Hector Silva Airstrip | |||||||||||
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 Belmopan Hector Silva Airstrip Terminal | |||||||||||
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| Location | Belmopan | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 150 ft / 46 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°16′10″N 88°46′35″W / 17.26944°N 88.77639°W | ||||||||||
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Hector Silva airstrip [1](IATA: BCV, ICAO: MZBP) is an airport located in Cayo District serving Belmopan, the capital city of Belize. The runway is on the northern edge of the city off the George Price Highway, and has a small terminal building.
Belize Defence Forces use the airstrip for temporary landing facilities for their aircraft. It was expanded by the British army in 2002, in order to accept larger planes such as the Lockheed C-130 Hercules.[4]
The Belize VOR-DME (Ident: BZE) is located 31.0 nautical miles (57 km) northeast of the runway.[5]
- ^ Airport information for Hector Silva Airstrip at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Hector Silva Airstrip". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Hector Silva Airstrip elevation". Our Airports. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Brits expand Hector Silva Airstrip in Belmopan". Channel5Belize.com. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
- ^ "Belize VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 17 January 2019.