SESM
Rio Amazonas Airport
MVFR
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Name
Rio Amazonas Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
SESM / PTZ / SESM
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
7:55 am (ECT)
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Municipality
Shell Mera
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Coordinates
1° 30′ 18″ S 78° 3′ 45″ W
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Elevation
3’465 ft (1’056 m MSL)
About Rio 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.