Chan Chich Airstrip

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.

Chan Chich Lodge Airstrip
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OwnerBowen & Bowen
LocationGallon Jug, Belize
Elevation AMSL404 ft / 123 m
Coordinates17°34′00″N 89°02′50″W
Websitewww.chanchich.com
Map
MZGJ
Location in Belize
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 955 3,133 Asphalt
Sources: Google Maps[1] GCM[2]

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
  1. Google Maps - Gallon Jug
  2. Airport information for Chan Chich Airstrip at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. "Belize VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  4. Chan Chich history, accessed 21 Sept 2019
  5. "Chan Chich Maya Site Project". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-03-05.


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