Puerto Obaldia Airport Explained

Puerto Obaldia Airport
Iata:PUE
Icao:MPOA
City-Served:Puerto Obaldia, Panama
Elevation-F:20
Coordinates:8.6694°N -77.4175°W
Pushpin Map:Panama
Pushpin Label:PUE
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Panama
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-M:690
R1-Surface:Concrete
Metric-Rwy:y
Footnotes:Source: SkyVector[1] Bing Maps[2]

Puerto Obaldia Airport is an airport serving Puerto Obaldía, a Caribbean coastal town in the Guna Yala comarca (indigenous province) of Panama.

Between 2008 and 2010, the deteriorated NW/SE runway was replaced with a longer, wider concrete runway 17/35.[3] [4] [5]

The runway runs uphill from the sea. Mountainous terrain immediately south and east requires approach and departure be made over the water.

The La Palma VOR (Ident: PML) is located 45.7nmi west-southwest of the airport.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Puerto Obaldia Airport . SkyVector . 12 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Puerto Obaldia Airport . Bing Maps . Microsoft . 12 December 2018.
  3. https://www.panoramio.com/photo_explorer#view=photo&position=396&with_photo_id=103933916&order=date_desc&user=8162757 December 2010 image
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZie6ElH8hk 2008 old runway landing
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grfvos3Z0Sg 2011 new runway landing
  6. Web site: La Palma VOR . Our Airports . 12 December 2018.