Trasports
Belize has 3.140 km of roads which cross the Country. A total of 641 km are asphalted roads. The traffic system is divided into main streets, minor streets, and auxiliary streets. In the Country there are Four Highways: the Northern Highway is connecting Belize City to Corozal; the Western Highway joins Belize City to Cayo District; the Hummingbird Highway connects Belmopan to the District of Stann Creek; and then the Southern Highway which joins Stann Creek to Punta Gorda.
Moreover, Belize has 6 International Harbours. Four of them are located in the Belize City District Area: Fort Street Tourism Village for touring cruises; Esso Standard Oil Ltd. for the wholesale trade of fuel; Port of Belize Ltd. for containers and cargos; Belize Sugar Industries, for transport of sugar and molasses.
In the Southern part of the Country, in the Stann Creek District, there are two more harbours: Big Creek and Commerce Beight, which are used for delivery of bananas and citrus fruits.
The International Airport of Belize is “Philip SW Gordon International Airport”, located 10 miles far from Belize City. Works are still pending for the extension of the airstrip, in order to allow the landing of intercontinental flights.
The Airlines operating in Belize are: American Airlines, Continental, United and Delta, arriving from the USA, particularly from Miami, Tikal Jets from Guatemala and Grupo Taca.
The principal National Airlines are two: Tropic Air and Maya Island Air. Both of them offer national and international daily charter flights to Guatemala.
Moreover, there are two local airlines: the Cari Bee Air Service and Javier’s Flying Service Ltd. which offer only national and international charter flights.
The Belize Airport Authority
P.O. Box 1564, Belize City
Email: bzeaa@btl.net
American Airlines:
www.aa.com
Continental:
www.travelbelize.org/continental.html
Delta Air Lines:
www.delta.com
Grupo TACA:
www.taca.com
US Airways:
www.usairways.com/travel/destinations/caribbean/bze.htm
Maya Island Air:
www.mayaislandair.com
Tropic Air:
www.tropicair.com
Airports:
43 (2005)
Airports with paved runway
Total : N. 5
from 1,524 m. to 2,437 m. : 1
from 914 to 1,523 m.: 2
less than 914 m.: 2 (2005)
Airports with airstrip:
Total: 38
From 2,438 m. to 3,047 m.: 1
From 914 to 1,523 m.: 11
Less than 914 m.: 26 (2005)
Roads:
Total: km 3.140
Asphalted roads: 641 km.
Non asphalted roads: 2499 km.
Waterways:
Km.825 ( navigable only by small crafts).
Merchant Navy
Total: 302 ships (1000 gross tons or more), 1,040,813 gross register tons/ 1,398,275 gross tons.
Kinds of ships: bulk transport ships 29, cargo 218, transport ships for chemical products 8, container 6, passenger/cargo 5, oil tankers 17, refrigerators cargos 13, Ro-Ro ships 5, tankers 1 (foreign property):
173 (Belgium 1, China 71, Cyprus 2, Estonia 5, Germany 3, Hong Kong 8, Iceland 1, Indonesia 2, Italy 4, Japan 5, South Korea 5, Latvia 4, Malaysia 1, Mexico 1, Pakistan 1, Poland 2, Russia 33, Singapore 4, Spain 2, Switzerland 2, Turkey 8, Ucraina 3 United Arab Emirates 3, United States 2) -updated 2005-.
Harbours and Terminals:
Belize City.
