Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Manuel Gálvez) is an international

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located on the island of

Roatán Roatán () is an island in the Caribbean, about off the northern coast of Honduras. It is located between the islands of Utila and Guanaja, and is the largest of the Bay Islands of Honduras. The island was formerly known in English as Ruatan ...

, in the

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off the northern coast of Honduras. from

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(effective October 2006) Roatán is in the

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of Honduras. The airport serves national and international air traffic of the island, the nearby cities and for the region. The airport is named for

Juan Manuel Gálvez Juan Manuel Gálvez Durón (10 June 1887 – 20 August 1972) was President of Honduras from 1 January 1949 until 5 December 1954. His election, for the National Party of Honduras (PNH), ended the 16-year dictatorship of Tiburcio Carías Andin ...

(1889-1972), the former president of the

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in 1949–1952. It was known previously as Roatán International Airport.

Location

The airport is located in the western part of Roatán, near the main city of Coxen Hole.

Renovation

In 2013, InterAirports completed an expansion and upgrade of the airport facilities. The expansion included a larger check-in area with coffee shop and cafe, larger waiting area with sitting area and cafe, expansion of the customs and security areas, and renovation of buildings and outdoor areas. The next phase of the project will be an expansion of the airport's car parks and pick-up and drop-off locations, rental area, and shopping area. In January 2022, the runway extension work will begin, so the airport can pass 3 million passengers per year and accept intercontinental flights.

Runway

The airport is at an elevation of above

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. It has one

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designated 07/25 with an

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surface measuring .

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Statistics

Accidents and incidents

*On 18 March 1990, Douglas DC-3A HR-SAZ of

SAHSA ''Servicio Aéreo de Honduras S.A.'' otherwise known as SAHSA Airlines was the national flag carrier airline of Honduras from October 22, 1945, to January 14, 1994. The airline was a subsidiary of Pan American Airways and merged with ''Transpor ...

overran the runway on landing and ended up in the sea. The aircraft, performing a domestic scheduled passenger service, was damaged beyond repair but all 32 people on board escaped. * On 17 May 2019, a private aircraft crashed while approaching runway 25 from north. The aircraft impacted the waters of the Roatan beach in Bahia Island under unknown circumstances. The aircraft was destroyed during the accident sequence and five occupants on board received fatal injures. One occupant on board initially survived with unspecified injures but later died from the injuries sustained in the crash. * On January 4 2022, a BAe Jetstream 31 operated by LANHSA, registration HR-AYY, suffered a right-hand main landing gear collapse upon landing on runway 07. The no.2 propeller struck the runway and the aircraft swung off the right side of the runway, coming to rest on soft ground. There were no injuries or fatalities.

References

External links

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OpenStreetMap - RoatanSkyVector - Juan Manuel Galvez International Airport
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Juan Manuel Galvez International Airport Airports in Honduras Roatán