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Raul Arias Espinoza Airport () is a domestic airport serving
Contadora Island, in
Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...
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Pearl Islands
The Pearl Islands (Spanish: Archipiélago de las Perlas or Islas de las Perlas) is a group of 200 or more islands and islets (many tiny and uninhabited) lying about off the Pacific coast of Panama in the Gulf of Panama.
Islands
The most no ...
archipelago
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands. An archipelago may be in an ocean, a sea, or a smaller body of water. Example archipelagos include the Aegean Islands (the o ...
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The runway crosses the width of the island. Approaches to either end are over the water. There is a tight parking apron on the north end.
The Taboga Island
VOR-DME
In radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its Bearing (navigation), bearing to or from the beacon, while the D ...
(Ident: TBG) is located west-northwest of the airport. The Tocumen
VOR-DME
In radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its Bearing (navigation), bearing to or from the beacon, while the D ...
(Ident: TUM) is located northwest of the airport.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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Transport in Panama
Transport in Panama covers a vast network of routes predominantly traversed by cargo trucks and buses. The country's railway system, known as the Panama Canal Railway, facilitates the transportation of both passengers and goods. With a total of ...
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List of airports in Panama
This is a list of airports in Panama, sorted by location.
International and domestic airports included.
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Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
Panama City Tocumen airpor ...
References
External links
OpenStreetMap - Contadora IslandOurAirports - Contadora Airport
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ASN - Runway excursion
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Airports in Panama