Chan Chich Airstrip
Chan Chich Lodge Airstrip | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Owner | Bowen & Bowen | ||||||||||
| Location | Gallon Jug, Belize | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 404 ft / 123 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°34′00″N 89°02′50″W / 17.56667°N 89.04722°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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  MZGJ Location in Belize | |||||||||||
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| Sources: Google Maps[1] GCM[2] | |||||||||||
Chan Chich Airstrip (ICAO: MZGJ) is an airport serving the Chan Chich Lodge and the Gallon Jug Estate in the Orange Walk District of Belize. The airport is 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of the border with Guatemala.
The Belize VOR-DME (Ident: BZE) is located 42.0 nautical miles (78 km) east of the runway.[3]
Lodge access
The airport is the preferred means of access to the eco-lodge created by Sir Barry Bowen in the private 130,000-acre (530 km2) game park deep in the Belize rain forest, adjacent to the Rio Bravo Conservation area. Arduous tracks accessible by 4WD vehicles are the only other connections from less remote areas. Because driving to Chan Chich requires passing through private lands, access permits must be granted in advance.
The airstrip also serves the wider Gallon Jug community, including the ranch, where efforts are being made to breed a strain of cattle more suited to the tropics by cross-breeding with English Hereford bloodlines.
The lodge has been serving tourists since 1988.[4] A Mayan archeological site is near the lodge.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Google Maps - Gallon Jug
- ^ "Airport information for Chan Chich Airstrip" – via Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Belize VOR". Our Airports. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ Chan Chich history, accessed 21 Sept 2019
- ^ "Chan Chich Maya Site Project". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
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