Travel guide: Roatan Airport, Honduras (RTB)
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Local facts
Travel essentials for Roatan Airport, Honduras — what to expect on the ground. Roatan Airport sits in Honduras (Americas), in a tropical climate band — tropical northern-hemisphere zone with a wet season and a dry season. Airport IATA code RTB serves the area. Local timezone is America/Tegucigalpa, which matters for arrivals and check-ins. It sits at 16.32°, -86.53° — useful for weather, daylight, and route planning. Use the live tools below to plan around these facts.
- RegionHonduras, Americas
- Climate bandtropical northern-hemisphere zone with a wet season and a dry season
- Airport IATA code RTB
- TimezoneAmerica/Tegucigalpa
- Coordinates16.32, -86.53
- Located in the Northern Hemisphere
RTB is the airport code for Juan Manuel Galvez International Airport, the gateway to Roatan, the largest of the Bay Islands of Honduras, in the Caribbean Sea off the country's northern coast. Roatan is a long, green island famous above all for its diving and snorkelling, for it lies on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the second-largest coral reef system in the world, with dive sites just minutes from shore. The main tourist centres are West End, a relaxed village of dive shops and cafes, and West Bay, with its beautiful beach and resorts. Roatan is also a popular cruise stop, with ships calling at Coxen Hole and Mahogany Bay. Roatan is reached by flights into its airport, from the Honduran mainland, the United States and elsewhere, and by ferry from the mainland. The climate is warm and tropical, cooled by the trade winds, with a wetter season later in the year.
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Frequently asked questions
What is RTB airport?
RTB is Juan Manuel Galvez International Airport, on the island of Roatan in Honduras. It is the main airport for the Bay Islands, connecting Roatan with the Honduran mainland, the United States and other countries, and is the usual arrival point for visitors coming to dive, snorkel or relax on the island's beaches.
What is Roatan known for?
Roatan is known above all as one of the world's great diving and snorkelling destinations. It lies on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the second-largest coral reef in the world, with reefs just off the shore. It is also famous for the beaches and villages of West Bay and West End, and as a popular Caribbean cruise stop.
Where is Roatan?
Roatan is the largest of the Bay Islands of Honduras, in the Caribbean Sea, lying about fifty kilometres off the northern coast of the Honduran mainland. It is a long, narrow, hilly island fringed by coral reef, part of a chain that also includes the smaller islands of Utila and Guanaja.
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