South America
Guyana
Barima-Waini

Port Kaituma Airport

Port Kaituma Airport is an airport serving the village of , in the Region of . Port Kaituma Airport made headlines on 18 November 1978 when US Congressman Leo Ryan and his team boarded a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter with registration 8R-GEJ.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Guyana
  • Address: Port Kaituma

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Kaituma and Jonestown.

Town
Photo: Closedavid, Public domain.
is a small village within the administrative region of . It became known internationally as a gateway village to the Peoples Temple settlement in nearby . It has long been a hub for mining in the area.

Locality
The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name , was a remote settlement in established by the Peoples Temple, an American religious cult under the leadership of Jim Jones. is situated 10 km southwest of Port Kaituma Airport.

Port Kaituma Airport

Latitude
7.74218° or 7° 44′ 32″ north
Longitude
-59.88247° or 59° 52′ 57″ west
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
IATA airport code
PKM
Open location code
68V2P4R9+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1463605722
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
8521758
Wiki­data ID
Q25249947
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Port Kaituma Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Port Kaituma Airport”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Port Kaituma”
  • Swedish: “Port Kaituma Airport”

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