Travel guide: Playon Chico, Panama (PYC)
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Local facts
Travel essentials for Playon Chico, Panama — what to expect on the ground. Playon Chico sits in Panama (Americas), in a tropical climate band — tropical northern-hemisphere zone with a wet season and a dry season. Airport IATA code PYC serves the area. Local timezone is America/Panama, which matters for arrivals and check-ins. It sits at 9.57°, -79.61° — useful for weather, daylight, and route planning. Use the live tools below to plan around these facts.
- RegionPanama, Americas
- Climate bandtropical northern-hemisphere zone with a wet season and a dry season
- Airport IATA code PYC
- TimezoneAmerica/Panama
- Coordinates9.57, -79.61
- Located in the Northern Hemisphere
PYC is the airport code for the airstrip at Playon Chico, a small island community in the Guna Yala region of Panama, the string of Caribbean islands long known as the San Blas Islands, off the northeast coast of the country. Playon Chico, known in the Guna language as Ukupseni, is one of the more populous of these islands, home to the Guna people, an indigenous nation who govern their own territory and keep their traditional way of life, culture and language. The San Blas islands are a scattering of hundreds of small, palm-covered coral islands and cays in clear turquoise water, famous for their beauty and for the Guna and their colourful handicrafts, the molas. Life here is by fishing, coconuts and the sea. Playon Chico is reached by small aircraft to its airstrip and by boat, with connections from Panama City over the mountains. The climate is warm and tropical, with a wetter season.
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Frequently asked questions
What is PYC airport?
PYC is the code for the airstrip at Playon Chico, an island community in the Guna Yala region of Panama, the San Blas Islands, off the Caribbean coast. It serves the island with small aircraft, with connections from Panama City. It is a small local airstrip rather than a commercial airport.
Where is Playon Chico?
Playon Chico, known in the Guna language as Ukupseni, is a small island in the Guna Yala region of Panama, part of the San Blas Islands off the northeast Caribbean coast. It lies among hundreds of small coral islands governed by the indigenous Guna people.
What is the San Blas region known for?
The San Blas Islands, or Guna Yala, are known for their beauty, a scattering of hundreds of small, palm-covered coral islands in clear turquoise water, and for the Guna people, an indigenous nation who govern the region and keep their traditions, including their famous colourful molas handicrafts.
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