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 / 31.39083°S 54.10972°W / -31.39083; -54.10972
Websitewww.ccraeroportos.com.br/bage-rs
Map
BGX is located in Rio Grande do Sul
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Location in Brazil
BGX is located in Brazil
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BGX (Brazil)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 1,500 4,921 Concrete
14/32 (closed) 1,149 3,770 Grass
Statistics (2023)
Passengers952
Aircraft Operations803
Statistics: CCR[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport (IATA: BGX, ICAO: SBBG) is the airport serving Bagé, Brazil. Since February 8, 1952, it is named after Captain Gustavo Ernesto de Carvalho Kraemer (1911–1950), founder and pilot of the airline SAVAG, killed on an air-crash in 1950.[5]

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.[6]

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

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Azul Conecta Porto Alegre

Accidents and incidents

Access

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Movimentação aeroportuária". CCR (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  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. ^ "Lei n˚ 1.555, de 8 de fevereiro de 1952". Presidência da República (in Portuguese). 8 February 1952. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Governo federal arrecada R$ 3,3 bilhões com leilão de 22 aeroportos". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Accident description PP-VCF". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  9. ^ 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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