Chame Airport

Chame Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Location Panama
Elevation AMSL 141 ft / 43 m
Coordinates 8°35′20″N 79°53′23″W / 8.58889°N 79.88972°W / 8.58889; -79.88972Coordinates: 8°35′20″N 79°53′23″W / 8.58889°N 79.88972°W / 8.58889; -79.88972
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]

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

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.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.


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