# Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (BOC / MPBO)

**Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport** (IATA: BOC, ICAO: MPBO) is a medium airport in Isla Colón, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. It has one runway, 1,500 m (4,921 ft) long, asphalt. In 2015 it handled 80 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpbo

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BOC / MPBO
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Isla Colón, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama
- Elevation: 3 m / 10 ft
- Coordinates: 9.3408, -82.2508
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,500 m / 4,921 ft
- Passengers: 80,378 (2015)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Panama
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ezequiel_Hall_International_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q583587
- Weather station: MPBO
- Ident: MPBO

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | 26 m / 85 ft | Asphalt | 087° / 267° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 63,325 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 59,091 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 72,340 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 60,292 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 80,378 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 80,378 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [LIO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrlm.md) Limón International Airport · Costa Rica · 109 km / 68 mi · SANSA
- [SJO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mroc.md) Juan Santamaría International Airport · Costa Rica · 227 km / 141 mi · SANSA
- [PAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpmg.md) Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport · Panama · 299 km / 186 mi · Air Panama, Flytrip

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BOC, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- RZ [SANSA](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sansa) · 2
- 7P [Air Panama](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-panama) · 1
- [Flytrip](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flytrip) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 80K (2015) | #1,899 of 3,974 | #423 in North America | #5 in PA |
| Longest runway | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | =6,995 of 29,858 | =2,732 in North America | =8 in PA |
| Elevation | 3 m / 10 ft | =42,364 of 43,403 | =19,077 in North America | =66 in PA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2 in PA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACC | PANAMA CON | 133.000 |
| FSS | PANAMA RDO | 135.200 |
| RDO | RDO | 123.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [CHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpch.md) Changuinola Captain Manuel Niño International Airport · 32 km / 20 mi
- [DAV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpda.md) Enrique Malek International Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [LIO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrlm.md) Limón International Airport · 109 km / 68 mi
- [OTR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrcc.md) Coto 47 Airport · 114 km / 71 mi
- [BAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrba.md) Buenos Aires Airport · 120 km / 75 mi
- [GLF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrgf.md) Golfito Airport · 128 km / 79 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “José Ezequiel Hall International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=José_Ezequiel_Hall_International_Airport&oldid=1363046357), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpbo/data