Islas del Cisne Airport (ICAO: MHIC) is an airport serving the Swan Islands (Islas del Cisne), Honduras. It is located on Great Swan Island, in the Caribbean Sea, 180 kilometres (110 mi) north of the Honduran coast.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Islas del Cisne, Honduras | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 37 ft / 11 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°24′25″N 83°56′00″W / 17.40694°N 83.93333°W | ||||||||||
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  Islas del Cisne Airport Location of the airport | |||||||||||
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Approach and departure are over the water. The Islas del Cisne non-directional beacon (ident: SWA) is just off the western end of the runway. The Roatan VOR-DME (Ident: ROA) is located 162.5 nautical miles (301 km) west-southwest of the airport.[4][3] A small Honduran naval garrison maintains the facility.[5]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Airport information for Islas del Cisne Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Google Maps - Islas del Cisne
- ^ a b "Isla del Cisne Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Roatan VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ Zuchora-Walske, Christine (1 August 2009). Honduras in Pictures. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-57505-960-0.
External links
edit- Islas del Cisne
- OpenStreetMap - Islas del Cisne
- OurAirports - Islas del Cisne
- Accident history for MHIC at Aviation Safety Network
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