Fernando Eleta Airport

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Fernando Eleta Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Isla Pedro Gonzalez, Panama
Elevation  AMSL 311 ft / 95 m
Coordinates 8°24′40″N79°06′40″W / 8.41111°N 79.11111°W / 8.41111; -79.11111 Coordinates: 8°24′40″N79°06′40″W / 8.41111°N 79.11111°W / 8.41111; -79.11111
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MPFE
Location of the airport in Panama
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
01/191,0003,281Asphalt
Sources: Aviapages [1] Bing Maps [2]

Fernando Eleta Airport( ICAO : MPFE) is an airport serving the village of Pedro de Cocal on Isla Pedro Gonzalez, one of the Pearl Islands of Panama.

ICAO airport code four-letter code designating many airports around the world

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Pedro González is one of the Pearl Islands of Panama. It is a corregimiento in Balboa District, Panamá Province with a population of 263 as of 2010, mostly in the village of Pedro de Cocal. Its population as of 1990 was 440; its population as of 2000 was 247.

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The Taboga Island VOR-DME (Ident: TBG) is located 35.0 nautical miles (65 km) northwest of the airport. [3]

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References

  1. Fernando Eleta Airport - Aviapages
  2. Bing Maps - Fernando Eleta Airport
  3. "Taboga Island VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 12 November 2018.