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Piarco International Airport

ICAO TTPP10.5953°N 61.3376°W18 m / 58 ftLarge airport
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Piarco International Airport (IATA: POS, ICAO: TTPP) is a large airport in Port of Spain, Tunapuna-Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago. It opened on 8 Jan 1931. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,500 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago. In 2019 it handled 2.9 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1931–1931
08 JAN 1931
OpenedPiarco International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Piarco South TerminalPiarco International Airport
10/28090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH3,200 m10,500 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2019
2.7M
3.0M
2.9M
2.8M
2.8M
2.9M
141516171819

Routes

12 destinations · 9 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miPMV · Del Caribe Santiago Mariño International Airport · 289 km / 180 miDOM · Douglas-Charles Airport · 551 km / 342 miANU · V. C. Bird International Airport · 729 km / 453 miSXM · Princess Juliana International Airport · 850 km / 528 miPTY · Tocumen International Airport · 1,984 km / 1,233 miMIA · Miami International Airport · 2,613 km / 1,624 miJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 3,557 km / 2,210 miYYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport · 4,079 km / 2,535 miIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 4,124 km / 2,563 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 7,100 km / 4,412 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 7,462 km / 4,637 miEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 3,576 km / 2,222 miAMSIAHYYZEWRMIAPTYSXMDOMPMVLGWANUPOS
Year-round11
PMVDel Caribe Santiago Mariño International AirportVenezuela · RUTACA Airlines289 km180 miDOMDouglas-Charles AirportDominica · Contour Airlines551 km342 miANUV. C. Bird International AirportAntigua & Barbuda · Liat Air729 km453 miSXMPrincess Juliana International AirportSint Maarten · Winair, KLM850 km528 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines1,984 km1,233 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,613 km1,624 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways3,557 km2,210 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada4,079 km2,535 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines4,124 km2,563 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways7,100 km4,412 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM7,462 km4,637 mi
Most destinationsKLM 2United Airlines 2RUTACA Airlines 1Contour Airlines 1Liat Air 1Winair 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from POS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Piarco International Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.9M (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#477of 3,974 · #114 North America · #1 TTLongest runway3,200 m10,500 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=805of 29,823 · =183 North America · #1 TTElevation18 m58 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,793of 43,341 · =17,603 North America · #2 TTAgeOpened 19312026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=452of 15,079 · =105 North America · #1 TTRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =1 TT
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
ACCACC123.700
APPAPP119.000
ATISATIS126.700
GNDGND121.900
MISCAPRON121.750
RDORDO552.600
TWRTWR118.100