# Changuinola Captain Manuel Niño International Airport (CHX / MPCH)

**Changuinola Captain Manuel Niño International Airport** (IATA: CHX, ICAO: MPCH) is a medium airport in Changuinola, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. It has one runway, 1,100 m (3,609 ft) long, asphalt. In 2015 it handled 19 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CHX / MPCH
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Changuinola, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama
- Elevation: 6 m / 19 ft
- Coordinates: 9.4590, -82.5151
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,100 m / 3,609 ft
- Passengers: 18,664 (2015)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Panama
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capit%C3%A1n_Manuel_Ni%C3%B1o_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1837152
- Weather station: MPCH
- Ident: MPCH

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,100 m / 3,609 ft | 25 m / 82 ft | Asphalt | 032° / 212° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 19,010 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 15,842 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 18,664 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 18,664 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [PAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpmg.md) Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport · Panama · 329 km / 204 mi · Air Panama

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 7P [Air Panama](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-panama) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 19K (2015) | #2,466 of 3,974 | #578 in North America | #7 in PA |
| Longest runway | 1,100 m / 3,609 ft | =11,801 of 29,858 | =4,739 in North America | #16 in PA |
| Elevation | 6 m / 19 ft | =41,533 of 43,403 | =18,731 in North America | #57 in PA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2 in PA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| RDO | BOCAS RDO | 123.700 |
| TWR | CHANGUINOLA TWR | 118.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [BOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpbo.md) Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport · 32 km / 20 mi
- [LIO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrlm.md) Limón International Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [BAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrba.md) Buenos Aires Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [OTR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrcc.md) Coto 47 Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [GLF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrgf.md) Golfito Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [PMZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrpm.md) Palmar Sur Airport · 119 km / 74 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: “Capitán Manuel Niño Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Capitán_Manuel_Niño_Airport&oldid=1363025132), 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/mpch/data