Tabatinga International Airport
Tabatinga International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Tabatinga | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Infraero | ||||||||||
| Serves | Tabatinga | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 85 m / 279 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 04°15′25″S 069°56′16″W / 4.25694°S 69.93778°W | ||||||||||
| Website | Infraero TBT | ||||||||||
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  TBT Location in Brazil | |||||||||||
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Tabatinga International Airport (IATA: TBT, ICAO: SBTT) is the airport serving Tabatinga, Brazil, located by the border with Colombia and Peru.
It is operated by Infraero.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Azul Brazilian Airlines | Manaus |
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.[4][5]
- 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.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Estatísticas" (in Portuguese). Infraero. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Airport Official Website" (in Portuguese). Infraero.
- ^ "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC.
- ^ "Accident description PT-LBV". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Accident description FAB-2725". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
External links
- Template:WAD
- Airport information for SBTT at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for SBTT at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for TBT at Aviation Safety Network
