Carauari Airport | |
Nativename: | Portuguese: Aeroporto de Carauari|italic=yes |
Iata: | CAF |
Icao: | SWCA |
Lid: | AM0007 |
Type: | Public |
City-Served: | Carauari |
Timezone: | BRT−1 |
Metric-Elev: | yes |
Elevation-F: | 354 |
Elevation-M: | 108 |
Coordinates: | -4.8714°N -66.8975°W |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Label: | CAF |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Metric-Rwy: | yes |
R1-Number: | 04/22 |
R1-Length-F: | 5,463 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,665 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
Stat2-Header: | Aircraft Operations |
Stat3-Header: | Metric tonnes of cargo |
Footnotes: | Sources: ANAC,[1] DECEA[2] |
Carauari Airport is the airport serving Carauari, Brazil.
Note:
Flights operated with MAP equipment on behalf of Voepass Linhas Aéreas.
On 15 December 1994, a TABA Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante en route from Carauari and Tefé to Manaus was hijacked by two Colombian citizens. The passengers were released in the proximity of Tabatinga and the aircraft was flown to Colombia. The crew was released at the Brazilian Embassy in Bogotá.[3]
The airport is located 1km (01miles) from downtown Carauari.