AirportsBig Creek Airport is a small airport serving Big Creek, in Stann Creek District, Belize. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BGK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BGK
- ICAO code
- MZBG
- City
- Big Creek
- State or region
- Stann Creek District
- Country
- Belize
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 16.5194° N, 88.4079° W
- Elevation
- 7 m (22 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BGK means Big Creek Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: MZBG. ICAO codes that begin with M belong to Mexico and Central America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 16.5194° N, 88.4079° W. It stands 7 metres (22 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Puerto Barrios, about 90 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Guatemala, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Independence AirportIndependence | INB | 4 km |
| Placencia AirportPlacencia | PLJ | 5 km |
| Dangriga AirportDangriga | DGA | 55 km |
| Punta Gorda AirportPunta Gorda | PND | 63 km |
| Puerto Barrios AirportPuerto Barrios, Guatemala | PBR | 90 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 14,766 km | 18 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,558 km | 19 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,936 km | 17 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,438 km | 10 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,029 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,564 km | 4 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 17,607 km | 21 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 12,317 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,805 km | 17 h 10 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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