Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport

Airport
BOC is located in Panama
BOC
BOC
Location in Panama
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 1,500 4,921 Asphalt
Sources: CAA[1] WAD[2] GCM[3]

Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón") (IATA: BOC, ICAO: MPBO) is a public airport located 1.5 kilometres (1 mi) northwest of the center of Bocas del Toro, a town on Isla Colón (Colón Island) in the Bocas del Toro Province of Panama.[1] The facility is also called José Ezequiel Hall International Airport.[4]

The airport operates from 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM daily.[1] It has a control tower and runway lights.[1] The single runway is aligned in an east–west direction.[2] The airport can accommodate business jets such as Bombardier Global Express, Gulfstreams, Dassault Falcon. The biggest scheduled plane is Air Panama Fokker 50. International arrivals must clear Panamanian customs at the airport.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Panama[5] Panama City–Albrook

Weather

Bocas del Toro is a tropical coastal destination. The climate is hot and humid. Unlike most of Panama, Bocas does not have a clear wet and dry season. Thunderstorms occur year-round, which will delay flights. Bocas receives large amounts of precipitation.

Climate data for Bocas del Toro, Panama
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 87
(31) 		89
(32) 		90
(32) 		89
(32) 		86
(30) 		85
(29) 		84
(29) 		84
(29) 		84
(29) 		83
(28) 		83
(28) 		84
(29) 		86
(30)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 71
(22) 		73
(23) 		74
(23) 		75
(24) 		74
(23) 		73
(23) 		73
(23) 		73
(23) 		73
(23) 		72
(22) 		72
(22) 		72
(22) 		73
(23)
Source: Weather Underground[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d (in Spanish) Aeropuerto Internacional de Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón", Autoridad Aeronáutica Civil. (Retrieved: 24 May 2009)
  2. ^ a b "Airport information for MPBO". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  3. ^ Airport information for Bocas del Toro Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ^ "MPBO: Jose Ezequiel Hall International Airport". SkyVector. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  5. ^ Air Panama Flights & Tickets Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved: 24 May 2009.
  6. ^ "Bocas del Toro". Weather Underground. Retrieved 29 May 2009.

External links

  • BocasDelToro.com Archived 26 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine OFFICIAL WEBSITE - Everything about Bocas del Toro
  • Accident history for BOC at Aviation Safety Network
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