Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros Airport (IATA: BAU, ICAO: SBBU) is an airport serving Bauru, Brazil.
Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros Airport Aeroporto Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
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| Serves | Bauru | ||||||||||
| Passenger services ceased | October 23, 2006 | ||||||||||
| Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 617 m / 2,025 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°20′42″S 049°03′14″W / 22.34500°S 49.05389°W | ||||||||||
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History edit
The airport was built in 1939. On 23 October 2006 with the opening of Moussa Nakhl Tobias Airport, located in the adjoining municipality of Arealva, all scheduled traffic was transferred to the new facility. Since then Bauru Airport is dedicated to general aviation and to the operations of the Airclub of Bauru.
In 2013 the administration of the airport was transferred to the Municipality of Bauru. Previously it was administrated by DAESP.
Airlines and destinations edit
No scheduled flights operate at this airport.
Accidents and incidents edit
- 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 edit
The airport is located 3 km (2 mi) from downtown Bauru.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Estatísticas". DAESP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 22 August 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ "Bauru (SBBU)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Accident description PP-SPM". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "Accident description PT-SBB". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Accident description PT-LCG". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
External links edit
- Airport information for SBBU at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for SBBU at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for BAU at Aviation Safety Network