Airports / Belize / PLJ
Placencia Airport
MZPL / PLJPlacencia, BelizeELEV 3 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
28 nm
To the nearest alternate
Dangriga Airport (DGA).
Overview
Placencia Airport (MZPL / PLJ) sits in Placencia, Belize, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 3 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
PLJ has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Dangriga Airport (DGA, 28 nm), Puerto Barrios Airport (PBR, 50 nm), and Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Airport (TZA, 60 nm).
Quotes for flights out of PLJ vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from PLJ, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
MZPL
IATA
PLJ
FAA / Local
PLJ
Elevation
3 ft
Coordinates
16.5370° N · 88.3615° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Belize fields
state range 2–40 ft
At 3 ft, PLJ sits lower than 56% of the 9 Belize fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 28nmDGADangriga AirportDangriga
- 50nmPBRPuerto Barrios AirportPuerto Barrios
- 60nmTZASir Barry Bowen Municipal AirportBelize City
- 60nmBZEPhilip S. W. Goldson International AirportBelize City
- 69nmTEATela AirportTela
- 70nmSAPRamón Villeda Morales International AirportSan Pedro Sula
Location
Open the full mapMZPL · Placencia Airport · Placencia, Belize