Belmopan Hector Silva Airport
Hector Silva airstrip 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Belize
- Also known as: “BCV” and “Hector Silva Airstrip”
- Address: George Price Highway, Belmopan
Places of Interest
Highlights include FFB Stadium and Belmopan Baptist High School.
FFB Stadium
Pitch
Photo: GatoCR84, CC BY-SA 4.0.
FFB Stadium is a football stadium in Belmopan, Belize. It has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. It is the home stadium for the Belize national football team, and is also used by the Premier League of Belize team Police United.
Belmopan Baptist High School
School
Belmopan Baptist High School is a Baptist Christian secondary school in Belmopan, Belize which receives some funding from the Belizean government. It was established, with three full-time teachers, one part-time teacher, and seven students, in the Scarborough Centre campus on September 28, 1998.
National Assembly Building of Belize
Government office
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Assembly Building of Belize is the home of Belize's two houses of Parliament - the House of Representatives and the Senate of Belize. It is located in Belmopan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belmopan and Roaring Creek.
Belmopan
Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belmopan is the capital of Belize, nearer the geographic center of the country than Belize City. It was established following the massive damage that occurred when Hurricane Hattie struck Belize City in 1961.
Roaring Creek
Village
Roaring Creek is a small village in the Cayo District of Belize, just north-west of Belmopan. Its name is derived from the creek waterfalls which flow into the Belize River next to the Guanacaste Park area.
Camalote
Village
Camalote is a village located along the George Price Highway in Cayo District, Belize. It lies approximately five kilometers west of Belmopan.
Belmopan Hector Silva Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Cayo, Belize, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
17.26962° or 17° 16′ 11″ northLongitude
-88.77667° or 88° 46′ 36″ westElevation
200 feet (61 metres)IATA airport code
BCVOpen location code
769H769F+R8OpenStreetMap ID
way 207599391OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
3582671Wikidata ID
Q3888074
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Tajik—“Belmopan Hector Silva Airport” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Pista d’Aterrizaxe Héctor Silva”
- Asturian: “Pista de Aterrizaje Héctor Silva”
- Basque: “Hector Silva lurreratze-pista”
- French: “aérodrome Hector Silva de Belmopan”
- French: “Aérodrome Hector Silva de Belmopan”
- French: “Aéroport Hector Silva de Belmopan”
- Indonesian: “BCV”
- Japanese: “ヘクター・シルバ飛行場”
- Marathi: “हेक्तोर सिल्वा विमानतळ”
- Persian: “فرودگاه تک بانده هکتور سلوا”
- Persian: “فرودگاه تکبانده هکتور سلوا”
- Spanish: “Pista de Aterrizaje Hector Silva”
- Spanish: “Pista de Aterrizaje Héctor Silva”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи такбондҳ ҳктур слуо”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Greenland Development and Cohune Walk.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Art Box and Hector Silva.
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