Soto Cano Air Base
Soto Cano Air Base is a Honduran military base 5 mi to the south of Comayagua in Honduras. It houses 1,200–1,500 U.S. troops and is also used by the Honduran Air Force academy.
- Type: Airport
- Description: Honduran military base
- Also known as: “Base Aerea Soto Cano”, “Coronel Enrique Soto Cano Air Base”, “MHSC”, “Palmerola”, “Palmerola Air Base”, “Palmerola Airport”, and “XPL”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Palmerola International Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villa de San Antonio and Lejamaní.
Villa de San Antonio
Town
Lejamaní
Town
Lejamaní is one of the 21 municipalities in the Honduran department of Comayagua. Lejamaní is situated 9 km west of Soto Cano Air Base.
Ajuterique
Town
Ajuterique is a municipality in the department of Comayagua in Honduras. Ajuterique is situated 10 km west of Soto Cano Air Base.
Soto Cano Air Base
- Categories: airbase and transport
- Location: Comayagua, Comayagua Department, Honduran Highlands, Honduras, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.38237° or 14° 22′ 57″ north
Longitude
-87.62116° or 87° 37′ 16″ west
Elevation
628 metres (2,060 feet)
IATA airport code
XPL
ICAO airport code
MHPR
UN/LOCODE
HN ENQ
Open location code
766J99JH+WG
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Soto Cano Air Base” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Soto Cano Air Base”
- Chinese: “爾索托爾莫卡諾空軍基地”
- French: “base aérienne de Soto Cano”
- French: “Base aérienne de Soto Cano”
- German: “Soto Cano Air Base”
- Indonesian: “Pangkalan Udara Soto Cano”
- Japanese: “ソト・カーノ空軍基地”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی سوتو کانو”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Soto Cano”
- Spanish: “Base aérea José Enrique Soto Cano”
- Spanish: “Base Aérea Soto Cano”
- Swedish: “Soto Cano Air Base”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ суту кону”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Сото Кано”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Palmerola and Capiro.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Monte del Nance and Valle de Comayagua.
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