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Piarco International Airport , is one of two international airports serving Trinidad and Tobago, the other being A.N.R. Robinson International Airport in Tobago. The airport is located in Piarco, a town 30 kilometres east of the capital, Port of Spain. It is the seventh busiest airport in the Caribbean in terms of passengers served〔List of the busiest airports in the Caribbean〕 and is a hub for the country's national airline, Caribbean Airlines. Piarco International Airport has direct scheduled service to destinations in the United States, Canada, Central America, South America and Europe. It is also a significant transit hub for the Southern Caribbean and serves as the primary connection point for many passengers travelling from Guyana. ==History== Piarco Airport opened on 8 January 1931, to serve Venezuela's ''Compagnie Generale Aeropostale''. Before this, the Queen's Park Savannah, the Mucarapo Field, and the Cocorite Docks (for flying boats) were used as airstrips to serve the island. In World War II the original airfield was used to house the Royal Navy Observer School HMS ''Goshawk''. From 1942 it was also used by both the United States Army Air Forces Sixth Air Force and United States Navy air squadrons. The airport was used both as a transport airfield and also for antisubmarine patrol flights over the south Caribbean. It was returned to civil control after the war. In World War II the United States Army Air Forces Sixth Air Force stationed the following units at the airport performing antisubmarine patrols: *1st Bombardment Squadron (9th Bombardment Group) 24 April-29 October 1941 (B-18 Bolo) *10th Bombardment Squadron (25th Bombardment Group) 27 August-12 October 1943 (B-18 Bolo) *35th Bombardment Squadron (25th Bombardment Group) 27 August-12 October 1943 (B-18 Bolo) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Piarco International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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