| Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) Aeroporto Internacional de Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães (2 de Julho) |
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| IATA: SSA – ICAO: SBSV | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public/Military | ||
| Operator | Infraero | ||
| Serves | Salvador da Bahia | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 20 m / 64 ft | ||
| Coordinates | 12°54′39″S 38°19′51″W / 12.91083°S 38.33083°W | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 10/28 | 3,005 | 9,859 | Asphalt |
| 17/35 | 1,519 | 4,985 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Passengers | 6,042,307 | ||
| Aircraft Operations | 95,804 | ||
| Metric tonnes of cargo | 43,424 | ||
| Sources: Airport Website [1], Infraero [2] | |||
Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (IATA: SSA, ICAO: SBSV), more commonly known as it was formerly named: Dois de Julho International Airport. It is located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It is administered by Infraero, and lies 20 km (12 mi) north of downtown Salvador. The airport is located in an area of more than 6 million square meters between sand dunes and native vegetation. The road route to the airport has already become one of the city's main scenic attractions. In 2008, the airport handled 6,042,307 passengers and 95,804 aircraft movements, placing it 5th busiest airport in Brazil in terms of passengers.
The airport's use has been growing at an average of 14% a year and now is responsible for more than 30% of passenger movement in Brazil's Northeast. Nearly 35 thousand people circulate daily through the passenger terminal. The airport generates more than 16 thousand direct and indirect jobs, to serve a daily average of over 10 thousand passengers, 250 takeoffs and landings of 100 domestic and 16 international flights.
Many of these flights are domestic flights from within Brazil where Salvador serves as a major transfer point for flights to and from smaller cities throughout the Northeastern Brazil. Salvador International Airport has international service to North America, South America, Europe, and Africa.
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History
The airport was founded in 1925, and was completely rebuilt in 1941 by Panair do Brasil ("necessities of war", declared the American and the Brazilian governments). Its old name was Santo Amaro do Ipitanga. In 1955, the airport changed its name to Dois de Julho, and, in 1998, to the present name, although Salvador's inhabitants mostly continue to refer to the airport by the older name Dois de Julho, which commemorates Bahia Independence Day. In 2000, the airport underwent a major renovation which made the airport one of the most modern airports in Brazil.
General information
- Main terminal: 69,400 m²
- Number of fingers: 24
- Capacity: 6,000,000 passengers
- Direct jobs: 4,000
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Abaeté Linhas Aéreas | Bom Jesus da Lapa, Guanambi |
| Aerolineas Argentinas | Buenos Aires-Ezeiza [begins 3 January] |
| Air Europa | Madrid |
| Air Italy | Milan-Malpensa |
| American Airlines | Miami |
| Azul | Campinas-Viracopos, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Vitória |
| Condor Flugdienst | Frankfurt |
| Iberworld | Madrid |
| Gol | Aracaju, Belém-Val de Cães, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasília, Campinas-Viracopos, Cuiabá, Fortaleza, Ilhéus, João Pessoa, Maceió, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, São Luís, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos |
| OceanAir | Recife, São Paulo-Guarulhos |
| Passaredo | Brasília, Barreiras, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Vitória da Conquista |
| TAM | Belém-Val de Cães, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasília, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Campinas-Viracopos, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, Ilhéus, João Pessoa, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Santarém, São Luís, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos |
| TAP Portugal | Lisbon |
| TRIP | Aracaju, Fernando de Noronha, Ilhéus, Lençóis, Natal, Petrolina, Recife, Vitória, Vitória da Conquista |
| Webjet | Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasília, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão |
Accidents and incidents
Accidents with fatalities
- 21 September 1944: Panair do Brasil, a Lockheed L-18 Lodestar registration PP-PBH crashed shortly after take-off from Salvador. All 17 occupants died.
- 30 May 1950: Aerovias Brasil, a Douglas C-47-DL registration PP-AVZ, en route from Vitória da Conquista to Salvador disintegrated on air, while flying over Itacaré, near Ilhéus. It was flying under extremely bad conditions and entered a cumulus nimbus. Passengers and cargo were moved aboard and as a consequence control was lost. Both wings separated from the aircraft as it descended at great speed. Of the 15 passengers and crew aboard, 2 survived.
Incidents
- 15 May 1973: VASP, a Vickers Viscount registration PP-SRD was damaged beyond economic repair when it departed the runway on landing and the undercarriage collapsed.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Airport Official Website
- ^ Infraero Statistics for the Airport
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730119-0. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
External links
- Airport information for SBSV at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for SBSV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Current weather for SBSV at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for SSA at Aviation Safety Network
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