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

The airport is inland from the Gulf of Panama. There is distant rising terrain to the north.

Chame Airport

The Taboga Island non-directional beacon (Ident: TBG) and VOR-DME (Ident: TBG) are east-northeast of the airport.

Chame Airport

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.

Chame Airport

See also

Transport in Panama

List of airports in Panama

References

External links

OpenStreetMap - Chame

OurAirports - Chame

FallingRain - Chame Airport

Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Panama

Airports in Panama