Piarco International Airport

Piarco International Airport
IATA: POS ICAO: TTPP WMO: 78970[1][2]
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
Serves	Trinidad
Location	Piarco, Tunapuna–Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago
Opened	8 January 1931; 94 years ago (1931-01-08)
Hub for	Amerijet International Caribbean Airlines
Elevation AMSL	59 ft / 18 m
Coordinates	10°35′43″N 061°20′14″W / 10.59528°N 61.33722°W / 10.59528; -61.33722
Website	www.tntairports.com
Map
POS/TTPP Location in Trinidad and Tobago
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
International passengers 1,941,141 Domestic passengers 981,862 Total passengers[3] 2,923,003
Sources: Aerodrome charts[4] DAFIF[5]

Piarco International Airport (IATA: POS, ICAO: TTPP) is an international airport serving the island of Trinidad and is one of two international airports in Trinidad and Tobago. The airport is 30 km (19 mi) east of Downtown Port of Spain, in the suburban town of Piarco. The airport is the primary hub and operating base for the country's national airline, as well as the Caribbean's largest airline, Caribbean Airlines.

Piarco International Airport has direct scheduled service to destinations in the United States, Canada, Central America, South America and Europe. It is also a significant transit hub for the Southern Caribbean and serves as the primary connection point for many passengers travelling from Guyana.^{[citation needed]}