Tabatinga International Airport

Tabatinga International Airport (IATA: TBT, ICAO: SBTT) is the airport serving Tabatinga, Brazil.

Tabatinga International Airport

Aeroporto Internacional de Tabatinga
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorInfraero
ServesTabatinga
Elevation AMSL85 m / 279 ft
Coordinates04°15′02″S 069°56′16″W
Websitewww4.infraero.gov.br/aeroportos/aeroporto-internacional-de-tabatinga/
Map
TBT
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 2,150 7,054 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers72,959 8.3%
Aircraft Operations2,921 8.8%
Metric tonnes of cargo154 46.7%
Statistics: Infraero[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC[3]

It is operated by Infraero.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian AirlinesManaus, Tefé

Access

The airport is located 1 km (1 mi) from downtown Tabatinga.

Accidents and incidents

  • 12 June 1982: a TABA Fairchild Hiller FH-227 registration PT-LBV en route from Eirunepé to Tabatinga while on approach to Tabatinga collided with a pole in poor visibility and crashed onto a parking lot. All 40 passengers and 4 crew died.[4][5]
  • 29 October 2009: a Brazilian Air Force Cessna 208 Caravan registration FAB-2725 en route from Cruzeiro do Sul do Tabatinga made an emergency landing on a river due engine failure. Of the 11 occupants, 1 passenger and 1 crew member died.[6]

See also

References

  1. "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 20 February 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. "Aeroporto Internacional de Tabatinga". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. "Accident description PT-LBV". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  5. Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Aru traiçoeiro". O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928-1996 (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 327–331. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
  6. "Accident description FAB-2725". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
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