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Porecatu Airport Aeroporto de Porecatu
IATA: none ICAO: SSPK
Summary
Airport type	Private
Serves	Porecatu
Time zone	BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	434 m / 1,424 ft
Coordinates	22°46′44″S 051°21′41″W / 22.77889°S 51.36139°W / -22.77889; -51.36139
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 15/34 2,060 6,758 Asphalt
Sources: ANAC

Porecatu Airport (ICAO: SSPK) is the airport serving Porecatu, Brazil.

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Accidents and incidents

• 18 August 2000: a VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMG en route from Foz do Iguaçu to Curitiba was hijacked by 5 persons with the purpose of robbing BRL 5 million (approximately US$2.75 million at that time) that the aircraft was transporting. The pilot was forced to land at Porecatu, where the hijackers fled with the money. There were no victims.

Access

The airport is located 3 km (2 mi) from downtown Porecatu.

See also

• List of airports in Brazil

References

1. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
2. "Incident description PP-SMG". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
3. Maschio, José (August 21, 2000). "PF liga sequestro de avião da VASP à rebelião em penitenciária em Roraima" (in Portuguese). Folha Online. Retrieved May 8, 2011.

External links

• Airport information for SSPK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for SSPK at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for SSPK at Aviation Safety Network

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Apucarana Arapongas Arapoti Campo Mourão Cascavel Cianorte Cornélio Procópio Curitiba–Afonso Pena Curitiba–Bacacheri Foz do Iguaçu Francisco Beltrão Guaíra Guarapuava Londrina Maringá Paranaguá Paranavaí Pato Branco Ponta Grossa Porecatu Telêmaco Borba Toledo Umuarama União da Vitória

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