Information of Howard Air Force Base

• Location & QuickFacts
• Airport Communications
• Runway Information
• Remarks

Location & QuickFacts

Airport ICAO Code:	MPHO
Airport IATA Code:	BLB
Airport Type:	A - Civil
Longitude/Latitude:	W 079° 35' 58.68"/N 08° 54' 53.26" -79.599633/8.914794
Elevation:	52 ft / 15.85 m
Location:	Balboa, Panama
Magnetic Variation:	W 2°57.6' (2008-04)
Time Zone:	UTC-5

Airport Communications

Type	Name	Freq 1	Freq 2	Freq 3	Freq 4	Freq 5
Ground Control	GND	121.1 M
Tower	TWR	118.9 M

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimension:	8500 x 148 ft / 2590.8 x 45.1 m
Surface:	Asphalt, asphaltic concrete, tar macadam, or bitumen bound macadam.

	Runway 18	Runway 36
Longitude:	-79.599633 / W 079° 35' 58.68"	-79.599633 / W 079° 35' 58.68"
Latitude:	8.926511 / N 08° 55' 35.44"	8.903081 / N 08° 54' 11.09"
End Elevation:	51.0 ft	17.0 ft
Alignment:	182.0	002.0
Slope:	-0.4	0.4
Touchdown Zone Elev.:	51.0	27.0
Lighting System 1:		ALSF-1

Remarks

Operating Hours - Opr 1300-0100Z.