Chame Airport

Chame Airport (LID: MP24) is an airport serving Chame District, a district in the Panamá Oeste Province of Panama.

Chame Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationPanama
Elevation AMSL141 ft / 43 m
Coordinates8°35′20″N 79°53′23″W
Map
MP24
Location in Panama
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 1,200 3,937 Asphalt
Sources: WAD[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]

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

References
  1. Airport information for Chame Airport at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
  2. Airport information for Chame Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. Chame - Google Maps
  4. Taboga Island NDB
  5. Taboga Island VOR
  6. 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
  7. 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.


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