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Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek Airport



Brasília International Airport - Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek
Aeroporto Internacional de Brasília - Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek
IATA: BSB – ICAO: SBBR
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Operator Infraero
Serves Brasília
Elevation AMSL 3,479 ft / 1,060 m
Coordinates 15°52′16″S 047°55′07″W / 15.87111°S 47.91861°W / -15.87111; -47.91861
Website Infraero BSB
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11R/29L 10,827 3,300 Asphalt
11L/29R 10,499 3,200 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Passengers 12,213,825
Aircraft Operations 162,349
Metric tonnes of cargo 41,000
Statistics: Infraero
Sources: Airport Website

Brasília International Airport - President Juscelino Kubitschek (IATA: BSB, ICAO: SBBR) is Brasília's international airport. With a terminal capable of handling more than 9 million passengers per year, it is one of Brazil's most modern airports. There are 136 shop spaces and four theatres at the Brasília Airport.

It is operated by Infraero, and it is named after the former Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek. In 2006, the airport opened a second runway. In 2009, the airport handled 12,213,825 passengers and 162,349 aircraft movements, placing it as the 3rd busiest airport in Brazil by both passenger traffic and aircraft movements.

History

Brasília was only a project when president Juscelino Kubitschek landed the first time in the Central Plateau in 1956. However an airport called Vera Cruz already existed. Built in 1955 by then deputy governor of Goiás, Bernardo Sayão, at the request of the chairman of the location of the New Federal Capital, Marechal José Pessoa, the airport received on October 2nd of that year the first crew for the building of the new capital.

Vera Cruz Airport was located where today is the Integrated bus and train terminal of Brasília. It had a dirt runway with a length of 2,700 meters and a passenger terminal in a makeshift shack cob wall covered with buriti-leaves. The name of Vera Cruz was a suggestion of José Pessoa, whose expectation was to have the new city baptized with this name.

Vera Cruz airport, however, had only a temporary existence. The change to a definitive airport was already identified as a priority, along with the construction of the Residential Center, Pioneer Farm Range, where the Catetinho were built, the facilities for the Guard Battalion, and the second provisional airport, who served to the President and the pioneers during the construction of the new capital.

When the Catetinho was completed in November 1956, works for clearing for the final construction of the airport had already started, which possess a runway 3300 meters long. On April 2, 1957, the airport received for the first time the presidential aircraft, a Viscount turbo-prop made in England. The official inauguration of the airport took place on May 3, 1957. That year, also opened its facilities deployment Air Force Base, which worked in partnership with the airport.

The construction works of the airport started on November 6, 1956. They lasted for just over six months and required the clearing of an area of 1,334 million square meters, 178,500 square meters of earthwork, base-stabilized 40,900 m², covering 73,500 m², topographical services, positioning and leveling. The runway was designed to have a length of 3,300m, but initially it was only 2,400m long and 45m wide. The passenger terminal was built in wood and served the city until 1971.

In 1990 the Brasília International Airport began to gain its present form with a central body and two satellites for departure and arrival of passengers. The first phase was inaugurated in 1992. Included the construction of a bridge to access the passenger terminal and metal cover, a total of 11.726m². The circular satellite was inaugurated in 1994. In a second stage, the main body of the pasenger terminal was renovated and the satelite received nine boarding bridges.

At that time, the Integrated Treatment Information Airport (SITIA) went into operation at the airport. SITIA is a system which facilitated the automated control of various activities at the airport. Brasília was the first airport in Latin America to operate this system. The conclusion of the third stage of the works offered users a new pier and international arrivals, a panoramic terrace, a finger and a food-court open 24 hours. The reform reached an area of 17.285m ², with the installation of a gallery with fountains, landscaping and a space for exhibitions. The architect Sérgio Parada gave the airport a modern design, dynamic and aligned with the traces of the city.

On August 2, 2010, Terminal 2 was opened for traffic. It is located at the former terminal for general aviation, originally built in 1988. The new terminal was made necessary due to the increasing passenger traffic in Brasília.

In the vicinity of the airport is located Cindacta I, the Brazilian Integrated Air Traffic Control and Air Defense Center section 1.

Terminals, airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations Terminal
American Airlines Miami [begins November 20] 1
Avianca Brazil Aracaju, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Cuiabá, Fortaleza, Juazeiro do Norte, Manaus, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos 1
Azul Brazilian Airlines Campinas-Viracopos 2
Delta Air Lines Atlanta 1
Gol Airlines Aracaju, Belém-Val de Cães, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Boa Vista, Campinas-Viracopos, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Fortaleza, Goiânia, Macapá, Manaus, Natal, Palmas, Porto Alegre, Porto Velho, Recife, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Rosário, Salvador da Bahia, São Luís, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Teresina, Vitória 1
Gol Airlines operated by Varig Aruba, Curaçao 1
LAN Perú Lima 1
Pantanal Linhas Aéreas São Paulo-Guarulhos, São José do Rio Preto, Uberlândia 1
Passaredo Linhas Aéreas Barreiras, Ribeirão Preto 1
SETE Linhas Aéreas Confresa, Goiânia, Gurupi, Minaçu, São Félix do Araguaia 1
TACA Perú Lima [begins December 15] 1
TAM Airlines Aracaju, Belém-Val de Cães, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Campinas-Viracopos, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Goiânia, Imperatriz, João Pessoa, Macapá, Maceió, Manaus, Marabá, Natal, Palmas, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Salvador da Bahia, São José do Rio Preto, São Luís, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Teresina, Vitória 1
TAM Airlines operated by Pantanal Linhas Aéreas Recife, São Paulo-Congonhas 1
TAP Portugal Lisbon 1
TRIP Linhas Aéreas Araguaina, Belém-Val de Cães, Carajás, Manaus, Tucuruí, Uberaba, Uberlândia 1
Webjet Belo Horizonte-Confins, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Fortaleza, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo-Guarulhos 1

Accidents and incidents

  • 29 September 2006: Gol flight 1907, a Boeing 737-8EH registration PR-GTD en route from Manaus-Eduardo Gomes to Rio de Janeiro - Galeão via Brasília International Airport, collided with a business jet Embraer Legacy on its first leg, fell, disintegrated in midair, and crashed into the Amazon forest in the north of the State of Mato Grosso, killing all of the 154 passengers and crew on board of the Gol aircraft.

Future developments

On 31 August 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL514.8 million (USD271.2 million; EUR190 million) investiment plan to up-grade Pres. Juscelino Kubitscheck International Airport focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup which will be held in Brazil, Brasília being one of the venue cities:

  • Enlargement of apron and taxiways. Value 34.5. Completion: April 2011
  • Renovation of the existing passenger terminal. Value 22.5. Completion: November 2011
  • Enlargement of the passenger terminal. Value 439.0. Completion: April 2013
  • Parking. Value 18.8. Completion: April 2014


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General Info
Country Brazil
ICAO ID SBBR
Time UTC-3(-2DT)
Latitude -15.871100
15° 52' 15.96" S
Longitude -47.918625
047° 55' 07.05" W
Elevation 3479 feet
1060 meters
Type Joint (Civil and Military)
Magnetic Variation 020° W (01/06)
Beacon Yes
Operating Agency MILITARY - CIVIL JOINT USE AIRPORT
Alternate Name BRASILIA INTL
Near City Brasilia
Operating Hours 24 HOUR OPERATIONS
International Clearance Status Airport of Entry


Communications
BRASILIA TWR 118.45
118.1
BRASILIA METRO 132.6
132.4
BRASILIA OPS 122.5
GND 121.8
BRASILIA CLNC DEL
Opr 0900-0100Z++.
121.8
BRASILIA ATIS 127.8
BRASILIA APP 119.2
119.7
119.5


Runways
ID Dimensions Surface PCN ILS
11R/29L 10827 x 148 feet
3300 x 45 meters
ASPHALT 068FBWT NO
11L/29R 10499 x 148 feet
3200 x 45 meters
ASPHALT 076FBXT YES


Navaids
Type ID Name Channel Freq Distance From Field Bearing From Navaid
VOR XMA GAMA - 117.3 At Field -
VOR-DME BRS BRASILIA 106X 115.9 5.9 NM 108.7
NDB IR TREVO - 280 1.2 NM 131.2


Supplies/Equipment
Fuel Jet A1, without icing nhibitor.

100/130 octane gasoline, leaded, MIL-L-5572F (GREEN)
Other Fluids OX, Indicates oxygen servicing when type of servicing is unknown


Remarks
CAUTION Rwy slippery when wet fr 984 to 3281ft fr thld Rwy 11. Bird haz mainly btn thld Rwy 11 and Charlie twy. Rwy grooving.
FLUID OX
FUEL A1 (Petrobras, 5521-3876-4170) (NC-100)
LGT Rwy 11 MEHT 72', Rwy 29 MEHT 69'. Rot Bcn opr SS-2300Z++.
MISC Flt pln and notification filed by phone (61) 3365-1769, (61) 3365-1896 or fax (61) 3365-1855.
NS ABTMT For jet acft, H24, execute specific NS ABTMT eqpt pro or maint btn V2 + 10KT andV2 + 20KT at max possible ROC until passing 5000'.
RSTD Small acft prk at Apn 1 proh 1330-1530Z++ and 1930-2130Z++. Load and unload crew members, overnight and maint svc of tran acft permitted only on apn 3 in frontof Twy F. AMC chan msn will nml prk on civ ramp, while special msn will nml prkon mil ramp. Eng test rstd and rqr twr apvl.
TFC PAT Lcl flt in tfc pat, IFR proc trng, touch and go ldg or other trng interfering with arpt is proh 0900-1000Z++, 1300-1530Z++, 1930-2230Z++.



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