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).
Golosón International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Golosón La Ceiba Airport Hector C. Moncada Air Base | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | EHISA | ||||||||||
| Serves | La Ceiba, Honduras | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 49 ft / 15 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 15°44′32″N 86°51′10″W / 15.74222°N 86.85278°W | ||||||||||
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Facilities
editThe airport is at an elevation of 49 ft (15 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway with an asphalt surface measuring 2,950 by 45 metres (9,678 ft × 148 ft).[1]
Airlines and destinations
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| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aerolineas Sosa | Roatan, San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa |
| Cayman Airways | Grand Cayman |
| CM Airlines | Guanaja, Roatan, Útila |
| Lanhsa | Guanaja, Puerto Lempira, Roatan, Tegucigalpa |
Historical airline service
editSAHSA (Servicio Aereo de Honduras S.A., the former national flag carrier airline of Honduras) was serving La Ceiba in 1950 with Douglas DC-3 domestic flights in Honduras with its schedules appearing in a Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) system timetable at the time.[5] In early 1980, Belize Airways Ltd. was operating British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven series 500 jet service nonstop between the airport and Belize City with this flight offering direct, one stop connecting service to and from Miami.[6] According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), by the spring of 1980 Transportes Aereos Nacionales (also known as TAN Airlines) was operating direct one stop service to Miami with Boeing 737-200 jets and Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprops via San Pedro Sula.[7] Also according to the OAG, two airlines were serving the airport in 1993 including SAHSA with Boeing 737-200 jet service nonstop from Grand Cayman, Roatan, San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa as well as direct, no change of plane 737 jet flights from Miami, New Orleans and Belize City; and local air carrier Islena Airlines (now Avianca Honduras) with domestic Honduran service operated with Fokker F27 Friendship, Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante and Beechcraft 99 turboprops.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b MHLC – GOLOSÓN Internacional Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Cocesna.org,
- ^ "Goloson Internacional Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ Tráfico de pasajeros en aeropuertos de Honduras aumentó 10.5% en 2023
- ^ Airport information for Golosón International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Pan American World Airways" (PDF). Airline Timetable Images. 1 April 1950.
- ^ "Belize Airways Ltd. Timetable". Airline Timetable Images.
- ^ "To Miami International Airport (Page 1 of 2) Effective March 1, 1980". Departed Flights.
- ^ Oct. 1, 1993 OAG Desktop Flight Guide Worldwide Edition, La Ceiba flight schedules
External links
edit- Current weather for MHLC at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for La Ceiba-Goloson International Airport at Aviation Safety Network
- Google Maps - La Ceiba
- Memoria de Sostenibilidad 2014-2015 - InterAirports, S.A. (in Spanish)
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