Eduardo Gomes International Airport

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Eduardo Gomes International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Manaus (Manaus International Airport)
IATA: MAO - ICAO: SBEG
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Infraero
Serves		Manaus
Elevation AMSL		264 ft (80 m)
Coordinates		03°02′19″S, 60°02′59″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
10/28	8,858	2,700	Asphalt

Eduardo Gomes International Airport (IATA: MAO, ICAO: SBEG), more commonly named Aeroporto Internacional de Manaus (Manaus International Airport) is located in Manaus, Brazil. It is administered by Infraero. The airport is named after Brazilian politician and military figure Eduardo Gomes.

The airport opened in 1976, becoming the most modern airport in Brazil in that decade.It was the first Brazilian airport to have jetways (fingers), and, it was known as The Supersonic Airport.

• Passengers: 1.4 million (2003)
• Freight: 108.000 ton (2002)

[edit] Airlines

TERMINAL 1

• Copa Airlines (Panama City)
• Gol Transportes Aéreos (Belém, Boa Vista, Brasília, Fortaleza, Recife, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador, Santarém, São Paulo-Guarulhos)
• RICO linhas aereas[1] (Belém, Borba, Cruzeiro do Sul, Itaituba, Parintins, Porto Velho, Santarém, Tabatinga, Tefé)
• TAF (Belém, Fortaleza, Recife, Salvador, São Luis, Teresina)
• TAM (Belém, Brasília, Fortaleza, Miami, Porto Velho, Recife, Salvador, Santarem, São Luis, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos)
• Varig (Bogota, Caracas, São Paulo-Guarulhos)

TERMINAL 2

• RICO Linhas Aéreas[2] (Belém, Borba, Cruzeiro do Sul, Itaituba, Parintins, Porto Velho, Santarém, Tabatinga, Tefé)
• TRIP[3] (Many regional destinations within the State of Amazonas and neighbouring States)
• TOTAL[4] (Belém, Santarém, Parintins, Porto Trombetas)

[edit] Incidents and accidents

On September 30, 2006 Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, a flight from Manaus to Rio de Janeiro via Brasilia, crashed with 154 fatalities.

[edit] External link

• World Aero Data airport information for SBEG