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Porecatu Airport

*Aeroporto de Porecatu*
Porecatu Airport; Aeroporto de Porecatu
	IATA: none; ICAO: SSPK;
Summary
Airport type	Private
Serves	Porecatu
Time zone	BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	434 m / 1,424 ft
Coordinates	22°46′44″S 051°21′41″W / 22.77889°S 51.36139°W
Map
	SSPK Location in Brazil SSPK SSPK (Brazil)
Runways
	Sources: ANAC

Porecatu Airport (ICAO: SSPK) is the airport serving Porecatu, Brazil.

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

18 August 2000: a VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMG en route from Foz do Iguaçu to Curitiba was hijacked by 5 persons with the purpose of robbing BRL 5 million (approximately US$2.75 million at that time) that the aircraft was transporting. The pilot was forced to land at Porecatu, where the hijackers fled with the money. There were no victims.^[2]^[3]

The airport is located 3 km (2 mi) from downtown Porecatu.

^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ "Incident description PP-SMG". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
^ Maschio, José (August 21, 2000). "PF liga sequestro de avião da VASP à rebelião em penitenciária em Roraima" (in Portuguese). Folha Online. Retrieved May 8, 2011.