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Albrook Air Force Station
Part ofAir Combat Command
Located nearBalboa, Panama
Site information
Type	Military Air Force Station
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Location
Albrook AFS
Coordinates	08°58′33.24″N079°33′19.91″W / 8.9759000°N 79.5555306°W /8.9759000; -79.5555306
Site history
Built	1928
In use	1932-1997

Albrook Air Force Station is a formerUnited States Air Force facility inPanama. It was closed on 30 September 1997 as a result of theTorrijos-Carter Treaties which specified that United States military facilities in the formerPanama Canal Zone be closed and the facilities be turned over to the Panamanian government. It was located on the east side of thePanama Canal just south ofFort Clayton and north of the township ofBalboa, Panama. Beginning in January 1999, the air field initiated civilian air service asAlbrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport.

• Panama Canal Department, 1932- 19 October 1940
• Panama Canal Air Force, 19 October 1940 - 5 August 1941
• Caribbean Air Force, 5 August 1941 - 18 September 1942
• Sixth Air Force, 18 September 1942 - 31 July 1946
• Caribbean Air Command, 31 July 1946 - 8 July 1963
• United States Air Forces Southern Command, 8 July 1963 - 1 January 1976
• Tactical Air Command

USAF Southern Air Division, 1 January 1976 - 1 January 1989

830th Air Division, 1 January 1989 - 15 February 1991

Air Forces Panama, 15 February 1991 - 11 February 1992

• Tactical Air Command, 11 February - 31 May 1992
• Air Combat Command, 31 May 1992 - 30 September 1997

In September 1997, the base was turned over to Panama. It was then refurbished with an operations / control tower constructed; also a passenger terminal (near Building 446, the hangar that previously housed the former Air Force Post Office). In January 1999, the domestic/commercial Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport was relocated to Albrook from Punta Paitilla (across Panama City). The airport is under Panama's Civil Aeronautics Authority (Autoridad de Aeronáutica Civil —previously named Civil Aviation Directorate).

A number of shops, markets, mall and government agencies (Panamanian Red Cross,International Maritime University of Panama) operate out of some of the old buildings and hangars, and most of the officers quarters are now private homes.

TheCivil Aviation Authority has its headquarters in Building 805.^[6]

Wikimedia Commons has media related toAlbrook Air Force Station.

• Maurer, Maurer (1983).Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969].Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II(PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-405-12194-6.LCCN 70605402.OCLC 72556. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on August 20, 2023.

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) documentation, filed under Balboa, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ:
  • HABS No. CZ-10, "Albrook Air Force Station", 63 data pages
  • HABS No. CZ-10-A, "Albrook Air Force Station, Field Officer's Quarters", 17 photos, 21 data pages, 4 photo caption pages
  • HABS No. CZ-10-B, "Albrook Air Force Station, Company Officer's Quarters", 19 photos, 16 data pages, 4 photo caption pages
  • HABS No. CZ-10-C, "Albrook Air Force Station, Non-Commissioned Officers' Duplex", 16 photos, 19 data pages, 5 photo caption pages
  • HABS No. CZ-10-D, "Albrook Air Force Station, Parachute & Armament Building", 13 photos, 20 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
  • HABS No. CZ-10-E, "Albrook Air Force Station, Dispensary", 21 photos, 26 data pages, 3 photo caption pages

 This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• 1932 establishments in Panama
• 1997 disestablishments in Panama
• Airports in Panama
• Buildings and structures in Panamá Province
• Historic American Buildings Survey in the former Panama Canal Zone
• Installations of the United States Air Force in Panama
• Military airbases closed in 1997
• Panama Canal Zone
• Military airbases established in 1932

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