# Rio Amazonas Airport (PTZ / SESM)

**Rio Amazonas Airport** (IATA: PTZ, ICAO: SESM) is a small airport in Shell Mera, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. It has one runway, 1,540 m (5,052 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Mission Aviation Fellowship.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sesm

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PTZ / SESM
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Mission Aviation Fellowship
- Serves: Shell Mera, Pastaza Province, Ecuador
- Elevation: 1,056 m / 3,465 ft
- Coordinates: -1.5052, -78.0627
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,540 m / 5,052 ft
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Guayaquil
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Amazonas_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3503090
- Weather station: SESM
- Ident: SESM

## Timeline

- 15 Mar 2016: 2016 Ecuadorian Army Arava crash. 22 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12A/30D | 1,540 m / 5,052 ft | 25 m / 82 ft | Asphalt | 119° / 299° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,540 m / 5,052 ft | =6,219 of 29,858 | =589 in South America | #25 in EC |
| Elevation | 1,056 m / 3,465 ft | =4,431 of 43,403 | #255 in South America | #11 in EC |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =3 in EC |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | SHELL APP | 119.500 |
| RDO | GUAYAQUIL RDO | 126.900 |
| TWR | SHELL TWR | 122.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [SEAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/seap.md) Arapicos Airport · 41 km / 26 mi
- [SEAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sear.md) Arajuno Airport · 52 km / 32 mi
- [SEXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sexp.md) Atacapi Airstrip · 52 km / 32 mi
- [EC-0010](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ec-0010.md) Pacayacu Airstrip · 54 km / 34 mi
- [SEUY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/seuy.md) Uyuimi Airstrip · 56 km / 35 mi
- [SETE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sete.md) Mayor Galo Torres Airport · 64 km / 40 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sesm/data