Enrique Malek International Airport
Enrique Malek International Airport
Enrique Malek International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Enrique Malek) (IATA: DAV, ICAO: MPDA) is an international airport serving David Sur, a city in the Chiriquí Province of Panama. During heavy travel times, the airport registers 900 operations monthly, serving approximately 20,000 passengers from Mexico, the United States, Canada and Central America.
Location
8.389°N, 82.436°O · 27 m s. n. m. (89 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 4
Tower
Ground
Approach
Area control (center)
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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.
History
Known as David Field or San Jose Field during World War II, the airport was an auxiliary of Howard Field, which is near Panama City. It accommodated a variety of United States Army Air Forces personnel, dedicated for the most part in training and reconnaissance missions over the Southeast Pacific coastline, from Honduras in the north, to Peru in the south as part of the defense of the Panama Canal. Enrique Malek International Airport was first built in 1941 as part of an agreement between the U.S and Panama. Wartime units assigned to the airfield were: 397th Bombardment Squadron (6th Bombardment Group), 11 December 1941 – 18 August 1942 (B-18 Bolo, B-17 Flying Fortress) 45th Bombardment Squadron (40th Bombardment Group), 13 November 1942 – 18 February 1943 (LB-30 (B-24A) Liberator) 3d Bombardment Squadron (VI Bomber Command), 12 March – 1 April 1943; 11 June 1943 – 6 April 1944; 8 December 1944 – 28 October 1945 (B-17 Flying Fortress) On 4 December 2025. The airport plans to operate international flights to San José, Costa Rica, which will be operated by Air Panama using Dash-8-Q400 aircraft in 2026.
Airlines operating here · 3
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Enrique Malek International Airport (DAV). Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAV
MLA
“Enrique Malek International Airport (DAV).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAV. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Enrique Malek International Airport (DAV).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAV.
Harvard
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BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Enrique Malek International Airport (DAV)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAV},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAV}},
urldate = {2026-10-25},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-25}
}Wikipedia
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