Río Amazonas Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Ecuadorian Military | ||||||||||
Operator | Mission Aviation Fellowship | ||||||||||
Location | Shell Mera, Ecuador | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,465 ft / 1,056 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 1°30′19″S 78°03′46″W / 1.50528°S 78.06278°W | ||||||||||
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Río Amazonas Airport ( IATA: PTZ, ICAO: SESM) is an airport serving Shell Mera, a town in the Pastaza Province of Ecuador. The airport was established in 1937 by Royal Dutch Shell and abandoned in 1948. In 1949 the Mission Aviation Fellowship, a Christian missionary group, established themselves in the area and used the airport as their main base.
In March 2016, a military plane taking off from Amazonas Airport crashed in Pastaza province, killing all 22 soldiers aboard. [2] [3] [4]
Río Amazonas Airport | |||||||||||
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Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Ecuadorian Military | ||||||||||
Operator | Mission Aviation Fellowship | ||||||||||
Location | Shell Mera, Ecuador | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,465 ft / 1,056 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 1°30′19″S 78°03′46″W / 1.50528°S 78.06278°W | ||||||||||
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GCM
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Río Amazonas Airport ( IATA: PTZ, ICAO: SESM) is an airport serving Shell Mera, a town in the Pastaza Province of Ecuador. The airport was established in 1937 by Royal Dutch Shell and abandoned in 1948. In 1949 the Mission Aviation Fellowship, a Christian missionary group, established themselves in the area and used the airport as their main base.
In March 2016, a military plane taking off from Amazonas Airport crashed in Pastaza province, killing all 22 soldiers aboard. [2] [3] [4]