Carmelita Airport

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Carmelita Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesCarmelita, Guatemala
Location Maya Biosphere Reserve
Elevation  AMSL 753 ft / 230 m
Coordinates 17°27′45″N90°03′10″W / 17.46250°N 90.05278°W / 17.46250; -90.05278
Map
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CMM
Location in Petén Department
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CMM
Location in Guatemala
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
06/246402,100Grass
Source: GCM [1] Bing Maps [2]

Carmelita Airport( IATA : CMM, ICAO : MGCR) is an airstrip serving Carmelita, a small community in the Maya Biosphere Reserve of Guatemala. A section of the runway also serves as a street in the village.

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Google Earth Historical Imagery (3/18/2015) shows trees that formerly impinged the runway in a previous image (12/9/2012) have been removed.

The Tikal VOR-DME (Ident: TIK) is located 34.1 nautical miles (63.2 km) south-southeast of the airstrip. [3]

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References

  1. Airport information for Carmelita Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. "Carmelita Airport". Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  3. "Tikal VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 3 September 2018.