Panamá Pacífico International Airport (IATA: BLB, ICAO: MPPA) is a commercial airport in Panama. It is located on the site of the former Howard Air Force Base, a United States Air Force base that was within the Panama Canal Zone.^[4] Panama City can be reached by crossing the nearby Bridge of the Americas.

Commercial airline service started in 2014, with VivaColombia being the first to begin operations.^[5] The airport receives larger jet aircraft like the Airbus A320 from VivaColombia Airlines and Boeing 737 from Wingo Airlines.

The airport is 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Balboa, the port at the Pacific (southeastern) end of the Panama Canal. Most of the area around it is uninhabited and forms part of the Canal Zone watershed.

The runway has full instrument approach facilities.^[6] The runway length does not include 300 metres (980 ft) displaced thresholds on each end. There is high terrain just northwest of the runway.

The Taboga Island VOR-DME (Ident: TBG) is located 8.0 nautical miles (14.8 km) south-southeast of the airport. The Taboga Island non-directional beacon (Ident: TBG) is located 7.9 nautical miles (14.6 km) south-southeast of the airport. The Tocumen VOR-DME (Ident: TUM) is located 14.4 nautical miles (27 km) northeast of the airport.^[7][8][9]

Panama benefited from the closure of the air base. Some of the former military base is used to house call centers for technology companies like Dell Computer.

In February 2008, the production for the James Bond movie Quantum of Solace used the base to double for an airport in Bolivia.

The Panamanian National Air Show takes place at the airport every year, usually on the last Sunday of January.