Islas_del_Cisne_Airport Knowpia

Islas del Cisne Airport

Swan Islands
Islas del Cisne Airport; Swan Islands
	IATA: none; ICAO: MHIC;
Summary
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
Map
	Islas del Cisne Airport Location of the airport
Runways
	Sources: GCM Google Maps SkyVector ; Note: The location of the Swan Islands is beyond the coverage of the Honduras map.

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.

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]

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.