Campo de Marte Airport

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Campo de Marte Airport
IATA: N/A - ICAO: SBMT
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator Military of Brazil
Serves São Paulo
Elevation AMSL 2,368 ft (722 m)
Coordinates 23°30′32″S, 46°38′15″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 5,250 1,600 Asphalt

Campo de Marte Airport (IATA: N/AICAO: SBMT) (see Campus Martius) was São Paulo's first airport, opened in 1919. To fulfill the unexpectedly growing demands, it was supplemented by Congonhas Domestic Airport. Currently, it is administered by Infraero.

Campo de Marte is 6 km north from the city's downtown. Handling more than 82,000 take-offs and landings in 2003, the airport was the 5th busiest Brazilian airport that year, by number of operations.

With a runway 1400x30 m, it caters only to training flights, helicopters and regional, non-regular flights. It does not operate at night.

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