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Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport
Aeroporto Internacional Comandante Gustavo KraemerIATA: BGX – ICAO: SBBG Summary Airport type Public Operator Infraero Serves Bagé Elevation AMSL 183 m / 600 ft Coordinates 31°23′26″S 054°06′44″W / 31.39056°S 54.11222°WCoordinates: 31°23′26″S 054°06′44″W / 31.39056°S 54.11222°W Website Map Location in Brazil
BGXRunways Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 1,500 4,921 Concrete 14/32 1,170 3,840 Grass Statistics (2010) Passengers 2,269 Aircraft Operations 495 Metric tonnes of cargo 13 Statistics: Infraero [1]
Sources: Airport Website[2]Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport (IATA: BGX, ICAO: SBBG) is the airport serving Bagé, Brazil. It is named after Captain Gustavo Kraemer, founder and pilot of the airline SAVAG, killed on an air-crash in 1950.
It is operated by Infraero.
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History
The airport opened on July 5, 1946. On February 8, 1952 the airport was renamed after Gustavo Kraemer, who on June 20, 1950 died on an air-crash while piloting an aircraft of SAVAG, an airline of which he was also president.
The airport is mainly dedicated to general aviation.
Airlines and destinations
Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
Accidents and incidents
- 7 April 1957: a Varig Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando registration PP-VCF operating a flight from Bagé to Porto Alegre crashed during take-off from Bagé following a fire developed in the left main gear wheel well and consequent technical difficulties. All 40 passenger and crew died.[3]
Access
The airport is locatedb 9 km (6 mi) from downtown Bagé.
See also
References
- ^ Infraero Statistics for the Airport
- ^ Airport Official Website
- ^ "Accident description PP-VCF". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19570407-0. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
External links
- Airport information for SBBG at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for SBBG at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Current weather for SBBG at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for BGX at Aviation Safety Network
- Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport Photo Archive at airliners.net
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