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Roatán is in the Bay Islands Department of Honduras. The airport serves national and international air traffic of the island, the nearby cities and for the region. The airport is named for Juan Manuel Gálvez (1889-1972), the former president of the Republic of Honduras in 1949–1952.
This is a list of airports in Honduras, sorted by location. Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras ( Spanish : República de Honduras ), is a republic in Central America . It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras (now Belize ).
Roatán (Spanish pronunciation:) is an island in the Caribbean, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) off the northern coast of Honduras. The largest of the Bay Islands of Honduras, it is located between the islands of Utila and Guanaja. It is approximately 77 kilometres (48 mi) long, and less than 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) across at its widest point.
Coxen Hole in 1910. The city was founded in 1835 when several British families moved to Roatán from the Cayman Islands.It is named after the pirate Captain John Coxen/Coxon due the fact that during the 17th century Roatán was once home to over 5,000 pirates living all through the island.
Próspera, officially Próspera ZEDE, is a charter city on the island of Roatán in the Central American state of Honduras.The city is a special economic zone with its own fiscal, regulatory, and legal framework. [2]
José Santos Guardiola is a municipality in the Bay Islands Department of Honduras. [1] It is located on the island of Roatán. The name of the municipality is in honor of Brigadier General José Santos Guardiola Bustillo, President of Honduras between 1856 and 1862. The capital of the municipality is Oakridge.
Roatan's Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport (RTB) Guanaja's Guanaja Airport (GJA) Tegucigalpa's Toncontín International Airport (TGU) San Pedro Sula (SAP) – Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport; Puerto Lempira's Puerto Lempira Airport, (PEU) Utila (UII) Charters & Holidays only
The matter was brought under the attention of Congress, and the committee of foreign relations of the U.S. senate, after a full consideration, reported "that the islands of Roatán, Bonacca, Utila, etc, in and near the bay of Honduras, constitute part of the territory of the republic of Honduras, and therefore form a part of Central America ...