Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Airport

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Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Airport

Belize City Municipal Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Belize City, Belize
Elevation  AMSL 8 ft / 2 m
Coordinates 17°31′03″N88°11′45″W / 17.51750°N 88.19583°W / 17.51750; -88.19583
Map
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TZA
Location in Belize
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
12/309403,084Asphalt
Source: GCM [1] AIC [2]

Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Airport (formerly Belize City Municipal Airport) ( IATA : TZA, ICAO : MZBE) is an airport serving Belize City, Belize. It is only one mile from the city center, and is more centrally located to the city than is Belize City International Airport. It mostly provides travel to Belize's cayes, allowing faster passage to the cayes than by boat or water taxi. The airport is named after the late Belizean politician and entrepreneur Barry Bowen.

Contents

The head office of Maya Island Air is on the airport. [3] Tropic Air also has a terminal at this airport with multiple flights every day.

Facilities

In 2012, a project to upgrade and modernize the airport was initiated. [4] Improvements included extending the runway, constructing a new access road, adding a taxiway, and installing a new lighting system. The project was completed in November 2016 at a total cost of BZ$17 million. [5]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Maya Island Air Caye Caulker, Caye Chapel, Dangriga, Independence, Placencia, Punta Gorda, San Pedro
Tropic Air Caye Caulker, Dangriga, Placencia, Punta Gorda, San Pedro, Silver Creek

Shuttles

Belize Shuttles and Private Transfers provides regularly scheduled shuttles from the airport to Placencia, San Ignacio, Hopkins, and water taxi terminals.

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References

  1. Airport information for Belize City Municipal Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. "AIC - Airports in Belize". civilaviation.gov.bz. Government of Belize. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. "Contact Us." Maya Island Air. 10 February 2010. Retrieved on May 16, 2012. "Address: Maya Island Air Regional Municipal Airstrip Building #1, 2nd floor Belize City Belize Belize"
  4. "Municipal Airstrip extension and renamed after Sir Barry". News 5. Belize: Great Belize Productions. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  5. "Belize City municipal airstrip gets new name and face". Breaking Belize News. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.