Río Amazonas Airport

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.

Río Amazonas Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerEcuadorian Military
OperatorMission Aviation Fellowship
LocationShell Mera, Ecuador
Elevation AMSL3,465 ft / 1,056 m
Coordinates1°30′19″S 78°03′46″W
Map
PTZ
Location of the airport in Ecuador
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 1,540 5,052 Asphalt
GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

The Pastaza VOR-DME (Ident: PAV) is located 0.9 nautical miles (1.7 km) off the approach threshold of Runway 30. The Pastaza non-directional beacon (Ident: PTZ) is located 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) off the same runway.[3][4]

Accidents and incidents

In March 2016, a military plane taking off from Amazonas Airport crashed in Pastaza province, killing all 22 soldiers aboard.[5][6][7]

See also

References
  1. Airport information for Río Amazonas at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Google Maps - Río Amazonas
  3. Pastaza VOR
  4. Pastaza NDB
  5. "EL MUNDO - Diario Líder de Información en Bolivia - Evo expresa sus condolencias por la muerte de 22 militares en Ecuador". Periódico El Mundo. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  6. UNIVERSO, EL. "Un avión con 22 personas se accidenta en Pastaza, no hay sobrevivientes". El Universo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  7. "Tragedia en Ecuador; 22 soldados fallecen en accidente de avión militar en la Amazonía | ANDES". www.andes.info.ec. Retrieved 2016-03-22.


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