Bauru Airport Explained
| Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros Airport |
| Nativename: | Portuguese: Aeroporto Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros|italic=yes |
| Iata: | BAU |
| Icao: | SBBU |
| Lid: | SP0017 |
| Type: | Public |
| City-Served: | Bauru |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Metric-Elev: | yes |
| Elevation-M: | 617 |
| Elevation-F: | 2,025 |
| Coordinates: | -22.345°N -49.0539°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Brazil São Paulo State#Brazil |
| Pushpin Label: | BAU |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Metric-Rwy: | yes |
| R1-Number: | 14/32 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,501 |
| R1-Length-F: | 4,925 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2012 |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 11,451 2% |
| Stat2-Header: | Aircraft Operations |
| Stat2-Data: | 22,753 2% |
| Stat3-Header: | Metric tonnes of cargo |
| Footnotes: | Statistics: DAESP[1]
Source: ANAC,[2] DECEA[3] |
Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros Airport is an airport serving Bauru, Brazil.
History
The airport was built in 1939. On 23 October 2006 with the opening of Moussa Nakhl Tobias Airport, located in the adjoining municipality of Arealva, all scheduled traffic was transferred to the new facility. Since then Bauru Airport is dedicated to general aviation and to the operations of the Bauru Flying club.
In 2013 the administration of the airport was transferred to the Municipality of Bauru. Previously it was administrated by DAESP.
Airlines and destinations
No scheduled flights operate at this airport.
Accidents and incidents
- 13 May 1952: a VASP Douglas C-47B-45-DK registration PP-SPM operating a flight from São Paulo-Congonhas to Bauru lost control when carrying out an emergency landing following an engine failure. Two crew members and 3 passengers died.[4]
- 8 February 1979: a TAM Airlines Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante registration PT-SBB operating a flight from Bauru to São Paulo-Congonhas, while on initial climb from Bauru, struck trees and crashed into flames. All 2 crew and 16 passengers died.[5] [6]
- 12 February 1990: a TAM Airlines Fokker F27 registration PT-LCG operating a flight from São Paulo-Congonhas to Bauru, due to faulty approach procedures touched down at Bauru 775m past the runway threshold. The pilot was unable to initiate a go around procedure and went past the end of the runway hitting a car that was passing on a road nearby. One crew member and 2 occupants of the car died.[7]
Access
The airport is located 3km (02miles) from downtown Bauru.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Estatísticas. DAESP. pt. 28 January 2013.
- Web site: Aeródromos. ANAC. 22 August 2019. 25 July 2020. pt.
- Web site: Bauru (SBBU). DECEA. 14 April 2024. pt.
- Web site: Accident description PP-SPM . Aviation Safety Network . 20 May 2011.
- Web site: Accident description PT-SBB . Aviation Safety Network . 20 May 2011.
- Book: Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César . O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928-1996 . Compensador automático . EDIPUCRS . 2 . Porto Alegre . 2008 . 308–312 . 978-85-7430-760-2 . Portuguese.
- Web site: Accident description PT-LCG . Aviation Safety Network . 20 May 2011.
