Copán Ruinas Airport is a newly completed airport serving the town of
Copán Ruinas
Copán Ruinas is a municipality in the Honduran department of Copán. The town, located close to the Guatemalan border, is a major gateway for tourists traveling to the Pre-Columbian ruins of Copán. The Copán ruins house a UN World Heritage sit ...
in
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
. The runway is approximately east of the town.
The airport was opened in 2015, and is expected to provide easier tourist access to the
Mayan
Mayan most commonly refers to:
* Maya peoples, various indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Maya civilization, pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Mayan languages, language family spoken ...
ruins at
Copán
Copán is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization in the Copán Department of western Honduras, not far from the border with Guatemala. It is one of the most important sites of the Maya civilization, which was not excavated until the ...
. A second construction phase is planned that will allow aircraft with up to 100 passengers to land.
Honduras: The New Airport in Copan
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See also
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*Transport in Honduras
Transport in Honduras refers to transport in Honduras, a country in Central America.
Railways
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* gauge:
* gauge
Railway links with adjacent countries
North to south:
* El Salvador — none
* Guatemala — ...
*List of airports in Honduras
This is a list of airports in Honduras, sorted by location.
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras (), is a republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras (now Belize). The ...
References
External links
FallingRain - Copán Ruinas
OpenStreetMap - Copán Ruinas
OurAirports - Copán Ruinas
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Airports in Honduras
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