Central American Command

Howard AFB (HOW), Panama 

• Second 11000 feet runway constructed to accommodate M-A heavy lift aircraft.
• New runway is equipped with full ILS/DME for IFR flying conditions.
• Engine run up apron is available for aircraft ground testing.
• New Aprons and Taxiways built to access new Hangars and Terminal.
• Additional VOR and NDB stations commissioned for flight testing requirments.

ID	Name	Latitude	Longitude	Freq.
Airfield - MPOH. Elev: 51'	Howard AB	N8* 54.90'	W79* 35.80'	119.95 (ATIS)
VOR - HOW	Howard AB M-A	N8* 55	W79* 35	116.55
DME - HOW	Howard (Balboa)	N8* 55.90'	W79* 36	116.50
NDB - HO	Howard AB M-A	N8* 54	W79* 35	227.00
Runway	Length	Surface	ILS/LOC Freq.	ILS ID
18	8500'	Concrete	-	-
36	8500'	Concrete	110.90	HOWL
19	11000'	Concrete	110.30	IWHO
01	11000'	Concrete	109.30	IPOH

Panama Area Geography

Panama offers very challenging flying conditions for both VFR as well as IFR situations. A central spine of mountain ranges extends almost the entire length of Panama, dividing the country into Atlantic- and Pacific-facing slopes. The two principal mountain ranges, the Tabasará Mountains in the west and the Cordillera de San Blas in the east, are separated near the centre of the country by a saddle of lower land. This depression (the Panama Canal site) divides the country again--roughly into western and eastern halves. Of the four quadrants thus formed, the southwestern is the most important: with the canal area itself it accounts for most of Panama's population and commerce. The country's highest peak is an inactive volcano, Barú; (Chiriquí; 11,401 feet [3,475 meters]).

Weather Conditions

Panama has mostly a tropical, rainy climate, with warm days and cool nights throughout the year. Only the savanna area situated on the Pacific coast experiences a marked dry season for part of the year. The annual average temperature on both coasts is about 80° F (27° C), and it ranges from 50° to 66° F (10° to 19° C) in the mountains. The period of heaviest rainfall is from May to December. Rainfall averages between 60 and 140 inches (1,500 and 3,500 mm) a year on the Caribbean coast and between 45 and 90 inches (1,140 and 2,290 mm) on the Pacific coast.

Panama Canal

The Panama Canal, built by the United States and operated since its opening in 1914, has made Panama an international shipping and trade centre. Spanish CANAL DE PANAMÁ, canal of the lake-and-lock type connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the narrow Isthmus of Panama in Central America. Its length from deep water in the Atlantic to deep water in the Pacific is about 51 miles (82 km). It is one of the two most strategic artificial waterways in the world, the other being the Suez Canal; ships sailing between the east and west coasts of the United States, for example, can shorten their voyage by about 8,000 nautical miles by using the Panama Canal instead of rounding Cape Horn.

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HOW Destinations	Identifier
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico - Rafael Hernandez	TJBQ
Aruba, Aruba - Reina Beatrix Intl	TNCA
Bridgetown, Barbados - Adams Intl	TBPB
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles - Hato	TNCC
Freeport, The Bahamas - Freeport Intl	MYGF
Ft de France, Martinique - Le Lamentin	TFFF
Grand Bahama, The Bahamas - Grand Bahama Aux AF	MYGM
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Guantanamo Bay NAS	MUGM
Guatemala City, Guatemala - La Aurora Intl	MGGT
Havana, Cuba - Jose Marti Intl	MUHA
Higuey, Dominican Republic - Punta Cana Intl	MDPC
Kingston, Jamaica - Norman Manley Intl	MKJP
Mexico City, Mexico - Lic Benito Juarez Intl.	MMMX
Nassau, The Bahamas - Nassau Intl.	MYNN
Panama City, Panama - Tocumen Intl.	MPTO
Pointe-A-Pitre, Guadeloupe - Le Raizet	TFFR
Port Of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - Piarco	TTPP
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - Port-Au-Prince Intl	MTPP
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - Gregorio Luperon Intl	MDPP
San Jose, Costa Rica - Juan Santamaria Intl	MROC
San Salvador, El Salvador - Ilopango Intl	MSSS
St George's, Grenada - Point Salines Intl	TGPY
St Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis - Bradshaw Intl	TKPK
St Lucia, St. Lucia - Hewanorra Intl	TLPL
McClellan AFB, California - USA	MCC
Patrick AFB, Florida - USA	COF

Mission example

Mission # 900 = HOW - TJBQ (Outbound from Mil-Air base)

Mission # 901A = TJBQ - HOW (Inbound to Mil-Air base)

HOW Mission #	Depart	T/O Time	Enroute	T/O Time	Destination	Approx. Distance
900/901A	HOW	0900	TJBQ	1400	HOW	1039+1039 nm
902/903A	HOW	0730	TNCA	1000	HOW	655+655 nm
904/905A	HOW	0555	TBPB	1115	HOW	1249+1249 nm
906/907A	HOW	0800	TNCC	1215	HOW	689+689 nm
908/909A	HOW	1000	MYGF	1550	HOW	1088+1088 nm
910/911A	HOW	0930	TFFF	1445	HOW	1170+1170 nm
912/913A	HOW	1300	MUGT	1600	HOW	728+728 nm
914/915A	HOW	0600	MUGM	1010	HOW	738+738 nm
916/917A	HOW	0500	MGGT	1030	HOW	746+746 nm
918/919A	HOW	1600	MUHA	2100	HOW	883+883 nm
920/921A	HOW	0835	MDPC	1430	HOW	903+903 nm
922/923A	HOW	1125	MKJP	1600	HOW	598+598 nm
924/925A	HOW	0715	MMMX	1550	HOW	1320+1320 nm
926/927A	HOW	0645	MYNN	1300	HOW	1028+1028 nm
928/929A	HOW	1700	MPTO	1825	HOW	15+15 nm
930/931A	HOW	1000	TFFR	2030	HOW	1182+1182 nm
932/933A	HOW	0940	TTPP	1900	HOW	1137+1137 nm
934/935A	HOW	0750	MTPP	1155	HOW	760+760 nm
936/937A	HOW	0830	MDPP	1215	HOW	901+901 nm
938/939A	HOW	1550	MROC	1800	HOW	312+312 nm
940/941A	HOW	1215	MSSS	1715	HOW	673+673 nm
942/943A	HOW	0600	TGPY	1210	HOW	1103+1103 nm
944/945A	HOW	0615	TKPK	1500	HOW	1154+1154 nm
946/947A	HOW	1010	TLPL	2100	HOW	1193+1193 nm
948/949A	HOW	1030	COF	1000 (ND)	HOW	1183+1183 nm
950/951A	HOW	1550	MCC	1500 (ND)	HOW	2921+2921 nm
952/953A	HOW	0455	MYGM	1145	HOW	1079+1079 nm

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