Panama Colombia Flight question
Hello,
Next week I will be flying in a Bell 206L4 helicopter from Mexico City to Bogota Colombia, and I have a small problem,
As you know I need to exit Panama and enter Colombia at international airtports, and this leaves me flying from Tocumen Panama to Rio Negro Colombia, this is a 300NM leg and it means I will arrive with about 30 minutes fuel remaninig to Rio Negro and I really don't like this since any deviation around the 12,000 FT mountains or any nasty WX means I will be in deep trouble.
Has any of you made this Panama - Colombia flight before? Do you know of any intl. airports in Colombia that are farther NW of RioNegro? Or maybe an intl. apt. that is farther SE of tocumen?
I was thinking of taking a fuel can w/me but I here in Mexico the fuel people will not fill jet fuel into cans under any circumstances (due to drug trafficking) and if you get caught with jet fuel you will have a lot of explaining to do. I don't know if it is the same down in Panama.
Any input will be graeatly appreciated