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: Military installation
- Description: Honduran military base
- Also known as: “Base Aérea Coronel Enrique Soto Cano”, “MHSC”, “Palmerola Air Base”, and “XPL”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palmerola International Airport.
Palmerola International Airport
Aerodrome
Palmerola International Airport — occasionally known as Comayagua International Airport — is an international airport serving Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villa de San Antonio.
Villa de San Antonio
Town
Villa de San Antonio is a municipality in the Honduran department of Comayagua. The municipality consists of a casco urbano, with approximately 7,000 residents, and a large number of 'aldeas' or villages, which bring the municipality's entire population to 17,000. Villa de San Antonio is situated 6 km south of Soto Cano Air Base.
Soto Cano Air Base
- Category: airbase
- Location: Comayagua, Comayagua Department, Honduran Highlands, Honduras, Central America, North America
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Latitude
14.37799° or 14° 22′ 41″ northLongitude
-87.61195° or 87° 36′ 43″ westOpen location code
766J99HQ+56OpenStreetMap ID
way 1011800823OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryWikidata ID
Q747620
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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: “MHSC”
- Indonesian: “Pangkalan Udara Soto Cano”
- Indonesian: “XPL”
- 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 Aerea Soto Cano”
- Spanish: “Base Aérea Soto Cano”
- Spanish: “Palmerola”
- Swedish: “Soto Cano Air Base”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ суту кону”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Сото Кано”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cancha Palmerola and Iglesia de Palmerola.
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