Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) Aeroporto Internacional de Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães (2 de Julho)
IATA: SSA – ICAO: SBSV
Summary
Airport type		Public/Military
Operator		Infraero
Serves		Salvador da Bahia
Elevation AMSL		20 m / 64 ft
Coordinates		12°54′39″S 38°19′51″W / 12.91083°S 38.33083°W / -12.91083; -38.33083
Website		Infraero SSA
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
10/28	3,005	9,859	Asphalt
17/35	1,519	4,985	Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Passengers			7,052,720
Aircraft Operations			102,211
Metric tonnes of cargo			36,981
Statistics: Infraero Sources: Airport Website

Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (IATA: SSA, ICAO: SBSV), more commonly known as it was formerly named: Dois de Julho International Airport. It is located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It is administered by Infraero, and lies 20 km (12 mi) north of downtown Salvador. The airport is located in an area of more than 6 million square meters between sand dunes and native vegetation. The road route to the airport has already become one of the city's main scenic attractions. In 2008, the airport handled 6,042,307 passengers and 95,804 aircraft movements, placing it 5th busiest airport in Brazil in terms of passengers.

The airport's use has been growing at an average of 14% a year and now is responsible for more than 30% of passenger movement in Brazil's Northeast. Nearly 35 thousand people circulate daily through the passenger terminal. The airport generates more than 16 thousand direct and indirect jobs, to serve a daily average of over 10 thousand passengers, 250 takeoffs and landings of 100 domestic and 16 international flights.

Many of these flights are domestic flights from within Brazil where Salvador serves as a major transfer point for flights to and from smaller cities throughout the Northeastern Brazil. Salvador International Airport has international service to North America, South America, Europe, and Africa.

History

The airport was founded in 1925, and was completely rebuilt in 1941 by Panair do Brasil ("necessities of war", declared the American and the Brazilian governments). Its old name was Santo Amaro do Ipitanga. In 1955, the airport changed its name to Dois de Julho, and, in 1998, to the present name, although Salvador's inhabitants mostly continue to refer to the airport by the older name Dois de Julho, which commemorates Bahia Independence Day.

On 31 August 2009 Infraero unveiled an ambitious BRL5.3 billion (USD2.8 billion; EUR2.0 billion) investment plan to renovate and upgrade airports of ten cities focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup which will be held in Brazil. At the occasion it was announced that even though they are venue cities, the plan excluded Salvador and Natal airports because renovations had been recently completed and Infraero considered the airports fit to handle the forthcoming increases in traffic.

General information

• Main terminal: 69,400 m²
• Number of jetways: 11
• Capacity: 6,000,000 passengers
• Direct jobs: 4,000

Airlines and destinations

Inside the airport.

Salvador's airport.

Map view.

Location of airport in Salvador.

a.^ Airline operating regular charter flights.

Accidents and incidents

Accidents with fatalities

• 21 September 1944: Panair do Brasil, a Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar registration PP-PBH crashed shortly after take-off from Salvador. All 17 occupants died.
• 30 May 1950: Aerovias Brasil, a Douglas C-47-DL registration PP-AVZ, en route from Vitória da Conquista to Salvador disintegrated on air, while flying over Itacaré, near Ilhéus. It was flying under extremely bad conditions and entered a cumulus nimbus. Passengers and cargo were moved aboard and as a consequence control was lost. Both wings separated from the aircraft as it descended at great speed. Of the 15 passengers and crew aboard, 2 survived.

Incidents

• 15 May 1973: VASP, a Vickers Viscount registration PP-SRD was damaged beyond economic repair when it departed the runway on landing and the undercarriage collapsed.

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