São José dos Campos Regional Airport

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São José dos Campos Regional Airport/Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport
IATA: SJK - ICAO: SBSJ
Summary
Airport type		Public & Military
Operator		Military of Brazil, managed by Infraero
Serves		São José dos Campos
Elevation AMSL		2120 ft (649 m)
Coordinates		23°13′45″S, 45°51′41″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
15/33	9895 x 148	2,676 x 45	Asphalt

São José dos Campos Regional Airport (IATA: SJK, ICAO: SBSJ), also called Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport, is a public-use airport located 12 km from the city's downtown. Operated by the Infraero, the airport shares its runway with the Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology (CTA), Embraer and the city's flying club.

The airport has a passenger terminal with the capacity of 90,000/year and it is served by a snack bar, taxis and public telephones.

1 History
2 Services
3 Information
4 External links

[edit] History

Built in the 1950s basically to serve CTA, the airport originally only had a dirt runway. In the 1970s, the runway was paved with asphalt and lengthened to 3,000 meters. The airport is equipped also to handle instrument landings today and features a parking apron that can now handle a large cargo plane.

[edit] Services

OceanAir flies out of the airport to São Paulo (15') and Rio de Janeiro (45'), whose flights are frequented mainly by business travellers. It has been certified for international cargo flights since 2000. Treatment of cargo, as well as the fees for warehousing and handling, is similar to that at Infraero’s other freight terminals, with discounts seeking to reduce costs and streamline the clearance process, an important factor for local industries.