PAF Captain Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport explained
| PAF Captain Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport |
| Nativename: | Spanish; Castilian: Aeropuerto Internacional Capitán FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico |
| Iata: | PIU |
| Icao: | SPUR |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | CORPAC |
| Operator: | AdP |
| City-Served: | Piura |
| Location: |  Castilla District, Piura |
| Elevation-F: | 116 |
| Pushpin Map: | Peru |
| Pushpin Label: | PIU |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in Peru |
| Website: | adp.com.pe |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 01/19 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2500 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Footnotes: | Sources: GCM |
PAF Captain Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport is an airport serving Piura, Peru. It is from Piura's main square and from the resort of Máncora. It is the main airport of the department of Piura, 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.
Incidents and accidents
- On March 28, 1998 a Peruvian Air Force Antonov 32 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.[1]
- On 20 September 2005, an Air Rum L1011 carrying Gambian football fans heading for Lima, Peru faked a fuel starvation emergency so that the flight had to divert to Piura.[2] The fans were going to support their national team playing in Piura for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
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Notes and References
- Web site: Photo of Antonov An-32 OB-1389 - Aviation Safety Network.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4271416.stm Gambians emergency landing, BBC News, 22 Sept 2005
