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Puerto Barrios Airport is located in the northern part of the city of Puerto Barrios, near the shore of Amatique Bay.
The airport is currently undergoing refurbishment, as part of a nationwide airport rehabilitation program. In the 1920s and 30s Puerto Barrios was a flyboat destination only; a first concrete runway was built by the United States Government during World War II for strategical reasons. It was later used by the Guatemalan Air Force, known under the name "Base Aérea de Izabal". In 2002 the airport was equipped with VOR/DME with the help of COCESNA, the Central American Corporation for Air Navigation. Being located near the port of Santo Tomás de Castilla, today the airport is of special interest for cruise ship operators, who carry passengers to important attractions throughout the country on chartered flights. Puerto Barrios always was a logistics centre, what is underlined in the city seal, which depicts a ship, a train, an airplane and a truck.
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