Arrivals
Live arrival times, status, terminal and baggage belt are on the arrivals page.
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Airport information
Piarco International Airport
Port of Spain, Trinidad & TobagoIATA: POSICAO: TTPP
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Departures
Live departure times, status, terminal and gate are on the departures page.
Live radar
Live radar around the airport
View current aircraft positions around this airport and find a flight directly on the map.
The runways at this airport
What do the colors mean?
- No traffic seen The runway is there, but we see nothing on it right now.
- Arriving traffic Aircraft are descending toward this runway right now.
- Departing traffic Aircraft are climbing out from this runway right now.
- Direction unknown It says “in use now” without an arrow: we see traffic, but the aircraft does not report whether it is climbing or descending.
The white arrow on the runway points the way the traffic is going. Derived from the positions of aircraft flying low near the airport right now. Not an official runway plan; what we see.
Designation, direction and length of every runway. These rarely change; which one is in use right now shows up here whenever we observe traffic.
1 runway · Longest runway: 10,499 ft
- 10/2810,500 ft · heading 90/270 degrees
We currently see no traffic on approach or just after takeoff. That happens at a quiet airport or in the middle of the night.
Runway data: OurAirports, public domain.
Fly direct
Direct destinations
The destinations we know the most flight numbers for. That approximates how heavily a route is served; it is not a passenger count.
JFKUnited States
New York
- Distance
- 2,210 mi
- Estimated duration
- 4h 43m
- Airlines
- Caribbean Airlines · JetBlue
MIAUnited States
Miami
- Distance
- 1,624 mi
- Estimated duration
- 3h 27m
- Airlines
- American Airlines · Caribbean Airlines
YYZCanada
Toronto
- Distance
- 2,535 mi
- Estimated duration
- 5h 28m
- Airlines
Air Canada · Air Canada Rouge · +1
Air Canada · Air Canada Rouge · Caribbean Airlines
IAHUnited States
Houston
- Distance
- 2,563 mi
- Estimated duration
- 5h 17m
- Airlines
- United Airlines
Airports nearby
Other airports within reach, with the straight-line distance and the number of direct destinations we know of. Airports without scheduled service are left out.
- Fort-de-FranceMartinique Aimé Césaire International AirportFDF277 mi12 destinations
- Pointe-a-Pitre le RaizetMaryse Condé International AirportPTP392 mi11 destinations
- St. GeorgeV. C. Bird International AirportANU453 mi16 destinations
- San JuanLuis Munoz Marin International AirportSJU625 mi57 destinations
- BogotáEl Dorado International AirportBOG967 mi46 destinations
Airport facts
Practical information
- Full name
- Piarco International Airport
- City and country
- Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
- IATA / ICAO
- POS / TTPP
- Time zone
- America/Port_of_Spain
- Category
- Regional airport
Piarco: Trinidad's gateway and the home of Caribbean Airlines
Piarco International Airport (IATA POS, ICAO TTPP) lies about 25 kilometers east of Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, on the plain south of the Northern Range. It is the main airport of the twin-island republic and the home of Caribbean Airlines, and the gateway for business travelers to the energy industry, for the large diaspora returning from North America and Britain, and for Carnival, when flights sell out months ahead. The radar on this page shows what our data sources report around Trinidad; the arrivals and departures pages are linked above it.
Airlines and destinations
Caribbean Airlines is by far the largest carrier, flying to Miami, New York JFK, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Toronto, Kingston, Barbados, Guyana and across the eastern Caribbean, and operating the twenty-minute air bridge to Tobago many times a day. American Airlines flies from Miami, JetBlue from New York, United from Houston and Newark, Air Canada from Toronto and British Airways from London Gatwick via St. Lucia. In our route data, Miami, Toronto, New York JFK, Houston and Newark are the most frequently flown connections.
Getting into Port of Spain
Taxis wait outside arrivals and charge fixed fares posted at the stand; the drive into Port of Spain takes 30 to 45 minutes along the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway, longer in the morning rush, and late-night fares are higher. There is no bus or train service worth planning around, though maxi-taxis run along the highway for the adventurous. Rental cars are available at the terminal; Trinidad drives on the left. Most hotels in the capital and on the Chaguaramas peninsula arrange transfers.
Good to know
Piarco has one terminal with departures upstairs and arrivals below, and the gates a short walk from security; the US-bound morning flights bunch together, so arrive two to three hours ahead, as the US carriers require. Most visitors from Europe and North America need no visa for a short stay; check the current rules. Carnival in February or March and Christmas are the peak periods. For Tobago, the air bridge lands at Tobago near Crown Point; Barbados is the other big hub of the eastern Caribbean. Every airport we track is listed in the airport overview.