Punta Patiño Airport

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Punta Patiño Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Punta Patiño, Panama
Elevation  AMSL 30 ft / 9 m
Coordinates 8°15′10″N78°16′45″W / 8.25278°N 78.27917°W / 8.25278; -78.27917 Coordinates: 8°15′10″N78°16′45″W / 8.25278°N 78.27917°W / 8.25278; -78.27917
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Punta Patiño
Location of the airport in Panama
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Direction LengthSurface
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05/231,0603,478Grass
Sources: Bing Maps [1]

Punta Patiño Airport is an airstrip serving the Punta Patiño nature reserve in the Darién Province of Panama. The runway follows along the shoreline of the Bay of San Miguel. [1]

Punta Patiño is a nature reserve area in Panama. The 65,025 acre preserve is owned by conservation group ANCON. The area is on the List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance.

Darién Province Province in Panama

Darién is a province in Panama whose capital city is La Palma. With an area of 11,896.5 km2 (4,593.3 sq mi), it is located at the eastern end of the country and bordered to the north by the province of Panamá and the region of Kuna Yala. To the south, it is bordered by the Pacific Ocean and Colombia. To the east, it borders Colombia; to the west, it borders the Pacific Ocean and the province of Panama.

Panama Republic in Central America

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Central America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half the country's 4 million people.

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Air Panama offers charter service to Punta Patiño. [2]

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Transport in Panama is fairly well developed. The majority of the trips are done by car while a great part in public transport. The public transportation system is in need of modernization and other improvements.

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