Guanaja Airport

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Guanaja Airport

Aeropuerto de Guanaja
Summary
Airport typePublic
Location Guanaja, Honduras
Elevation  AMSL 49 ft / 15 m
Coordinates 16°26′43″N85°54′24″W / 16.44528°N 85.90667°W / 16.44528; -85.90667
Map
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MHNJ
Location in Honduras
Guanaja Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
12/301,2204,003Asphalt
Source: WAD [1] GCM [2] SkyVector [3]

Guanaja Airport (Spanish : Aeropuerto de Guanaja) ( IATA : GJA, ICAO : MHNJ) is an airport serving Guanaja, an island of the Bay Islands Department in Honduras.

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Guanaja is one of the Bay Islands (Islas de la Bahía) located in the Caribbean, approximately 70  km (38  nmi ; 43  mi ) off the north coast of Honduras and 12 km (6.5 nmi; 7.5 mi) from the island of Roatan.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 49 ft (15 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,220 m × 18 m (4,003 ft × 59 ft). [1]

The Roatan VOR-DME (Ident: ROA) is located 36.3 nautical miles (67.2 km) west-southwest of the airport. The Punta Castilla non-directional beacon (Ident: CTL) is located 26.6 nautical miles (49.3 km) south of Guanaja. [4] [5]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aviac La Ceiba
CM Airlines La Ceiba, Roatán
Lanhsa La Ceiba

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Airport information for MHNJ [usurped]
  2. ↑ Airport information for Guanaja Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ "Guanaja Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Punta Castilla NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Roatan VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 27 September 2018.



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