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Porecatu Airport (ICAO: SSPK) is the airport serving Porecatu, Brazil.

Porecatu Airport Aeroporto de Porecatu
IATA: none ICAO: SSPK
Summary
Airport type	Private
Serves	Porecatu
Time zone	BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	434 m / 1,424 ft
Coordinates	22°46′44″S 051°21′41″W
Map
SSPK Location in Brazil Show map of Paraná SSPK SSPK (Brazil) Show map of Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 15/34 2,060 6,758 Asphalt
Sources: ANAC[1]

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Accidents and incidents

• 18 August 2000: a VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMG en route from Foz do Iguaçu to Curitiba was hijacked by 5 persons with the purpose of robbing BRL 5 million (approximately US$2.75 million at that time) that the aircraft was transporting. The pilot was forced to land at Porecatu, where the hijackers fled with the money. There were no victims.[2][3]

Access

The airport is located 3 km (2 mi) from downtown Porecatu.

See also

• List of airports in Brazil

References

External links

• Airport information for SSPK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for SSPK at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for SSPK at Aviation Safety Network

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