Tabatinga International Airport

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Tabatinga International Airport

Aeroporto Internacional de Tabatinga
Operação Ágata 7 em Tabatinga - AM (8903760089).jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorInfraero / Vinci SA
ServesTabatinga
Time zoneTime in Brazil (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL85 m / 279 ft
Coordinates04°15′02″S 069°56′16″W / 4.25056°S 69.93778°W / -4.25056; -69.93778Coordinates: 04°15′02″S 069°56′16″W / 4.25056°S 69.93778°W / -4.25056; -69.93778
Websitewww4.infraero.gov.br/aeroportos/aeroporto-internacional-de-tabatinga/
Map
TBT is located in Brazil
TBT
TBT
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 2,150 7,054 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers52,551 Decrease 29%
Aircraft Operations2,546 Decrease 13%
Metric tonnes of cargo89 Decrease 42%
Statistics: Infraero[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC[3]

Tabatinga International Airport (IATA: TBT, ICAO: SBTT) is the airport serving Tabatinga, Brazil.

It is operated by Infraero and Vinci SA.

History[]

Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021 Vinci SA won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[4]

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian AirlinesManaus, Tefé

Access[]

The airport is located 1 km (1 mi) from downtown Tabatinga.

Accidents and incidents[]

  • 12 June 1982: a TABA Fairchild Hiller FH-227 registration PT-LBV en route from Eirunepé to Tabatinga while on approach to Tabatinga collided with a pole in poor visibility and crashed onto a parking lot. All 40 passengers and 4 crew died.[5][6]
  • 29 October 2009: a Brazilian Air Force Cessna 208 Caravan registration FAB-2725 en route from Cruzeiro do Sul do Tabatinga made an emergency landing on a river due engine failure. Of the 11 occupants, 1 passenger and 1 crew member died.[7]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 10 February 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Aeroporto Internacional de Tabatinga". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Governo federal arrecada R$ 3,3 bilhões com leilão de 22 aeroportos". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Accident description PT-LBV". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  6. ^ Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Aru traiçoeiro". 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. 327–331. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
  7. ^ "Accident description FAB-2725". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

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