União da Vitória Airport

José Cleto Airport
Aeroporto José Cleto
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator União da Vitória
SEIL
Serves União da Vitória
Elevation AMSL 752 m / 2,467 ft
Coordinates 26°13′54″S 051°04′08″W / 26.23167°S 51.06889°W / -26.23167; -51.06889Coordinates: 26°13′54″S 051°04′08″W / 26.23167°S 51.06889°W / -26.23167; -51.06889
Website SEIL SSUV
Map
SSUV
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 1,000 3,281 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers 333
Aircraft Operations 663
Statistics: SEIL[1][2]
Sources: Airport Website,[3] ANAC[4]

José Cleto Airport (ICAO: SSUV) is the airport serving União da Vitória, Brazil. It is named after José Cleto (1901-1960), a local entrepreneur, politician and film producer and director.

It is operated by the Municipality of União da Vitória under the supervision of Aeroportos do Paraná (SEIL).

History

Between 1912 and 1916, the region around União da Vitória was the site of the Contestado War. At that time, Lieutenant Ricardo João Kirk, a Brazilian aviator, made a demonstration of the use of aircraft in battles to representatives of the Brazilian Army. Convinced by Kirk's demonstration, the Brazilian Government ordered the Army to open airfields in União da Vitória, Canoinhas and Rio Negro, to send aircraft to those cities, and to attack the rebels by dropping bombs.

The aircraft had difficulties to reach their destination, particularly because the train that was carrying the aircraft and troops was attacked by the rebels. As a result, Kirk decided to go himself to União da Vitória equipped with new aircraft and troops.

On March 1, 1915, during his second flight, the one in which he would start destroying villages and other settlements, he crashed in a forest 44 km from União da Vitória while attempting an emergency landing. This crash was the first documented aircraft accident in Brazil.[5][6]

In the 1960s, União da Vitória Airport was served by airlines with regular flights to Curitiba, Florianópolis, Porto Alegre and other important cities.

Today the airport is dedicated to general aviation.

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Access

The airport is located 1 km (1 mi) east from downtown União da Vitória.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SEIL Statistics for Transported Passengers at the Airport" (PDF) (in Portuguese). SEIL. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "SEIL Statistics for Aircraft Operations at the Airport" (PDF) (in Portuguese). SEIL. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Airport Official Website" (in Portuguese). SEIL.
  4. ↑ "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC.
  5. ↑ Lintz Geraldo, Alcyr. "O avião na Campanha do Contestado" (in Portuguese). Reservaer. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  6. ↑ Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica (1988). História Geral da Aeronáutica Brasileira: dos primórdios até 1920 (in Portuguese). 1. Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia and Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica. pp. 418–428.
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