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Hi Neil, thanks for your question – in the past several years that has been talk of and movement towards international airports both in Placencia, and more recently, in San Pedro, up north on the island. The Placencia project was almost completed (there is a runway and shell for a terminal) and there were even some international private planes that landed a couple years ago, but the process was never completed and is a bit of a mystery. You will hear a lot of stories and reasons why – some say there needs to be a full hospital/ambulances close to the airport (Placencia only has clinics, nearest full hospital is about an hour away in Dangriga.) While ambulance projects have been worked on, and Placencia now has an ambulance, the full international regulations for an airport have not been met, and unfortunately the airport now seems to be a far off project that may not see completion for some time, if ever. San Pedro is a newer project and may have slightly more credibility at this point – but there is still many steps before this could conceivably be realistic. Latest news is that the Belize government is very pro-airport and is raising the funds necessary to begin, and this is within the last year.
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