AirportsPanamá Pacífico International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Panamá City, in Panamá Oeste Province, Panama. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BLB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BLB
- ICAO code
- MPPA
- City
- Panamá City
- State or region
- Panamá Oeste Province
- Country
- Panama
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 8.9148° N, 79.5996° W
- Elevation
- 16 m (52 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,591 m (8,500 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BLB means Panamá Pacífico International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: MPPA. ICAO codes that begin with M belong to Mexico and Central America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 8.9148° N, 79.5996° W. It stands 16 metres (52 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Panama, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Panamá Pacífico International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,591 metres (8,500 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 11 airports of Panama on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 4.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,591 m 8,500 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Marcos A. Gelabert International AirportAlbrook | PAC | 8 km |
| Tocumen International AirportTocumen | PTY | 29 km |
| Enrique Adolfo Jimenez AirportColón | ONX | 57 km |
| Raul Arias Espinoza AirportContadora Island | OTD | 70 km |
| Scarlett Martinez International AirportRío Hato | RIH | 83 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 15,155 km | 18 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,679 km | 19 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,836 km | 17 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,482 km | 10 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,574 km | 4 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,839 km | 6 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 18,806 km | 23 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,575 km | 16 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,145 km | 17 h 35 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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