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Bauru Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
617 m / 2,025 ft

1,500
  
4,921

Code
  
BAU

Passenger count
  
11,451

Serves
  
Bauru

14/32
  
1,500

4,921
  
Asphalt

Elevation
  
617 m

Bauru Airport

Comte. João Ribeiro de Barros Airport (IATA: BAU, ICAO: SBBU) is an airport serving Bauru, Brazil.

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History

The airport was built in 1939. In May 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.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

    • Access

    The airport is located 3 km (2 mi) from downtown Bauru.

    References

    Bauru Airport Wikipedia
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