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Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport

ICAO MZBZ17.5400°N 88.3036°W5 m / 15 ftLarge airport

Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport (IATA: BZE, ICAO: MZBZ) is a large airport in Belize City, Belize District, Belize. It opened in 1943. It has one runway, 2,950 m (9,678 ft) long, asphalt. In 2023 it handled 1.0 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1943–1943

1943

OpenedPhilip S. W. Goldson International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

07/25077° / 257° · LIT

LENGTH2,950 m9,678 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2023

172K

502K

518K

578K

613K

868K

644K

1.0M

769K

595K

943K

1.0M

101213141516171819212223

Routes

35 destinations · 7 countries

Year-round17

CYCCaye Chapel AirportBelize · Maya Island Air32 km20 mi CUKCaye Caulker AirportBelize · Maya Island Air, Tropic Air36 km22 mi SPRJohn Greif II AirportBelize · Maya Island Air, Tropic Air54 km34 mi DGADangriga AirportBelize · Maya Island Air, Tropic Air62 km39 mi CZHCorozal AirportBelize · Tropic Air94 km58 mi PLJPlacencia AirportBelize · Maya Island Air, Tropic Air112 km70 mi PNDPunta Gorda AirportBelize · Tropic Air169 km105 mi RTBJuan Manuel Gálvez International AirportHonduras · Tropic Air233 km145 mi SAPRamón Villeda Morales International AirportHonduras · Tropic Air236 km147 mi CUNCancún International AirportMexico · Tropic Air417 km259 mi MIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,236 km768 mi PTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines1,348 km838 mi HOUWilliam P. Hobby AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,521 km945 mi IAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,557 km967 mi ATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,831 km1,138 mi DFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,918 km1,192 mi LAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines3,503 km2,177 mi

Seasonal19

GUALa Aurora International AirportGuatemala · BermudAir406 km252 mi FLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · BermudAir1,267 km787 mi PIESt. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportUnited States · BermudAir1,288 km800 mi SFBOrlando Sanford International AirportUnited States · BermudAir1,442 km896 mi CLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,096 km1,302 mi RDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · BermudAir2,245 km1,395 mi BWIBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,656 km1,650 mi ORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,718 km1,689 mi EWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,908 km1,807 mi DENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Southwest Airlines2,940 km1,827 mi YYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada Rouge3,018 km1,875 mi MSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines3,074 km1,910 mi BOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · BermudAir3,210 km1,995 mi YULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada Rouge3,386 km2,104 mi LAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,503 km2,177 mi YWGWinnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International AirportCanada · WestJet3,687 km2,291 mi SFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,997 km2,484 mi YYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet4,369 km2,715 mi SEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines4,541 km2,822 mi

Most destinationsTropic Air 9United Airlines 6BermudAir 6Maya Island Air 5American Airlines 3Southwest Airlines 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BZE. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport” (revision of 3 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers1.0M (2023)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#807of 3,974 · #198 North America Longest runway2,950 m9,678 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,471of 29,823 · =304 North America · #1 BZ Elevation5 m15 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,827of 43,341 · =18,866 North America · #17 BZ AgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =1,078 North America Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =1 BZ

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels

APPBELIZE APP121.000

GNDGND121.900

RDOBELIZE RDO126.900

TWRBELIZE TWR118.000