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La Ceiba La Ceiba () is a municipality, the capital of the Honduran department of Atlántida and a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. It is located on the southern edge of the Caribbean, forming part of the south eastern bo ...

, in the

Atlántida Department Atlántida () is a department located on the north Caribbean shore of Honduras, Central America. The capital is the port city of La Ceiba. In the past few decades, tourism has become the most important legitimate economic source for the coastal a ...

on the north coast of Honduras. It is also known as La Ceiba Airport (''Aeropuerto de La Ceiba'') and Hector C. Moncada Air Base (''Base Aérea Hector C. Moncada'').

Facilities

The airport is at an elevation of above

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. It has one

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with an

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surface measuring .

Airlines and destinations

Cargo

Historical airline service

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(Servicio Aereo de Honduras S.A., the former national flag carrier airline of Honduras) was serving La Ceiba in 1950 with Douglas DC-3 domestic flights in Honduras with its schedules appearing in a

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(

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) system timetable at the time. In early 1980,

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Ltd. was operating British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven series 500 jet service nonstop between the airport and

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with this flight offering direct, one stop connecting service to and from

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. According to the

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(OAG), by the spring of 1980 Transportes Aereos Nacionales (also known as TAN Airlines) was operating direct one stop service to Miami with

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jets and

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turboprops via San Pedro Sula. Also according to the OAG, two airlines were serving the airport in 1993 including

with

jet service nonstop from

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, Roatan, San Pedro Sula and

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as well as direct, no change of plane 737 jet flights from

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

and

; and local air carrier Islena Airlines (now

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) with domestic Honduran service operated with

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and

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turboprops.Oct. 1, 1993 OAG Desktop Flight Guide Worldwide Edition, La Ceiba flight schedules

References

External links

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Google Maps - La CeibaMemoria de Sostenibilidad 2014-2015
- InterAirports, S.A. Airports in Honduras La Ceiba {{Honduras-struct-stub