Eduardo Gomes International Airport

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Eduardo Gomes International Airport Manaus International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Manaus
IATA: MAO – ICAO: SBEG
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Infraero
Location		Manaus
Elevation AMSL		80 m / 264 ft
Coordinates		03°02′19″S 60°02′59″W / -3.03861, -60.04972
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
10/28	2,700	8,858	Asphalt

Eduardo Gomes International Airport (IATA: MAO, ICAO: SBEG), is located in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. It is administered by Infraero. The airport is named after Brazilian politician and military figure Eduardo Gomes and has two terminal buildings. Terminal 1 receives domestic and international flights and Terminal 2, also known as "Eduardinho", receives regional flights and some business jets.

The airport opened in March of 1976, becoming the most modern airport in Brazil in that decade and the first improved with loading bridges in Brazil. It was the first Brazilian airport to have jetways and, it was known as The Supersonic Airport (after receiving a non-scheduled Concorde flight).

In 2007, the airport handled 2,063,872 passengers and 44,303 aircraft movements, placing it amongst the busiest airports in Brazil^[1].

Contents 1 Airlines and destinations 2 Incidents and accidents 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Terminal 1

• Copa Airlines (Panama City)
• Gol Transportes Aéreos (Belém, Boa Vista, Brasília, Cruzeiro do Sul, Fortaleza, Porto Velho, Recife, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador, Santarém, São Paulo-Guarulhos)
• Rico Linhas Aéreas (Belém, Borba, Itaituba, Parintins, Porto Velho, Santarém, Tabatinga, Tefé)
• TAME (Quito)
• TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas) (Belém, Boa Vista, Brasília, Caracas, Fortaleza, Miami, Recife, Salvador, Santarem, São Luis, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos)
• Varig (São Paulo-Guarulhos, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Brasília, Bogotá)

Terminal 2

• Rico Linhas Aéreas (Belém, Borba, Itaituba, Parintins, Porto Velho, Santarém, Tabatinga, Tefé)
• Total Linhas Aéreas (Araguaina, Carajas, Tucurui, Belém, Santarém, Parintins, Porto Trombetas)
• TRIP Linhas Aéreas

[edit] Incidents and accidents

• On September 30, 2006, Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, a flight from Manaus to Rio de Janeiro via Brasilia, hit an Embraer Legacy in a mid-air collision and crashed with 154 fatalities.

[edit] See also

• List of the busiest airports in Brazil

[edit] References

1. ^ Airport statistics for 2007 http://www.infraero.gov.br/upload/arquivos/movi/mov.operac.1207.pdf

[edit] External links

• Airport information for SBEG at World Aero Data