USAAF 53d Fighter Group, 14th Fighter Squadron (2 January-24 November 1942) and 28th Fighter Squadron (10 November 1942 – 25 September 1945) flying P-39 Airacobras, AT-6, BT-13, and UC-78s.[6][7]
See also
- Transport in Panama
- List of airports in Panama
References
- ^ "Airport information for Chame Airport". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. - ^ Airport information for Chame Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Chame - Google Maps
- ^ Taboga Island NDB
- ^ Taboga Island VOR
- ^ Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4 WWII Combat Units
- ^ Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
External links
- OpenStreetMap - Chame
- OurAirports - Chame
- FallingRain - Chame Airport
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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