PLJMZPL

Placencia Airport

Placencia, Belize · Latin America

Latin America

5direct destinations

2airlines

1runway

650 mLongest runway

Placencia Airport (IATA: PLJ, ICAO: MZPL) is an airport that serves Placencia, Belize. It has a paved strip and crosses the peninsula from East to West. As of December 2012, the runway is paved in good condition. Due to the typical sea breeze, takeoffs and landings are typically done east-bound. Private flights are allowed. Parking should be coordinated with Tropic Air or Maya Island Air. The airport has no security. Common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF) is 122.8 MHz.

Location

16.537°N, 88.362°O · 1 m s. n. m. (3 ft)

General data

CountryBelize

CityPlacencia

IATA codePLJ

ICAO codeMZPL

Coordinates16.537°N, 88.362°O

Elevation1 m s. n. m. (3 ft)

Runways1

Longest runway650 m

Direct destinations5

Runways · 1

08/26

Length650 m2,133 ft

Width20 m66 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

Maya Island Air Tropic Air

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Nosferattus · CC0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Placencia Airport (PLJ). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PLJ

MLA

“Placencia Airport (PLJ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PLJ. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Placencia Airport (PLJ).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PLJ.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Placencia Airport (PLJ). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PLJ (Accessed: 23 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_plj,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Placencia Airport (PLJ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PLJ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PLJ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-23},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PLJ |title=Placencia Airport (PLJ) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-23 |language=en}}