Hi,
Belize will be my future home. Within the next three weeks, the fifths trip is planned.
The construction / completion of the new International Airport near Riverside came to a stop in 2008. The runway needs one more layer and is done. The nearby Hotel / Casino complex is also unfinished. A new residential zone at the northern tip of the lagoon is making progress.
If the new airport makes sense is an open question, the future will tell. As per the current mandatory requirements of the FAA, US carriers will not be permitted to land at that new airport because one of their requirements states that there have to be a minimum of 500 hospital beds within a range of 50 (?) miles. European, Canadian, Central and South American airlines are not subject to that restriction.
I got these information from local residents and local and US commercial pilots.
Thomas
