Eduardo Gomes International Airport

Manaus International Airport - Eduardo Gomes Aeroporto Internacional de Manaus - Eduardo Gomes
IATA: MAO – ICAO: SBEG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Infraero
Serves	Greater Manaus
Location	Amazonas, Brazil
Focus city for	Azul Brazilian Airlines
Elevation AMSL	80 m / 264 ft
Coordinates	03°02′28″S 060°03′02″W / 3.04111°S 60.05056°WCoordinates: 03°02′28″S 060°03′02″W / 3.04111°S 60.05056°W
Website	http://www4.infraero.gov.br
Map
MAO Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 2,700 8,858 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 3,258,157 Aircraft Operations 48,433 Metric tonnes of cargo 123,009
Statistics: Infraero[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] [3]ANAC[4]

Manaus International Airport - Eduardo Gomes (IATA: MAO, ICAO: SBEG) is the major international airport in Northern Brazil, located in the city of Manaus and the busiest in the number of international passengers this region. In cargo transport, it is the third busiest in the Brazil, behind only the airports of Guarulhos and Viracopos.

It is named after the Brazilian politician and military figure Air Marshal Eduardo Gomes (1896–1981). It is located in the west of Manaus, 8 miles from the Historic Center.

History

Manaus International Airport replaced Ponta Pelada Airport as the main public airport of Manaus in 1976. Ponta Pelada was then given the name Manaus Air Force Base and began handling exclusively military operations.^[5]

The construction of the airport began in 1972 and it was officially inaugurated on 31 March 1976. It was then the most modern airport in Brazil and the first one to operate with jet bridges. Though originally planned to be named Supersonic Airport of Manaus, it had its official name changed to Eduardo Gomes by the law 5.967 of 11 December 1973.^[6]

The airport has two passenger terminal buildings. Passenger Terminal 1 receives domestic and international flights and Passenger Terminal 2, opened on 12 March 1985, receives general aviation and some regional flights. Furthermore, the airport has three cargo terminals, opened in 1976, 1980 and 2004. They have a total area of 49,000 m² and can process up to 12,000 t/month of cargo. Cargo Terminals 1 and 2 handle goods for export and Cargo Terminal 3 for import.^[7]

The Brazilian Integrated Air Traffic Control and Air Defense Center section 4 (Cindacta IV) is located in the vicinity of the airport.^[8]

View of Eduardo Gomes International Airport's runway 10 (with TAM Airlines Airbus A330-200 holding short). Manaus city center is at the background.

Developments

Terminal 1.

On 31 August 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL793.5 million (USD316.1 million; EUR292.2 million) investment plan to upgrade Eduardo Gomes International Airport focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup which will be held in Brazil, Manaus being one of the venue cities. The investment was invested as follows:^[9]

• Enlargement of apron and existing runway. Construction of second runway. Value BRL600.0. Completion: July 2013
• Enlargement and renovation of the passenger terminal. Value BRL193.5. Completion: December 2013

Even though the World Cup started in June 2014, the Airport's Refurbishment was not completed in time for the event, however the works being held at the Airport did not interfere in the Airport's activities throughout the World Cup.

Terminals, airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
American Airlines	Miami	1
Azul Brazilian Airlines	Altamira, Barcelos, Belém, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Boa Vista, Campinas, Coari, Cuiabá, Fortaleza, Parintins, Porto Velho, Porto Trombetas, Recife, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Salvador da Bahia, Santa Isabel do Rio Negro, Santarém, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, São Paulo-Guarulhos, São Paulo de Olivença, Tabatinga, Tefé	1
Avior Airlines	Barcelona (VE)	1
Copa Airlines	Panama City–Tocumen	1
Gol Transportes Aéreos	Belém, Boa Vista, Buenos Aires (resumes December 2016), Brasília, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, Porto Alegre, Porto Velho, Recife, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador da Bahia, Santarém, São Luís, São Paulo-Guarulhos	1
Insel Air	Curaçao	1
LATAM Brasil	Belém, Boa Vista, Brasília, Fortaleza, Miami, Salvador, São Paulo-Guarulhos	1
MAP Linhas Aéreas	Altamira, Belém, Carauari, Eirunepé, Lábrea, Parintins, Santarém, Tefé	2
Rima^a	Lábrea, Porto Velho	2
Total Linhas Aéreas^b	Carauari, Coari, Porto Urucu	2
Venezolana	Porlamar	1

a.^ Air taxi company and airline operating regular charter flights.

Cargo

Cargo Terminal.

Airlines	Destinations
ABSA Cargo Airline	Brasília, Campinas–Viracopos, Fortaleza, Guayaquil, São Paulo-Guarulhos
Cargolux	Luxembourg
LANCO	Campinas-Viracopos, Miami
LATAM Cargo Brasil	Brasília, Campinas, Fortaleza, São Paulo-Guarulhos

Accidents and incidents

• 21 April 1983: three Libyan Air Force Il-76TDs landed at Manaus after one of the Il-76s developed some technical problems while crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The aircraft were then searched by the Brazilian authorities: instead of medical supplies – as quoted in the transport documentation – the crate of the first of 17 Aero L-39 Albatros light training and attack aircraft bound for Nicaragua together with arms and parachutes, to support the country's war against US-backed Contras were found. The cargo was impounded, while the transports were permitted to return to Libya.^[10]
• 6 March 1991: a TABA Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante flying to Manaus was hijacked near São Gabriel da Cachoeira by 3 persons.^[11]
• 15 December 1994: a TABA Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante en route from Carauari and Tefé to Manaus was hijacked by two Colombian citizens. The passengers were released in the proximity of Tabatinga and the aircraft was flown to Colombia. The crew was released at the Brazilian Embassy in Bogotá.^[12]
• 14 May 2004: Rico Linhas Aéreas flight 4815 operated by the Embraer EMB 120ER Brasília registration PT-WRO, en route from São Paulo de Olivença and Tefé to Manaus crashed in the forest at about 18 nm from Manaus. All 33 passengers and crew died.^[13]

Access

The airport is located 14 km (9 mi) north of downtown Manaus.

See also

• List of airports in Brazil

References

1. "Estatísticas" (in Portuguese). Infraero. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
2. "Airport Official Website" (in Portuguese). Infraero.
3. https://www.infraero.gov.br/cargo/index.php/2016-04-12-12-07-49/movimentacao-das-cargas
4. "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC.
5. "Base Aérea de Manaus e 1°/9° GAv completam 39 anos de apoio à Amazônia" (in Portuguese). Força Aérea Brasileira. 14 April 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
6. "Histórico" (in Portuguese). Infraero. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
7. "Aeroporto Internacional Eduardo Gomes-Manaus" (in Portuguese). Infraero. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
8. "Cindacta IV" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Air Force: Departamento de Controle do Espaço Aéreo DECEA. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
9. Rittner, Daniel; Braga, Paulo Victor (31 August 2009). "Infraero vai gastar R$5 bi em reforma de aeroportos". Valor Econômico (in Portuguese). pp. A4.
10. Cooper, Tom (1 September 2003). "Central and Latin America Database: Nicaragua 1980–1988". Air Combat Information Group. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
11. "Incident description 6 March 1991". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
12. "Incident description 15 December 1994". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
13. "Accident description PT-WRO". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 14 July 2011.

External links

Media related to Eduardo Gomes-Manaus International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Airport information for SBEG at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
• Airport information for SBEG at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for SBEG at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for MAO at Aviation Safety Network