Changuinola Captain Manuel Niño International Airport — Changuinola, Panama

Bananas built the economy around CHX long before tourism did, since Changuinola sits at the heart of a lowland district in Bocas del Toro province that has shipped fruit northward for generations under well-known export labels. The airport, honoring Captain Manuel Niño, mainly handles short domestic hops connecting this corner of northwestern Panama to the capital, with Air Panama running the bulk of scheduled flights. Travelers bound for the postcard-perfect islands of the Bocas del Toro archipelago sometimes pass through here as an alternative routing, though the archipelago's own airport on Isla Colón typically handles that traffic directly. Flat terrain near the Costa Rican border keeps approaches straightforward, and humid, tropical weather patterns dominate the climate essentially year-round.