Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport

Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras) Aeroporto de Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles (Goiabeiras)
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IATA: VIX – ICAO: SBVT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Infraero
Serves	Vitória
Elevation AMSL	3 m / 10 ft
Coordinates
Website	Infraero VIX
Map
VIX Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 1,750 5,741 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers 3,450,736 Aircraft movements 58,504 Metric tonnes of cargo 12,662
Statistics: Infraero Sources: Airport Website, ANAC

Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (IATA: VIX, ICAO: SBVT), formerly called Goiabeiras Airport after the neighborhood where it is located, is the airport serving Vitória, Brazil. It is named after Eurico de Aguiar Salles (1910–1959) a local politician and law professor.

It is operated by Infraero.

History

The airport handles domestic flights, and has the capacity to receive medium-sized aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and the Airbus 320. It is considered one of the worst among the main airports in Brazil due to lack of renovations.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines	Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasília, Campinas, Cuiabá, Goiânia, Gov. Valadares, Ilhéus, Ipatinga, Macaé, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo-Guarulhos
Gol Airlines	Boa Vista, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasília, Campinas, Curitiba, Goiânia, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos
LATAM Brasil	Brasília, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos

Accidents and incidents

• 19 December 1949: an Aerovias Brasil Douglas C-47A-30-DK Dakota III registration PP-AXG, disappeared when on a training flight after taking-off from Vitória. It probably crashed at sea. All 6 passengers and crew died.
• 31 May 1950: an Aerovias Brasil Douglas C-47-DL registration PP-AVZ, en route from Vitória to Salvador disintegrated on air, while flying over Itacaré, near Ilhéus. It was flying under extremely bad conditions and entered a cumulus nimbus. Passengers and cargo were moved aboard and as a consequence control was lost. Both wings separated from the aircraft as it descended at great speed. Of the 13 passengers and crew aboard, 2 survived.
• 3 April 1955: an Itaú Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando registration PP-ITG struck a hill 2 miles short of the runway while on an instrument approach to Vitória. The crew of 3 died.
• 9 May 1962: a Cruzeiro do Sul Convair 240-D registration PP-CEZ on final approach to Vitória struck a tree at a height of 40m, 1,860m short of the runway. It should have been at 150m. Of the 31 passengers and crew aboard, 28 died.

Access

The airport is located 10 km (6 mi) from downtown Vitória.

Future developments

In 2005 renovation works started at the airport. Projects include a new passenger terminal located on the opposite side of the runway in relation to the present terminal, a new control tower, and a new runway. The present terminal will be converted into an international cargo terminal. The renovation, budgeted at about BRL 300 million, was paralyzed several times in 2006 and 2007 leaving construction virtually abandoned and delayed by overpricing and diversion of funds. It is expected to be completed with a 72-month delay by 2015 although no real work can be seen in the area.

See also

• List of airports in Brazil

External links

• Airport information for SBVT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
• Airport information for SBVT at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for SBVT at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for VIX at Aviation Safety Network
• Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport Photo Archive at airliners.net