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Saposoa Airport (ICAO: SPOA) is an airport serving the town of Saposoa in the San Martín Region of Peru. The runway is 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) south of the town, on the opposite side of the Saposoa River.

Saposoa Airport
IATA: none ICAO: SPOA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Saposoa
Elevation AMSL	1,148 ft / 350 m
Coordinates	6°57′25″S 76°46′10″W
Map
SPOA Location of the airport in Peru
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 17/35 1,800 5,906 Grass
Source: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

On November 5, 1994, a Yakovlev Yak-40 trijet (registration OB-1569) belonging to Amazonic Air Services (Servicios Aéreos Amazónicos), a now-defunct regional airline, that was serving the Trujillo-Saposoa-Juanjuí-Tocache-Lima schedule, crashed into the aforementioned river after overrunning the airstrip during landing. The aircraft crashed due to heavy rain reported at the time. Of the 31 occupants (26 passengers and 5 crew) 5 passengers and 1 crewmen died.[3][4][5]

See also

• Transport in Peru
• List of airports in Peru

References

External links

• OpenStreetMap - Saposoa
• OurAirports - Saposoa
• SkyVector - Saposoa

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