Cauquira Airport

Cauquira Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesCauquira, Honduras
Elevation AMSL21 ft / 6 m
Coordinates15°19′15″N 83°36′15″W / 15.32083°N 83.60417°W / 15.32083; -83.60417
Map
CDD
Location of the airport in Honduras
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 940 3,084 Grass
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2] SkyVector[3]

Cauquira Airport (IATA: CDD, ICAO: MHCU) is an airstrip serving Cauquira, a village in Gracias a Dios Department, Honduras. The airstrip and village are on a wooded barrier spit protecting the Cauquira and Caratasca Lagoons. The airstrip is 0.8 kilometres (0.5 mi) inland from the Caribbean shore.

The Puerto Lempira non-directional beacon (Ident: PLP) is located 11.4 nautical miles (21.1 km) west-southwest of the airstrip.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Airport information for Cauquira Airport" – via Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ Google Maps - Cauquira
  3. ^ "Cauquira Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Puerto Lempira NDB". Our Airports. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  • FalllingRain - Cauquira Airport
  • HERE Maps - Cauquira
  • OpenStreetMap - Cauquira
  • OurAirports - Cauquira Airport Archived 2017-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
  • Accident history for CDD at Aviation Safety Network