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Chame Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none LID: MP24
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; -79.88972
Map
MP24Location in Panama
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 1,200 3,937 Asphalt
Sources: WAD GCM Google Maps

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.

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.

See also

• Transport in Panama
• List of airports in Panama

References

1. "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.
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) . 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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