Santa Maria Airport (Rio Grande do Sul)
Santa Maria Airport Aeroporto de Santa Maria | |||||||||||||||
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 The check-in area at Santa Maria Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Santa Maria | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Santa Maria | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | Time in Brazil (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 88 m / 289 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°42′39″S 053°41′32″W / 29.71083°S 53.69222°WCoordinates: 29°42′39″S 053°41′32″W / 29.71083°S 53.69222°W | ||||||||||||||
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Santa Maria Airport (IATA: RIA, ICAO: SBSM) is the airport serving Santa Maria, Brazil.
It is operated by the Municipality of Santa Maria.
Some of its facilities are shared with the Santa Maria Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.
History[]
In 1944 the President of Brazil Getúlio Vargas allocated an area of 4 million square meters near Santa Maria with the purpose of building an aerodrome. The works were conducted on an urgent basis, with the collaboration of the United States Army and it was finally opened in April 1945.
Between 1971 and 2015, with the creation of the Santa Maria Air Force Base, civil and military facilities were shared. However, in 2015 an agreement between the Brazilian Air Force and the Municipality of Santa Maria, transferred part of the facilities to the latter. The civil portion of the aerodrome is administrated by the Municipality and the military portion by the Brazilian Air Force.[2]
Airlines and destinations[]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Azul Brazilian Airlines | Porto Alegre |
Access[]
The airport is located 11 km (7 mi) east of downtown Santa Maria.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Obras de revitalização do aeródromo de Santa Maria (RS) são concluídas". Força Aérea Brasileira (in Portuguese). 7 November 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Santa Maria Airport (Rio Grande do Sul). |
- Airport information for SBSM at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for SBSM at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for SBSM at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for RIA at Aviation Safety Network
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- Airports in Rio Grande do Sul
- Airports established in 1945