• Second 11000 feet runway constructed to accommodate M-A heavy lift aircraft.
• New runway is equipped with full ILS/DME for IFR flying conditions.
• Engine run up apron is available for aircraft ground testing.
• New Aprons and Taxiways built to access new Hangars and Terminal.
• Additional VOR and NDB stations commissioned for flight testing requirments.

Panama Area Geography

Panama offers very challenging flying conditions for both VFR as well as IFR situations. A central spine of mountain ranges extends almost the entire length of Panama, dividing the country into Atlantic- and Pacific-facing slopes. The two principal mountain ranges, the Tabasará Mountains in the west and the Cordillera de San Blas in the east, are separated near the centre of the country by a saddle of lower land. This depression (the Panama Canal site) divides the country again--roughly into western and eastern halves. Of the four quadrants thus formed, the southwestern is the most important: with the canal area itself it accounts for most of Panama's population and commerce. The country's highest peak is an inactive volcano, Barú; (Chiriquí; 11,401 feet [3,475 meters]).

Weather Conditions

Panama has mostly a tropical, rainy climate, with warm days and cool nights throughout the year. Only the savanna area situated on the Pacific coast experiences a marked dry season for part of the year. The annual average temperature on both coasts is about 80° F (27° C), and it ranges from 50° to 66° F (10° to 19° C) in the mountains. The period of heaviest rainfall is from May to December. Rainfall averages between 60 and 140 inches (1,500 and 3,500 mm) a year on the Caribbean coast and between 45 and 90 inches (1,140 and 2,290 mm) on the Pacific coast.

Panama Canal

The Panama Canal, built by the United States and operated since its opening in 1914, has made Panama an international shipping and trade centre. Spanish CANAL DE PANAMÁ, canal of the lake-and-lock type connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the narrow Isthmus of Panama in Central America. Its length from deep water in the Atlantic to deep water in the Pacific is about 51 miles (82 km). It is one of the two most strategic artificial waterways in the world, the other being the Suez Canal; ships sailing between the east and west coasts of the United States, for example, can shorten their voyage by about 8,000 nautical miles by using the Panama Canal instead of rounding Cape Horn.

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