Bacacheri Airport
| Bacacheri Airport Aeroporto do Bacacheri | |||
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| IATA: BFH – ICAO: SBBI | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Infraero | ||
| Serves | Curitiba | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 932 m / 3,057 ft | ||
| Coordinates | 25°24′12″S 049°14′01″W / 25.40333°S 49.23361°WCoordinates: 25°24′12″S 049°14′01″W / 25.40333°S 49.23361°W | ||
| Website | |||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 18/36 | 1,390 | 4,560 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2012) | |||
| Passengers | 90,360 | ||
| Aircraft Operations | 29,689 | ||
| Metric tonnes of cargo | 6 | ||
| Statistics: Infraero[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC[3] | |||
Bacacheri Airport (IATA: BFH, ICAO: SBBI) is an airport in Curitiba, Brazil. It is named after the neighborhood where it is located.
It is operated by Infraero.
History
The history of Bacacheri airport begins in 1930 as an air field for Military Aviation. In 1942 the Ministry of Air Force officially upgraded the facility to the status of an Air Force Base.
On March 31, 1980 Bacacheri Air Force Base was de-commissioned and its administration handled over to Infraero. Even though there is still a strong military presence in the area, Bacacheri Airport today is mainly dedicated to general aviation, and is the site of a great number of aircraft maintenance facilities.
The Brazilian Integrated Air Traffic Control and Air Defense Center section 2 (Cindacta II) is located in the vicinity of the airport.[4]
Airlines and destinations
Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
Accidents and incidents
- 18 August 1941: a Panair do Brasil Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar registration PP-PBD en route from Curitiba-Bacacheri to São Paulo-Congonhas crashed on the Cantareira mountain range near São Paulo. 8 out of 13 passengers and crew aboard died.[5][6]
Access
The airport is located 7 km (4 mi) from downtown Curitiba.
See also
References
- ↑ "Movimento operacional da rede Infraero de janeiro a dezembro de 2012" (in Portuguese). Infraero. January 14, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Airport Official Website" (in Portuguese). Infraero.
- ↑ "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC.
- ↑ "Cindacta II" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Air Force: Departamento de Controle do Espaço Aéreo DECEA. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ↑ Pereira, Aldo (1987). Breve História da Aviação Comercial Brasileira (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Europa. p. 338.
- ↑ Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Serra da Cantareira". O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928-1996 (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 37–41. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
External links
- Airport information for SBBI at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for SBBI at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Current weather for SBBI at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for BFH at Aviation Safety Network
- Bacacheri Airport Photo Archive at airliners.net
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