Palmerola International Airport / Soto Cano Air Base

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Palmerola International Airport is under construction and the base will be a joint civilian/military operation.

Soto Cano Air Base (commonly known as Palmerola Air Base) is a joint Honduras and the United States military base near Comayagua in Honduras. A large concentration of US troops and the Honduran Air Force academy use the airbase. The airbase became operational in 1981, changing the old location the Honduran Air Force Academy in Toncontin, Tegucigalpa to Palmerola. More info about Honduras Air Force Academy Oliver North once used Palmerola as a base of operations for the U.S. backed Contras in the 1980s. Now the U.S. military uses Soto Cano as a launching point for its war on drugs efforts in Central America as well as humanitarian aid missions throughout Honduras and Central America.

This is a military base very near the city of Comayagua. Due to its presence, the city of Comayagua is the only place outside of the major cities that you can get Lucky Charms in a grocery store.