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BAA and BDCA and ATLB are gov entities.
BZE does have published instrument approaches, 6 to be exact. An ILS has nothing to do with this but, the ILS will be commissioned this spring.
Since Belize is an ICAO member, Belize can not make up our own rules, they must follow ICAO recommended standards
Public fueling of acft in Belize is only allowed at MZBZ and TZA.
The local operators have eveything to do with aircraft operations within Belize. Who do you think funds civil aviation in Belize.
There are many other reasons that SPR will not become an international arpt, these are just a few, I doubt if you have the education or knowledge to fully understand them.

Acft arriving to Walkers Caye may only continue to Nassau or back to their original pt. of origin And, the Bahamas CAA would not license another international airport under similar conditions today.

Anyway, if it ever does happen, I'm sure you'll be the first to know.

DME = Distance Measuring Eqpt

Do private planes have to go to
BZE before heading to Caye Chapel?

Come to the welcoming dinner Doc. I'll introduce you to the Minister of Aviation and the president of Tropic Air. I would discuss this with them, not the message board folks. We don't have any control of anything!

Ever noticed how nobody talks in English anymore, everything has to be an acronym. It's like a secret code. Maybe the rest of us aren't supposed to know what you are talking about. Are we all that busy that we can't use complete names?

Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_landing_system

Instrument Landing System
Distance Measuring Equipment
I've never heard of AOE as a standard abbreviation, but it was spelled out higher up in the thread - Airport Of Entry

other common ones are:-
Non-Directional Beacon
Vhf Omnidirectional Range-finder

No, Very high frequency Omnidirectional Radio Range = VOR

You're right of course. In common parlance the word "radio" is often dropped as it's both a given and not important to the functionality of the device.

Reaper - perhaps you'll also introduce the good doctor to Tropic's chief pilot!

On Caye Chapel, I was told (this was two or three years ago) that private planes had to clear in Belize City before going to Caye Chapel.

--Lan Sluder

"not Important to the Functionality of the device" ? Its broadcast on radio signals, that makes it important to 'most' pilots.