Bauru Airport

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Bauru State Airport
Aeroporto Estadual de Bauru
IATA: BAUICAO: SBBU
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator DAESP
Serves Bauru
Elevation AMSL 617 m / 2,025 ft
Coordinates 22°20′37″S 049°03′14″W / 22.34361°S 49.05389°W / -22.34361; -49.05389Coordinates: 22°20′37″S 049°03′14″W / 22.34361°S 49.05389°W / -22.34361; -49.05389
Website DAESP BAU
Map
SBBU
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 1,500 4,921 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 11,451
Aircraft Operations 22,753
Metric tonnes of cargo 0
Statistics: DAESP[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC[3]

Bauru State Airport (IATA: BAU, ICAO: SBBU) is an airport serving Bauru, Brazil.

It is operated by DAESP.

History

The airport was built in 1939. In May 2006 all scheduled traffic was transferred to Moussa Nakhl Tobias Airport, located in the adjoining municipality of Arealva, when it opened. Presently Bauru Airport is dedicated to general aviation and a flying school.

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled flights operate at this airport anymore.

Accidents and incidents

  • 13 May 1952: a VASP Douglas C-47B-45-DK registration PP-SPM operating a flight from São Paulo-Congonhas to Bauru lost control when carrying out an emergency landing following an engine failure. Two crew members and 3 passengers died.[4]
  • 8 February 1979: a TAM Airlines Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante registration PT-SBB operating a flight from Bauru to São Paulo-Congonhas, while on initial climb from Bauru, struck trees and crashed into flames. All 2 crew and 16 passengers died.[5][6]
  • 12 February 1990: a TAM Airlines Fokker F27 registration PT-LCG operating a flight from São Paulo-Congonhas to Bauru, due to faulty approach procedures touched down at Bauru 775m past the runway threshold. The pilot was unable to initiate a go around procedure and went past the end of the runway hitting a car that was passing on a road nearby. One crew member and 2 occupants of the car died.[7]

Access

The airport is located 3 km (2 mi) from downtown Bauru.

See also

References

  1. "Estatísticas" (in Portuguese). DAESP. Retrieved January 28, 2013. 
  2. "Bauru Airport" (in Portuguese). DAESP. 
  3. "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC. 
  4. "Accident description PP-SPM". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
  5. "Accident description PT-SBB". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
  6. Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Compensador automático". 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. 308–312. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2. 
  7. "Accident description PT-LCG". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 

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