Río Amazonas Airport
| Río Amazonas Airport Aeropuerto Río Amazonas | |||||||||||
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| IATA: PTZ – ICAO: SESM | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Ecuadorian Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Mission Aviation Fellowship | ||||||||||
| Location | Shell Mera, Pastaza | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,465 ft / 1,056 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 01°30′19″S 078°03′46″W / 1.50528°S 78.06278°W | ||||||||||
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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.
External links
- Airport information for SESM at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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