# Piarco International Airport (POS / TTPP) **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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ttpp ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: POS / TTPP - Type: Large airport - Operator: Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago - Serves: Port of Spain, Tunapuna-Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago - Opened: 8 Jan 1931 - Elevation: 18 m / 58 ft - Coordinates: 10.5953, -61.3376 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 3,200 m / 10,500 ft - Passengers: 2,923,003 (2019) - Time zone: UTC-4 · America/Port_of_Spain - Website: https://www.tntairports.com/NEW/the_airports.html#piarco - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piarco_International_Airport (21 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q788810 - Weather station: TTPP · WMO 78970 - Ident: TTPP ## Timeline - 8 Jan 1931: Piarco International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 10/28 | 3,200 m / 10,500 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2014 | 2,700,283 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 2,983,377 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 2,884,843 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 2,840,643 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 2,795,846 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 2,923,003 | Wikidata | ## Routes 12 destinations in 9 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (11) - [PMV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svmg.md) Del Caribe Santiago Mariño International Airport · Venezuela · 289 km / 180 mi · RUTACA Airlines - [DOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tdpd.md) Douglas-Charles Airport · Dominica · 551 km / 342 mi · Contour Airlines - [ANU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tapa.md) V. C. Bird International Airport · Antigua & Barbuda · 729 km / 453 mi · Liat Air - [SXM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tncm.md) Princess Juliana International Airport · Sint Maarten · 850 km / 528 mi · Winair, KLM - [PTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpto.md) Tocumen International Airport · Panama · 1,984 km / 1,233 mi · Copa Airlines - [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · United States · 2,613 km / 1,624 mi · American Airlines - [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 3,557 km / 2,210 mi · JetBlue Airways - [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 4,079 km / 2,535 mi · Air Canada - [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 4,124 km / 2,563 mi · United Airlines - [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 7,100 km / 4,412 mi · British Airways - [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 7,462 km / 4,637 mi · KLM ### Seasonal (1) - [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 3,576 km / 2,222 mi · United Airlines ### Cargo (1) - [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · United States · 2,613 km / 1,624 mi · Amerijet International ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from POS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Hub airlines (2) - BW [Caribbean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/caribbean-airlines) - BW [Tobago Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tobago-express) ### Passenger (11) - KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 2 - UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 2 - AC [Air Canada](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada) · 1 - AA [American Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-airlines) · 1 - BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 1 - LF [Contour Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/contour-airlines) · 1 - CM [Copa Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/copa-airlines) · 1 - B6 [JetBlue Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetblue-airways) · 1 - 5L [Liat Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/liat-air) · 1 - 5R [RUTACA Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rutaca-airlines) · 1 - WM [Winair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/winair) · 1 ### Cargo (1) - M6 [Amerijet International](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/amerijet-international) · 1 Former hub of [BWIA West Indies Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bwia-west-indies-airways). ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 2.9M (2019) | #477 of 3,974 | #114 in North America | #1 in TT | | Longest runway | 3,200 m / 10,500 ft | =804 of 29,858 | =183 in North America | #1 in TT | | Elevation | 18 m / 58 ft | =38,849 of 43,403 | =17,612 in North America | #2 in TT | | Age | Opened 1931 | =452 of 15,079 | =105 in North America | #1 in TT | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in TT | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | ACC | ACC | 123.700 | | APP | APP | 119.000 | | ATIS | ATIS | 126.700 | | GND | GND | 121.900 | | MISC | APRON | 121.750 | | RDO | RDO | 552.600 | | TWR | TWR | 118.100 | ## Nearby airports - [TT-TT01](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tt-tt01.md) Camden Airfield · 22 km / 14 mi - [TAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ttcp.md) A.N.R. Robinson International Airport · 83 km / 51 mi - [GUI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svgi.md) Guiria Airport · 107 km / 66 mi - [PDZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svpe.md) Pedernales Airport · 119 km / 74 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) - [Wikipedia: “Piarco International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piarco_International_Airport&oldid=1376342994), revision of 23 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [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/ttpp/data