Macaé Airport

Macaé Airport Aeroporto de Macaé
IATA: MEA – ICAO: SBME
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Infraero
Serves		Macaé
Elevation AMSL		549 m / 1,802 ft
Coordinates
Website		Infraero MEA
Map
MEA Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
06/24	1,200	3,937	Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers			410,145
Aircraft Operations			65,149
Metric tonnes of cargo			285
Statistics: Infraero [1] Sources: Airport Website[2]

Macaé Airport (IATA: MEA, ICAO: SBME) is the airport serving Macaé, Brazil.

It is operated by Infraero.

Contents 1 History 2 Airlines and destinations 3 Accidents and incidents 4 Access 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

History

The airport was established in the 1960s as an airfield for general aviation and a Flying club. In the 1980s the runway was paved and an apron and a terminal with 941 m² were constructed, enabling Macaé Airport to fully support the operations related to the Campos basin. In fact, most of its movement (98%) is related to helicopter flights to/from offshore oil platforms of the Campos basin. Its apron has 6 positions for fixed-wing aircraft and 38 positions for rotorcrafts.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
TEAM Linhas Aéreas	Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont
TRIP Linhas Aéreas	Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Vitória

Accidents and incidents

• 28 June 1984: a TAM Airlines Embraer EMB 110C Bandeirante registration PP-SBC operating a chartered flight by Petrobras from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont to Macaé flew into a hill while descending through rain and clouds over the Municipality of São Pedro da Aldeia. All 18 passengers and crew died.^[3]
• 31 March 2006: a Team Let 410 UVP-E20 registration PT-FSE operating flight 6865, en route from Macaé to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont crashed over the Municipality of Rio Bonito. Trying to avoid an area of poor weather, the aircraft struck trees near the top of Pico da Pedra Bonita at an elevation of 1920 feet. All 19 passengers and crew died.^[4]

Access

The airport is located 6 km (4 mi) from downtown Macaé.

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Brazil

References

External links

• Airport information for SBME at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
• Airport information for SBME at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
• Current weather for SBME at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for MEA at Aviation Safety Network
• Macaé Airport Photo Archive at airliners.net

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