# Placencia Airport (PLJ / MZPL)

**Placencia Airport** (IATA: PLJ, ICAO: MZPL) is a medium airport in Placencia, Stann Creek District, Belize. It has one runway, 650 m (2,133 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PLJ / MZPL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Placencia, Stann Creek District, Belize
- Elevation: 1 m / 3 ft
- Coordinates: 16.5370, -88.3615
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 650 m / 2,133 ft
- Time zone: UTC-6 · America/Belize
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placencia_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7200286
- Ident: MZPL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 650 m / 2,133 ft | 20 m / 65 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [DGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bz-dga.md) Dangriga Airport · Belize · 51 km / 32 mi · Maya Island Air, Tropic Air
- [PND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bz-pnd.md) Punta Gorda Airport · Belize · 68 km / 42 mi · Maya Island Air, Tropic Air
- [TZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bz-tza.md) Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Airport · Belize · 110 km / 68 mi · Maya Island Air, Tropic Air
- [BZE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mzbz.md) Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport · Belize · 112 km / 70 mi · Maya Island Air, Tropic Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- 2M [Maya Island Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/maya-island-air) · 4
- TOS [Tropic Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tropic-air) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 650 m / 2,133 ft | =23,524 of 29,858 | =11,225 in North America | #9 in BZ |
| Elevation | 1 m / 3 ft | =43,171 of 43,403 | =19,375 in North America | =22 in BZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in BZ |

## Nearby airports

- [DGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bz-dga.md) Dangriga Airport · 51 km / 32 mi
- [PBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mgpb.md) Puerto Barrios Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [TZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bz-tza.md) Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Airport · 110 km / 69 mi
- [BZE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mzbz.md) Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport · 112 km / 69 mi
- [TEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhte.md) Tela Airport · 127 km / 79 mi
- [SAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhlm.md) Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport · 129 km / 80 mi

## In collections

- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #15

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Placencia Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Placencia_Airport&oldid=1363071745), revision of 7 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/mzpl/data