Campo de Marte Airport

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Campo de Marte Airport Aeroporto Campo de Marte
IATA: none – ICAO: SBMT
Summary
Airport type		Public/Military
Operator		Infraero
Serves		São Paulo
Elevation AMSL		722 m / 2,368 ft
Coordinates		23°30′25″S 046°38′03″W
Website		Infraero SBMT
Map
SBMT Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
12/30	1,600	5,250	Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers			388,112
Aircraft Operations			133,524
Metric tonnes of cargo			0
Statistics: Infraero Sources: Airport Website, ANAC

Campo de Marte Airport (ICAO: SBMT) is the first airport built in São Paulo, Brazil, opened in 1919. It is named after Champ de Mars, in Paris, which in turn got its name from Campus Martius, in Rome.

In 2010 the airport was ranked 5th in terms of aircraft operations, placing it amongst the busiest airports in the country. It is operated by Infraero.

History

Campo de Marte was the first airport built in São Paulo, opened in 1919.

The airport was bombarded during the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution.

On 12 November 1933 a ceremony marking the start-up of scheduled flights of VASP took place at the airport. The first two routes linked Campo de Marte to São Carlos and São José do Rio Preto, and to Ribeirão Preto and Uberaba.

It handled all air operations in São Paulo until VASP opened Congonhas Airport in 1936. VASP considered it a necessary move because of unexpected growing demands, and to avoid a problem of constant flooding by the adjoining Tietê River, particularly the one that happened in 1929.

Presently it houses the São Paulo Flying School, founded in 1931, helicopters and general aviation services. It has limited night operations capability, usually reserved to helicopters.

The 4th command of the Brazilian Air Force is also located on the premises.

Airlines and destinations

Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Accidents and incidents

• 26 November 1962: a Vasp Saab Scandia 90A-1 registration PP-SRA en route from São Paulo-Congonhas to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont collided in the air over the Municipality of Paraibuna, State of São Paulo with a private Cessna 310 registration PT-BRQ en route from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont to Campo de Marte. Both were flying on the same airway AB-6 in opposite directions and failed to have visual contact. The aircraft crashed killing all 23 passengers and crew of the Saab and 4 occupants of the Cessna.
• 26 December 2002: a Brazilian Air Force Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante registration FAB-2292 en route from Campo de Marte to Florianópolis Air Force Base crashed while trying to carry out an emergency landing at Curitiba-Afonso Pena. Reportedly, both engines had quit. The airplane had taken off with insufficient fuel on board to complete the flight to Florianópolis. Three passengers and crew of the 16 aboard died.

Access

The airport is located 6 km (4 mi) from downtown São Paulo in the district of Santana.

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Brazil

External links

• Airport information for SBMT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
• Airport information for SBMT at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
• Current weather for SBMT at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for SBMT at Aviation Safety Network
• Campo de Marte Photo Archive at airliners.net