São José dos Campos Regional Airport
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São José dos Campos Regional Airport/Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport | |||
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IATA: SJK - ICAO: SBSJ | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | Public & Military | ||
Operator | Military of Brazil, managed by Infraero | ||
Serves | São José dos Campos | ||
Elevation AMSL | 2120 ft (649 m) | ||
Coordinates | |||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
15/33 | 9895 x 148 | 2,676 x 45 | Asphalt |
São José dos Campos Regional Airport (IATA: SJK, ICAO: SBSJ), also called Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport, is a public-use airport located 12 km from the city's downtown. Operated by the Infraero, the airport shares its runway with the Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology (CTA), Embraer and the city's flying club.
The airport has a passenger terminal with the capacity of 90,000/year and it is served by a snack bar, taxis and public telephones.
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[edit] History
Built in the 1950s basically to serve CTA, the airport originally only had a dirt runway. In the 1970s, the runway was paved with asphalt and lengthened to 3,000 meters. The airport is equipped also to handle instrument landings today and features a parking apron that can now handle a large cargo plane.
[edit] Services
OceanAir flies out of the airport to São Paulo (15') and Rio de Janeiro (45'), whose flights are frequented mainly by business travellers. It has been certified for international cargo flights since 2000. Treatment of cargo, as well as the fees for warehousing and handling, is similar to that at Infraero’s other freight terminals, with discounts seeking to reduce costs and streamline the clearance process, an important factor for local industries.
[edit] Information
- Magnetic variation: 20.174 W
- External area (m²): 2500
- Passenger terminal area: 864 m²
- Parking lot capacity: 49 spaces
- Passengers: 45,030 per year (2005)
[edit] External links
- São José dos Campos Regional Airport (official site, in English)