Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 3,465 ft / 1,056 m 1,540 5,052 Elevation 1,056 m | Location Shell Mera, Pastaza 12/30 1,540 Code PTZ Owner Armed Forces of Ecuador | |
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Operator Mission Aviation Fellowship Address Av. Luis Jácome, Shell, Ecuador | ||
Río Amazonas Airport (IATA: PTZ, ICAO: SESM) is located at Shell Mera in the Pastaza Province in 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.
Plane crash
In March 2016, a military plane taking off from Amazonas Airport crashed in Pastaza province, killing all 22 soldiers aboard.
References
Río Amazonas Airport Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA