Guanaja Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de Guanaja) is an
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...
serving
Guanaja
Guanaja is one of the Bay Islands of Honduras and is in the Caribbean. It is about off the north coast of Honduras, and from the island of Roatan. One of the cays off Guanaja, also called Guanaja or Bonacca or Low Cay (or just simply, The C ...
, an island of the
Bay Islands Department
The Bay Islands ( es, Islas de la Bahía; ) is a group of islands off the coast of Honduras. Collectively, the islands form one of the 18 departments of Honduras. The departmental capital is Coxen Hole, on the island of Roatán.
Geography
...
in
Honduras.
Guanaja is one of the Bay Islands (''Islas de la Bahía'') located in the
Caribbean, approximately off the north coast of Honduras and from the island of
Roatan.
Facilities
The airport resides at an
elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § Ver ...
of above
mean sea level
There are several kinds of mean in mathematics, especially in statistics. Each mean serves to summarize a given group of data, often to better understand the overall value (magnitude and sign) of a given data set.
For a data set, the '' ari ...
. It has one
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concre ...
designated 12/30 with an
asphalt
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surface measuring .
The Roatan
VOR-DME
In radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its bearing to or from the beacon, while the DME provides the sla ...
(Ident: ROA) is located west-southwest of the airport. The Punta Castilla
non-directional beacon
A non-directional beacon (NDB) or non-directional radio beacon is a radio beacon which does not include directional information. Radio beacons are radio transmitters at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. NDB are i ...
(Ident: CTL) is located south of Guanaja.
Airlines and destinations
See also
*
Transport in Honduras
Transport in Honduras refers to transport in Honduras, a country in Central America.
Railways
; Total:
* Narrow gauge:
* gauge:
* gauge
Railway links with adjacent countries
North to south:
* El Salvador — none
* Guatemala — non ...
*
List of airports in Honduras
This is a list of airports in Honduras, sorted by location.
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras ( es, República de Honduras), is a republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British ...
References
External links
OpenStreetMap - GuanajaOurAirports - Guanaja Airport*
Google Maps - Guanaja
Airports in Honduras
Bay Islands Department
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