Ustupu-Ogobsucum Airport

Ustupu-Ogobsucum Airport
IATA: OGM[1] – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	State government
Serves	Ustupo
Location	Ustupo Island
Elevation AMSL	10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	09°08′14″N 77°55′59″W / 9.13722°N 77.93306°W / 9.13722; -77.93306
Map
OGM Location of the airport in Panama
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 1,640 500 concrete
Source: Google Maps,[2] flightstats.com,[3] notam.org,[4] ourairports.com[5]

Ustupu-Ogobsucum Airport (IATA: OGM) is an airport serving the island town of Ustupo, Guna Yala province, Panama. It handles short domestic flights and general aviation. The airport is only served by Air Panama^[6] by flights every second day.

Information

The Ustupu-Ogobsucum Airport bridges two of the several islands comprised by the town.^[7] It is located off the Panamanian coastline, towards the northern, less populated area of the tourist island, about 1 km far away from town centre.^[2] There is a scheduled commuter service, offering return flights to Panama City every second day. The island is rather low-lying, and during the monsoon season, often floods, causing flight cancellations.^[8]

Airlines and destinations

Incidents and accidents

• On 28 January, 2007, a Cessna 182 Light Aircraft operating a cargo flight was destroyed after it crashed into trees during take-off from the airport.^[10]

References

External links

http://www.airpanama.com/