Raul Arias Espinoza Airport is a small airport serving Contadora Island, in Panamá Province, Panama. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is OTD.
Key facts
- IATA code
- OTD
- ICAO code
- MPRA
- City
- Contadora Island
- State or region
- Panamá Province
- Country
- Panama
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 8.6288° N, 79.0347° W
- Elevation
- 13 m (43 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 700 m (2,297 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, OTD means Raul Arias Espinoza Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: MPRA. 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 8.6288° N, 79.0347° W. It stands 13 metres (43 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Panama City, about 67 km away in a straight line.
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
Raul Arias Espinoza Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 700 metres (2,297 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 11 airports of Panama on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 11.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 700 m 2,297 ft | 15 m | Hard | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tocumen International AirportTocumen | PTY | 62 km |
| Marcos A. Gelabert International AirportAlbrook | PAC | 69 km |
| Panamá Pacífico International AirportPanamá City | BLB | 70 km |
| Enrique Adolfo Jimenez AirportColón | ONX | 122 km |
| Scarlett Martinez International AirportRío Hato | RIH | 123 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 15,151 km | 18 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,658 km | 19 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,808 km | 17 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,468 km | 10 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,597 km | 4 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,907 km | 6 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 18,856 km | 23 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,638 km | 16 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,176 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
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.