Airport Overview

The Enrique Malek International Airport handles international arrivals/departures for chartered, commercial, and military flights.  The Terminal has two airlines that operate on daily frequencies according to their itineraries.   

Furthermore, the airport offers air traffic services for VFR (Visual Flight Rules) and IFR (Instrumental Flight Rules).  It seeks to ensure operational security in the areas of maneuvers and movementsthrough an operational safety management system which consists in supervision and follow-ups of hazards present at the airport.

There are no operational delays per se, nevertheless, the situations that affect and cause delays in operations are the adverse weather conditions on the station. 

Airport Photo

Aerial view of the Terminal. Source: Tocumen S.A.

Aerial view of the runway. Source: Tocumen S.A.

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

The main services offered at the airport are:

• Airlines: COPA and PARSA
• Commercial Fight Service

For more information on airport contacts, please see the following link: 4.5 Airport Companies Contact List.

Information on some aviation service providers can be found at: http://www.azfreight.com/

Passenger and Cargo Performance Indicators

Pertinent to performance, the airport is not at its 100%.  Currently awaits development of the platform improvement project, specifically from the taxi lane to the parking positions, which present sinking, cracking, unevenness and material detachment.

The airport does not have a cargo terminal.  Yet, Copa Airlines handles approximately 10,500kg of cargo (bracken, coffee, and fish) per month (it does not have an assigned storage area for their cargo).

Some restrictions in the Enrique Malek International Airport are:

• Runway Strip
• Declared Distances
• RESA (Runaway End Safety Area)
• PAPI (Precision Approach Path Indicator)
• Vertical Signage
• Horizontal Signage
• Poor location of fuel tank  
• High intensity lights
• Platform lighting
• TWY A (expansion)
• Relocation of the SEI (Safety Emphasis Items) Station

Runways

It currently has a longitudinal runway profile of 2600mts by 45mts wide, maintaining a 4D reference key established in the Panama Civil Aviation Regulations (RACP for its initials in Spanish) book XXXV.  This runway currently exposes sinking and cracking at the first 200mts from threshold 04. Nevertheless, it does not affect aircraft landing for the contact area is found at 150mts distant from the affected area.

Helipads

Enrique Malek Airport does not have a helipad.

Airport Infrastructure Details

Currently there is no equipment to address impacts suffered at the runaway and platform.  Whenever an affected surface is reported which could jeopardize the operation of any aircraft, coordination personnel provide support by placing materials such as cold asphalt or solid tar over the area. Each situation is reported in order to take action and solve these issues.

The Infrastructure Maintenance Department requires more staff to deal with situations of airport-side-impacts, specifically human resource with knowledge of field work.

Airport Operation Details

Customs Guidance

Place:                          Statewide Section, Enrique Malek Airport

Office Hours:             6:00am. - 10:00 pm.       

Address:                     Red Gray Avenue, David

Phone:                        721-1672            

Customs Zone:          Occidental

For more information on customs in Panamá, please see the following link: 1.3 Customs Information. 

Storage Facilities

The airport does not have a cargo terminal.  Yet, Copa Airlines handles approximately 10,500kg of cargo (bracken, coffee, and fish) per month (it does not have an assigned storage area for their cargo).

Airfield Costs

Navigation Charges

Navigation fee collection is handled by the Civil Aeronautics Authority of Panama, such as: air space, internal circulations, among others.  The Airport Operations Department is responsible for invoices landing, parking and passenger fees in compliance with resolutions of Tocumen, S.A.  

Fuel Rate

Cargo Terminal Rate

Security

The airport does not have sufficient personnel during peak hours to cover the entire airport perimeter. The terminal complies with certain security levels such as passenger and flight crew review.