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Marabá Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Serves
  
Marabá

Website
  
Infraero MAB

Code
  
MAB

Phone
  
+55 94 3324-2285

Operator
  
Infraero

Elevation AMSL
  
109 m / 357 ft

07/25
  
2,000

Elevation
  
109 m

Passenger count
  
397,169

Marabá Airport

Address
  
Rodovia Transamazônica, Km 1,5, S/N - Amapá, Marabá - PA, 68502-290, Brazil

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João Correa da Rocha Airport (IATA: MAB, ICAO: SBMA) is the airport serving Marabá, Brazil.

Contents

It is operated by Infraero.

History

The airport was inaugurated on May 20, 1978.

Accidents and incidents

  • 3 September 1989: a Varig Boeing 737-241 registration PP-VMK operating flight 254 flying from São Paulo-Guarulhos to Belém-Val de Cans with intermediate stops, crashed near São José do Xingu while on the last leg of the flight between Marabá and Belém due to a pilot navigational error, which led to fuel exhaustion and a subsequent belly landing into the jungle, 450 miles (724 km) southwest of Marabá. Out of 54 occupants, there were 13 fatalities, all of them passengers. The survivors were discovered two days later.

    • Access

    The airport is located 5 km (3 mi) from downtown Marabá.

    References

    Marabá Airport Wikipedia
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