Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros Airport Aeroporto Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | Bauru | ||||||||||
Passenger services ceased | October 23, 2006 | ||||||||||
Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 617 m / 2,025 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°20′37″S 049°03′14″W / 22.34361°S 49.05389°W | ||||||||||
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Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros Airport (IATA: BAU, ICAO: SBBU) is an airport serving Bauru, Brazil.
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.
No scheduled flights operate at this airport.
The airport is located 3 km (2 mi) from downtown Bauru.