Comandante Gustavo Kraemer Airport

Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport (IATA: BGX, ICAO: SBBG) is the airport serving Bagé, Brazil. It is named after Captain Gustavo Kraemer, founder and pilot of the airline SAVAG, killed on an air-crash in 1950.

Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport

Aeroporto Internacional Comandante Gustavo Kraemer
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator
ServesBagé
OpenedJuly 5, 1946 (1946-07-05)
Time zoneBRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL186 m / 611 ft
Coordinates31°23′27″S 054°06′35″W
Websitewww.ccraeroportos.com.br/bage-rs
Map
BGX is located in Brazil
BGX
BGX
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 1,500 4,921 Concrete
14/32 (closed) 1,149 3,770 Grass
Statistics (2021)
Passengers1,870 Increase 5%
Aircraft Operations570 Increase 30%
Metric tonnes of cargo3 Decrease 53%
Statistics: Infraero[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

It is operated by CCR.

History

The airport opened on July 5, 1946. On February 8, 1952, the airport was renamed after Gustavo Kraemer, who on June 20, 1950, died on an air-crash while piloting an aircraft of SAVAG, an airline of which he was also president.[5]

Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021 CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[6]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Azul Conecta Porto Alegre

Accidents and incidents
  • 7 April 1957: a Varig Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando registration PP-VCF operating a flight from Bagé to Porto Alegre crashed during take-off from Bagé following a fire developed in the left main gear wheel well and consequent technical difficulties. All 40 passenger and crew died.[7][8]

Access

The airport is located 9 km (6 mi) from downtown Bagé.

See also

References
  1. "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. "Bagé". CCR Aeroportos (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  3. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  4. "Comandante Gustavo Kraemer (SBBG)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Salgado Filho". 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. 102–107. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
  6. "Governo federal arrecada R$ 3,3 bilhões com leilão de 22 aeroportos". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  7. "Accident description PP-VCF". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  8. Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Incêndio sorrateiro". 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. 153–158. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
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