Panama Airport
| Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | MPTO |
| IATA code | PTY |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 41 m (135 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 24 km east of Panama City |
| Basic data | |
| opening | June 1, 1947 |
| operator | Aeropuerto Internacional Tocumen, SA |
| Passengers | 15.616 million (2017) |
| Air freight | 174,098 t (2017) |
| Flight movements |
145,914 (2017) |
| Runways | |
| 03R / 21L | 3050 m × 45 m concrete |
| 03L / 21R | 2682 m × 45 m asphalt |
| website | |
| tocumenpanama.aero | |
The Panama ( Spanish Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen , IATA code : PTY , ICAO code : MPTO ) is an international airport in Tocumen , about 24 km east of the capital, Panama City . The international airport Panama City in Tocumen is considered to be a regionally significant transfer option and serves primarily as an aviation hub for the Panamanian airline Copa Airlines .
Between 1980 and 1989 it was called Omar Torrijos International Airport. It has a concrete runway and an asphalt runway . The airport operator is Tocumen SA
The airport was opened on June 1, 1947 by the then incumbent President Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Brin and the first flights were carried out after the building was completed.
expansion
Phase I with an investment volume of approx. US $ 21 million has fully concluded the expansion of the terminal area with new passenger boarding bridges, terminal infrastructure and sales areas in the terminal area.
Also completed Phase II . It describes the construction of twelve completely new parking positions for large aircraft ( Muelle Norte ), thereby enabling the handling of the Airbus A380 , expansion of the total passenger capacity per year from previously five to now ten million passengers, with an investment volume of approx. 60 million US $.
Phase III describes the largest sub-project of the expansion, the creation of a completely new terminal ( Terminal Sur , T2) with 20 more passenger boarding bridges, as well as the construction of a third runway and the diversion of the Rio Tocumen river . The investment volume is approx. US $ 800 million. This construction phase is currently being implemented (since 2012), the executive consortium led by the Brazilian company Odebrecht . In the end, up to 20 million passengers can be handled each year.
The Phase IV and V will follow between 2015 and 2020, respectively, from 2025 to 2030.
Traffic figures
| Year of operation | Passenger volume | Air freight [ t ] | Flight movements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,844,561 | 110,950 | 93.710 |
| 2013 | 6,962,608 | 116,332 | 110.206 |
| 2014 | 12,782,167 | 110,789 | 121,777 |
| 2015 | 13,434,673 | 96.902 | 137.021 |
| 2016 | 14,741,937 | 110.364 | 140.314 |
Web links
- Tocumen International Airport Website (Spanish, English)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historia . tocumenpanama.aero, accessed January 8, 2017 (Spanish).
- ↑ Panama Tocumen Fase II . tecniberia.es. Accessed January 10, 2017 (Spanish)
- ↑ Conconcreto alza vuelo en Panamá . elcolombiano.com. Accessed January 10, 2017 (Spanish)
- ↑ La tercera ampliacion de Tocumen . prensa.com. From September 13, 2015 (Spanish)
- ↑ Presentation of the expansion phases until 2030 . forumdeperiodistas.org. Retrieved January 10, 2017 (Spanish)
- ↑ Reports Estadístico Aeroportuario 2012: [1] (as of January 2013)
- ↑ Reports Estadístico Aeroportuario 2013: Archive link ( Memento from January 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (Status: January 2014)
- ↑ Reports Estadístico Aeroportuario 2014: Archive link ( Memento from January 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (Status: January 2015)
- ↑ Reports Estadístico Aeroportuario 2015: Archive link ( Memento from November 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Status: January 2016)
- ↑ Reports Estadístico Aeroportuario 2016 (as of January 2019)