Airports / Panama / SYP
Ruben Cantu Airport
MPSA / SYPSantiago, PanamaELEV 272 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
32 nm
To the nearest alternate
Alonso Valderrama Airport (CTD).
Overview
Ruben Cantu Airport, listed as MPSA / SYP, is a mid-sized airport in Santiago, Panama. The field lies at an elevation of 272 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
SYP has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Alonso Valderrama Airport (CTD, 32 nm), Enrique Malek International Airport (DAV, 90 nm), and Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport (PAC, 98 nm).
Quotes for flights out of SYP vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Santiago. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from SYP, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
MPSA
IATA
SYP
FAA / Local
MPSA
Elevation
272 ft
Coordinates
8.0856° N · 80.9453° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Panama fields
state range 10–272 ft
At 272 ft, SYP sits higher than 88% of the 8 Panama fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 32nmCTDAlonso Valderrama AirportChitré
- 90nmDAVEnrique Malek International AirportDavid
- 98nmPACMarcos A. Gelabert International AirportAlbrook
- 100nmONXEnrique Adolfo Jimenez AirportColón
- 108nmBOCBocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International AirportIsla Colón
- 110nmPTYTocumen International AirportTocumen
Location
Open the full mapMPSA · Ruben Cantu Airport · Santiago, Panama