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When ever anyone refers to an international airport on A.C. they are ususally refering to an upgrade of the existing Basil Jones airstrip. Maybe some of the folks don't know it's there.
It could easily be expanded to handle an Airbus. An anxious pilot could land a C130 there now if he/she had to.

Sorry Natalie,
Ms. Elsa and the Traffic Boys have no legal authority after the bridge.
If they did just think of the amount of calls they would get regarding the "road".
Remember it is just a bunch of ROW's and BEL easments.
No road.The only thing GOB owns is the 60' of beach. The traffic guys are hiding when you see them up here. Waiting for 5:00pm
If one of them gives you a ticket for something tell him he is tresspassing.

I haven't seen the Basil Jones airstrip so I can't comment, other than to query your statement. It's not just a question of length, though that in itself is a major concern, but of the ground under the runway. A wide-bodied airliner is massively heavy, and all surfaces it will travel over need very substantial foundations. I'm quite confident they don't exist there now, and that building them, which is certainly theoretically possible, would be an enormous and extremely costly and disruptive exercise.

In any case, there's a tremendous difference between a C130 and an Airbus. And between landing and being able to take off again. A C130 can land and stop in three times its own length - I've seen it many times.

i live very near an airbase. when c-130's fly over while coming in for a landing, the glasses shake in the cupboards.

We are way off topic now but making San Pedro's strip an airport of entry really isn't a big step. All that would be needed would be gov approval and a small customs office to clear international arrivals. Jesse says customs is already there so gov approval is all that is next.

Reaper, you give me too much financial credit (most folks think doctors make more money than we do). I was flying a Lopresti Piper Lance. But our local strip 17M is only 50 x 3,000 (with tall pines surrounding) and I've seen a Citation land there more than once.

Someone also mentioned the lack of hangers but everywhere I've ever flown I've always seen multi million dollar jets sitting outside. I don't think the lack of a large hanger will prevent the rich from flying directly into San Pedro if given the chance.

One must also consider the fact that some people like me and sounds like reaper also would love to fly their own small private aircraft directly to San Pedro.

Reaper since you "do business" there which involves aviation I vote that you head up this effort.

A friend of mine has a small jet. When we fly into Belize, he only flies into International. He said he could easily land in San Pedro, but doesn't due to lack of security (a hanger would be nice, but not a deciding factor).

Some private planes do come to San Pedro after clearing in at International.
Jimmy Buffet is one of them.

" A C130 can land and stop in 3 times its length" ? Better tell Lockheed, they sure didnt know that.

Point is to come direct to San Pedro. Your jet-set friend and Jimmy cannot currently come direct. Land at BZE clear customs crank up and fly a jet to San Pedro then back to BZE before heading home makes no sense. But that is exactly what one must do currently.

Jesse, does Jimmy hang out at Jerry Jeff's when he comes? Does he come often?

I'd love to meet him.