# Golosón International Airport (LCE / MHLC)

**Golosón International Airport** (IATA: LCE, ICAO: MHLC) is a medium airport in La Ceiba, Atlántida Department, Honduras. It has one runway, 3,010 m (9,875 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by InterAirports. In 2016 it handled 166 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhlc

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LCE / MHLC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: InterAirports
- Serves: La Ceiba, Atlántida Department, Honduras
- Elevation: 12 m / 39 ft
- Coordinates: 15.7425, -86.8530
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,010 m / 9,875 ft
- Passengers: 165,802 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC-6 · America/Tegucigalpa
- Website: http://www.interairports.hn/aeropuerto-de-la-ceiba-2/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golos%C3%B3n_International_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2231517
- Weather station: MHLC · WMO 78705
- Ident: MHLC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 3,010 m / 9,875 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Asphalt | 067° / 247° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2005 | 254,554 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 230,640 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 202,864 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 181,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 175,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 148,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 133,768 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 133,768 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 165,802 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [RTB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhro.md) Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport · Honduras · 73 km / 45 mi · Aerolíneas Sosa
- [SAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhlm.md) Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport · Honduras · 119 km / 74 mi · Aerolíneas Sosa
- [GJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhnj.md) La Laguna Airport · Honduras · 128 km / 80 mi · CM Airlines
- [TGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhtg.md) Toncontín Airport · Honduras · 191 km / 119 mi · Aerolíneas Sosa
- [PEU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhpl.md) Puerto Lempira Airport · Honduras · 333 km / 207 mi · CM Airlines
- [GCM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mwcr.md) Owen Roberts International Airport · Cayman Islands · 704 km / 437 mi · Cayman Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from LCE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- WC [Avianca Honduras](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avianca-honduras)

### Passenger (3)

- P4 [Aerolíneas Sosa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerolineas-sosa) · 3
- H5 [CM Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cm-airlines) · 2
- KX [Cayman Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cayman-airways) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 166K (2016) | #1,622 of 3,974 | #367 in North America | #4 in HN |
| Longest runway | 3,010 m / 9,875 ft | =1,148 of 29,858 | #284 in North America | #1 in HN |
| Elevation | 12 m / 39 ft | =39,879 of 43,403 | =18,051 in North America | =97 in HN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in HN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | GOLOSON RDO | 128.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [TEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhte.md) Tela Airport · 67 km / 41 mi
- [RTB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhro.md) Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [TJI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhtj.md) Trujillo Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [SAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhlm.md) Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport · 119 km / 74 mi
- [GJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhnj.md) La Laguna Airport · 128 km / 79 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Golosón International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Golosón_International_Airport&oldid=1366991417), revision of 31 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhlc/data