A Former United States Airbase

Panama Pacifico is located on the 1,400-hectare, former U.S. Howard Air Force Base with an 8,500-foot operating airstrip. The entire site was a functioning military base from 1942 to 1999. The base was decommissioned in late 1999 and the land was turned over to the Panamanian government. At its peak, the base had a population of some 20,000 service personnel and families housed in more than 700 houses and barrack blocks, which still remain. Because the site was a self-sufficient operation while in use as a base, many other buildings exist here including four aircraft hangars, administration and office buildings, a church, a hospital, a gas station, recreational facilities and a school.

Project Fact

Businesses locating to Panama Pacifico today benefit from immediate access to ready-to-use infrastructure.