PAF Captain Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport is an airport serving
Piura
Piura is a city in northwestern Peru located in the Sechura Desert on the Piura River. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. Its population was 484,475 as of 2017.
It was here that Spanish Conqueror Francisco Pizarro fou ...
,
Peru. It is from Piura's main square and from the resort of
Máncora
Máncora is a town and beach resort in the Piura Region, in northwestern Peru. It is located in the Talara Province and is capital of the Máncora District. The town has 10,547 inhabitants (2007).
The Pan-American Highway
The Pan-Ameri ...
. It is the main airport of the
department of Piura
Piura () is a coastal department and region in northwestern Peru. The region's capital is Piura and its largest port cities, Paita and Talara, are also among the most important in Peru. The area is known for its tropical and dry beaches. It is ...
, the second most populous of
Peru's regions.
The airport is run by
Aeropuertos del Perú (AdP), a private operator that manages various airports in northern Peru. It is served by
JetSmart,
LATAM Perú and
Sky Airline.
Airlines and destinations
Incidents and accidents
*On March 28, 1998 a
Peruvian Air Force Antonov 32
The Antonov An-32 (NATO reporting name: Cline) is a turboprop twin-engined military transport aircraft.
Design and development
The An-32 is essentially a re-engined An-26. It is designed to withstand adverse weather conditions better than th ...
carrying the dual civil/military registration OB-1389/FAP-388 and inbound from
Tumbes evacuating 50 people stranded by
El Niño-driven floods had an engine failure while approaching Piura. As the aircraft was overloaded, the pilot could not maintain altitude, and the plane struck three houses of a nearby shantytown and crashed into a canal. While the crew of five survived, 21 passengers and one person on the ground died.
*On 20 September 2005, an
Air Rum
Air Rum was an airline registered in Sierra Leone, though based in Amman owned by Jordanian business man Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Sheikh, Jordan, which operated leasing and charter flights out Queen Alia International Airport, Amman.
History
The ...
L1011
The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, also known as the L-1011 (pronounced "El-ten-eleven") and TriStar, is an American medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner built by the Lockheed Corporation. It was the third wide-body airliner to enter co ...
full of
Gambia
The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...
n football fans heading for
Lima,
Peru faked a fuel starvation emergency so that the flight had to divert to
Piura
Piura is a city in northwestern Peru located in the Sechura Desert on the Piura River. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. Its population was 484,475 as of 2017.
It was here that Spanish Conqueror Francisco Pizarro fou ...
.
[Gambians emergency landing, BBC News, 22 Sept 2005](_blank)
/ref> The fans were going to support their national team playing in the city for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru between 16 September and 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could participa ...
.
See also
* Transport in Peru
* List of airports in Peru
References
External links
OurAirports - PiuraSkyVector - Piura
*
Airports in Peru
Buildings and structures in Piura Region
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