Macaé Airport
| Benedito Lacerda Airport Aeroporto Benedito Lacerda |
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| IATA: MEA – ICAO: SBME | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Infraero | ||||||||||
| Serves | Macaé | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2 m / 7 ft | ||||||||||
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| Website | Infraero MEA | ||||||||||
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Benedito Lacerda Airport (IATA: MEA, ICAO: SBME) is the airport serving Macaé, Brazil. The airport is named after Benedicto Lacerda (1903–1958), a musician born in Macaé.
It is operated by Infraero.
Contents
History
The airport was established in the 1960s as an airfield for general aviation and a Flying club. In the 1980s the runway was paved and an apron and a terminal with 941 m² were constructed, enabling Macaé Airport to fully support the operations related to the Campos basin. In fact, most of its movement (98%) is related to helicopter flights to/from offshore oil platforms of the Campos basin. Its apron has 6 positions for fixed-wing aircraft and 38 positions for rotorcrafts.
Airlines and destinations
Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
Accidents and incidents
- 28 June 1984: a TAM Airlines Embraer EMB 110C Bandeirante registration PP-SBC operating a chartered flight by Petrobras from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão to Macaé flew into São João Hill while descending through rain and clouds over the Municipality of São Pedro da Aldeia. All 16 passengers and 2 crew died. The passengers were journalists of well-known Brazilian networks who were preparing a special report about the Campos Basin oil fields.[4][5]
Access
The airport is located 6 km (4 mi) from downtown Macaé.
See also
References
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External links
- Airport information for SBME at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for SBME at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for SBME at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for MEA at Aviation Safety Network
- Macaé Airport Photo Archive at airliners.net
