CHXMPCH

Changuinola Captain Manuel Niño International Airport

Changuinola, Panama · Latin America

Latin America America/Panama

1direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

1,100 mLongest runway

Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Changuinola "Capitán Manuel Niño") (IATA: CHX, ICAO: MPCH) is an airport serving Changuinola, the capital of the Changuinola District in the Bocas del Toro Province in Panama. The name is in honor of the first Panamanian pilot.

Location

9.459°N, 82.515°O · 6 m s. n. m. (19 ft)

General data

CountryPanama

CityChanguinola

IATA codeCHX

ICAO codeMPCH

Coordinates9.459°N, 82.515°O

Elevation6 m s. n. m. (19 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Panama

Runways1

Longest runway1,100 m

Direct destinations1

Runways · 1

03/21

Length1,100 m3,609 ft

Width25 m82 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

118.600CHANGUINOLA TWR

Ground

121.800

Flight information

123.700BOCAS RDO

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Air Panama

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Panama2005 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Changuinola Captain Manuel Niño International Airport (CHX). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CHX

MLA

“Changuinola Captain Manuel Niño International Airport (CHX).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CHX. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Changuinola Captain Manuel Niño International Airport (CHX).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CHX.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Changuinola Captain Manuel Niño International Airport (CHX). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CHX (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_chx,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Changuinola Captain Manuel Niño International Airport (CHX)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CHX},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CHX}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CHX |title=Changuinola Captain Manuel Niño International Airport (CHX) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-24 |language=en}}