Bauru Airport

Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros Airport (IATA: BAU, ICAO: SBBU) is an airport serving Bauru, Brazil.

For the newer airport of Bauru, see Bauru-Arealva Airport.

Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros Airport

Aeroporto Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesBauru
Passenger services ceasedOctober 23, 2006 (2006-10-23)
Time zoneBRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL617 m / 2,025 ft
Coordinates22°20′37″S 049°03′14″W
Map
BAU is located in Brazil
BAU
BAU
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 1,501 4,925 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers11,451 Increase 2%
Aircraft Operations22,753 Increase 2%
Statistics: DAESP[1]
Source: ANAC[2]

History

The airport was built in 1939. On 23 October 2006 with the opening of Moussa Nakhl Tobias Airport, located in the adjoining municipality of Arealva, all scheduled traffic was transferred to the new facility. Since then Bauru Airport is dedicated to general aviation and to the operations of the Airclub of Bauru.

In 2013 the administration of the airport was transferred to the Municipality of Bauru. Previously it was administrated by DAESP.

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Accidents and incidents
  • 13 May 1952: a VASP Douglas C-47B-45-DK registration PP-SPM operating a flight from São Paulo-Congonhas to Bauru lost control when carrying out an emergency landing following an engine failure. Two crew members and 3 passengers died.[3]
  • 8 February 1979: a TAM Airlines Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante registration PT-SBB operating a flight from Bauru to São Paulo-Congonhas, while on initial climb from Bauru, struck trees and crashed into flames. All 2 crew and 16 passengers died.[4][5]
  • 12 February 1990: a TAM Airlines Fokker F27 registration PT-LCG operating a flight from São Paulo-Congonhas to Bauru, due to faulty approach procedures touched down at Bauru 775m past the runway threshold. The pilot was unable to initiate a go around procedure and went past the end of the runway hitting a car that was passing on a road nearby. One crew member and 2 occupants of the car died.[6]

Access

The airport is located 3 km (2 mi) from downtown Bauru.

See also

References
  1. "Estatísticas". DAESP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  2. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 22 August 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. "Accident description PP-SPM". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  4. "Accident description PT-SBB". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  5. Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Compensador automático". 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. 308–312. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
  6. "Accident description PT-LCG". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
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