AirportsSir Barry Bowen Municipal Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Belize City, in Belize District, Belize. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TZA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TZA
- ICAO code
- MZBE
- City
- Belize City
- State or region
- Belize District
- Country
- Belize
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 17.5172° N, 88.1958° W
- Elevation
- 2 m (8 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TZA means Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: MZBE. 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 17.5172° N, 88.1958° W. It stands 2 metres (8 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Chetumal, about 112 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Belize, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Philip S. W. Goldson International AirportBelize City | BZE | 12 km |
| Caye Chapel AirportCaye Chapel | CYC | 24 km |
| Caye Caulker AirportCaye Caulker | CUK | 30 km |
| John Greif II AirportSan Pedro | SPR | 50 km |
| Dangriga AirportDangriga | DGA | 60 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 14,653 km | 18 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,449 km | 19 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,837 km | 17 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,339 km | 10 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,919 km | 4 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,514 km | 4 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 17,528 km | 21 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 12,247 km | 15 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,880 km | 17 h 15 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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