Port Kaituma Airport
Port Kaituma Airport is an airport serving the village of Port Kaituma, in the Barima-Waini Region of Guyana. 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.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Guyana
- Address: Port Kaituma
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Kaituma and Jonestown.
Port Kaituma
Town
Photo: Closedavid, Public domain.Jonestown
Locality
The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name Jonestown, was a remote commune in Guyana established by the Peoples Temple, an American religious cult led by Jim Jones. Jonestown is situated 10 km southwest of Port Kaituma Airport.
Port Kaituma Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Barima-Waini, Guyana, South America
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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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