Golosón International Airport () is an airport located on the western side of the city of

La Ceiba La Ceiba () is a municipality, the capital of the Honduran department of Atlántida (department), Atlántida, and a port city on the northern Caribbean coast in Honduras. It forms part of the southeastern boundary of the Gulf of Honduras. With ...

, in the

Atlántida Department Atlántida (, ) is a department located on the north Caribbean shore of Honduras. 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 area. In 2005 it ...

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

Historical airline service

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 '' Tr ...

(Servicio Aereo de Honduras S.A., the former national flag carrier airline of Honduras) was serving La Ceiba in 1950 with

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domestic flights in Honduras with its schedules appearing in a

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(

Pan Am Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and more commonly known as Pan Am, was an airline that was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for ...

) system timetable at the time. In early 1980,

Belize Airways Belize Airways Limited was Belize's first and only national airline. The carrier began flights from Belize International Airport on October 1, 1977. The airline declared bankruptcy, and its final flight was flown on January 11, 1980. Destinations ...

Ltd. was operating

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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 Miami. 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 San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 701, ...

. Also according to the OAG, two airlines were serving the airport in 1993 including

with

jet service nonstop from

Grand Cayman Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and the location of the territory's capital, George Town, Cayman Islands, George Town. In relation to the other two Cayman Islands, it is approximately 75 miles (121 km) southwest of L ...

, Roatan,

and

Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa ( )—formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz''—is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city, Comaya ...

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

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and

; and local air carrier Islena Airlines (now

Avianca Honduras Isleña de Inversiones S.A. de C.V. branded Avianca Honduras is a regional airline based in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. It offered mostly scheduled and chartered passenger flights out of its hub at Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport. It ...

) with domestic Honduran service operated with

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Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante The Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante (English: ''pioneer'') is a Brazilian twin-turboprop light transport aircraft designed by Embraer for military and civil use. The EMB 110 was designed by the French engineer Max Holste; it had been designed in li ...

and

Beechcraft 99 The Beechcraft Model 99 is a civilian aircraft produced by American manufacturer Beechcraft. It is also known as the Beech 99 Airliner and the Commuter 99. The 99 is a twin-engine, unpressurized, 15 to 17 passenger seat turboprop aircraft, deriv ...

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

Facilities

Airlines and destinations

Historical airline service

See also

References

External links