Chame Airport (LID: MP24) is an airport serving  Chame District, a district in the Panamá Oeste Province of Panama.

The airport is  inland from the Gulf of Panama. There is distant rising terrain to the north.

The Taboga Island non-directional beacon (Ident: TBG) and VOR-DME (Ident: TBG) are  east-northeast of the airport.

History
During World War II the facility was used as an auxiliary military airfield (Chame Airdrome, Chame Airfield #1) of Howard Field as part of the defense of the Panama Canal. Assigned units were the USAAF 53d Fighter Group, 14th Fighter Squadron (2 January-24 November 1942) and 28th Fighter Squadron (10 November 1942 – 25 September 1945) flying P-39 Airacobras, AT-6, BT-13, and UC-78s.

See also
Transport in Panama
List of airports in Panama

References

External links
OpenStreetMap - Chame
OurAirports - Chame
FallingRain - Chame Airport

Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Panama
Airports in Panama