Piarco International Airport

Piarco International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorAirports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
ServesPort of Spain
LocationPiarco, Tunapuna–Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago
Opened8 January 1931; 93 years ago (1931-01-08)
Hub for
Elevation AMSL59 ft / 18 m
Coordinates10°35′43″N 061°20′14″W / 10.59528°N 61.33722°W / 10.59528; -61.33722
Websitewww.tntairports.com
Map
POS/TTPP is located in Trinidad and Tobago
POS/TTPP
POS/TTPP
Location in Trinidad and Tobago
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
International Passengers1,941,141
Domestic Passengers981,862
Total passengers[3]2,923,003
Sources: Aerodrome charts[4] DAFIF[5]

Piarco International Airport (IATA: POS, ICAO: TTPP) is an international airport serving the island of Trinidad and is one of two international airports in Trinidad and Tobago. The airport is located 30 km (19 mi) east of Downtown Port of Spain, located in the suburban town of Piarco. The airport is the primary hub and operating base for the country's national airline, as well as the Caribbean's largest airline, Caribbean Airlines.

Piarco International Airport has direct scheduled service to destinations in the United States, Canada, Central America, South America and Europe. It is also a significant transit hub for the Southern Caribbean and serves as the primary connection point for many passengers travelling from Guyana.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Weather at the Piarco Airport, WeatherCast UK
  2. ^ Station Information Listing, NOAA
  3. ^ "The Airports". TnTAirports.com. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  4. ^ Trinidad and Tobago charts Archived 8 July 2012 at archive.today
  5. ^ "World Aero Data: PIARCO – TTPP". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)