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The following units are based at Manaus Air Force Base: 7th Squadron of the 8th Aviation Group (7°/8°GAv) Hárpia, using the H-60L Black Hawk. [3] 1st Squadron of the 9th Aviation Group (1°/9°GAv) Arara, using the C-105A Amazonas. [4] 7th Squadron of Air Transportation (7°ETA) Cobra, using the C-97 Brasília, and the C-98A Grand Caravan. [5]
Ponta Pelada Airport (IATA: PLL, ICAO: SBMN) was the civilian airport of Manaus, Brazil, until 1976. Between 1970 and 1976, the facilities were shared with Manaus Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force. [2] On March 31, 1976, all civilian operations were transferred to the newer Eduardo Gomes International Airport.
Manaus–Eduardo Gomes International Airport (IATA: MAO, ICAO: SBEG) is an international airport serving Manaus, Brazil.On December 11, 1973, while still under construction, the name of the facility was changed from Supersonic Airport of Manaus (owing to its design enabling Concorde operations [5]) to Eduardo Gomes International Airport, celebrating the Brazilian politician and military figure ...
On 3 May 2013, a Fairchild AFB, WA air crew flying a McConnell AFB, KS (USAF) KC-135R, 63-8877, crashed about 8 minutes after taking off from Manas Airbase in Kyrgyzstan, killing three crew members. The aircraft was at cruise altitude about 200 km west of Bishkek when it lost altitude and crashed in a mountainous area near the village of ...
Location: State: Code Base name Operative Note Curitiba: PR: Bacacheri Air Force Base: 1942-1980: Became Bacacheri Airport: Recife: PE: BARF: Recife Air Force Base: 1941-2024: Became exclusively Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport
Manaus: AM: Ponta Pelada Airport: 1976: Became Manaus Air Force Base: Natal / Parnamirim: RN: Augusto Severo International Airport: 2014: Became exclusively Natal Air Force Base: Rio de Janeiro: RJ: Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport: 1942: Became Santa Cruz Air Force Base: Rio de Janeiro: RJ: Campo dos Afonsos Airport: 1941: Became Afonsos Air ...
The airport operates 24 hours a day and its ILS system meets ICAO CAT II standards, enabling flight operations in low ceilings (30 meters or 100 feet) and visibilities (350 m or 1,150 ft).
Manaus (Portuguese: [mɐˈnaws, ma-] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2022 population of 2,063,689 distributed over a land area of about 11,401 km 2 (4,402 sq mi).