Major General James G. Blunt

Bacacheri Airport (IATA: BFH, ICAO: SBBI) is an airport in Curitiba, Brazil. It is named after the neighbourhood where it is located.

It is operated by CCR.

History

Entry of Cindacta II at Bacacheri Airport

The history of Bacacheri airport begins in 1930 as an air field for Military Aviation. In 1942 the Ministry of Air Force officially upgraded the facility to the status of an Air Force Base.

On March 31, 1980 Bacacheri Air Force Base was de-commissioned and its administration handled over to Infraero. However, Bacacheri still has a strong military presence because the Brazilian Integrated Air Traffic Control and Air Defense Center section 2 (Cindacta II) is located in the vicinity of the airport.[5]

In 1997 the airport was closed for scheduled operations and since then it is mostly dedicated to general aviation[6] and aircraft maintenance operations.

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

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Access

The airport is located 7 km (4 mi) from downtown Curitiba.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Bacacheri". CCR Aeroportos (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Bacacheri (SBBI)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Cindacta II" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Air Force: Departamento de Controle do Espaço Aéreo DECEA. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  6. ^ Beting, Gianfranco (December 2011), "Pantanal: O último voo do tuiuiú", Flap Internacional (in Portuguese), no. 472, p. 50.
  7. ^ "Governo federal arrecada R$ 3,3 bilhões com leilão de 22 aeroportos". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 April 2021.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacacheri_Airport