Golosón International Airport

Golosón International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional Golosón
La Ceiba Airport
Hector C. Moncada Air Base
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Operator InterAirports
Serves La Ceiba, Honduras
Elevation AMSL 49 ft / 15 m
Coordinates 15°44′34″N 086°51′08″W / 15.74278°N 86.85222°W / 15.74278; -86.85222Coordinates: 15°44′34″N 086°51′08″W / 15.74278°N 86.85222°W / 15.74278; -86.85222
Map
LCE
Location in Honduras
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 2,950 9,678 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 130,768
Passenger change 13–14 Decrease11.6%
Aircraft movements 14,612
Source: Honduran AIP[1] SkyVector[2] GCM[3]

Golosón International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Golosón) (IATA: LCE, ICAO: MHLC) is an airport located on the western side of the city of La Ceiba, in the Atlántida Department 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 resides at an elevation of 15 m (49 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 07/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,950 by 45 metres (9,678 ft × 148 ft).[1] Runway length includes a 250 metres (820 ft) displaced threshold on Runway 07.

There is distant mountainous terrain south of the airport.

The La Cieba NDB-DME (Ident: LCE) is located 2.2 nautical miles (4.1 km) west of the airport. The Bonito VOR-DME (Ident: BTO) is located on the field.[4][5]

Airlines and destinations

A Canjet Boeing 737-800 at Golosón, 2010
AirlinesDestinations
AeroCaribe de Honduras Puerto Lempira Airport, Roatan, Guanaja
Aerolineas Sosa Brus Laguna, Grand Cayman, Guanaja, Puerto Lempira Airport, Roatan, San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa, Útila Airport
Charter: Cancún
Cayman Airways Grand Cayman
Lanhsa Airlines Guanaja, Roatan, Puerto Lempira Airport, Útila Airport
SAP Honduras Charter: Bay Islands, Belize City, Cancun, Cozumel, Puerto Lempira Airport, San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, Tapachula, Tegucigalpa

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
DHL Aero Expreso Seasonal: Miami

See also

References

  1. 1 2 MHLC – GOLOSÓN Internacional Cocesna.org
  2. ↑ "Goloson Internacional Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Airport information for Golosón International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ↑ "La Ceiba NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Bonito VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 28 September 2018.


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