Campo de Marte Airport
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saopaulo1
S 23° 30.699 W 046° 37.751
23K E 333659 N 7398895
"Campo de Marte Airport (IATA: N/A, ICAO: SBMT) (see Campus Martius) was São Paulo's first airport, opened in 1919."
Waymark Code: WM1P89
Location: Brazil
Date Posted: 06/14/2007
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"To fulfill the unexpectedly growing demands, and solve the problem of flooding by nearby Tietê River, VASP airline, once based there, was transferred in 1936 to a new airport constructed by that company at the south end of the city: Congonhas Domestic Airport was initially known as "Campo da VASP" (VASP's field). Currently, Campo de Marte is administered by Infraero.
Campo de Marte is 6 km north from the city's downtown. Handling more than 82,000 take-offs and landings in 2003, the airport was the 5th busiest Brazilian airport that year, by number of operations.
With a runway 1400x30 m, it houses flight schools, helicopters and non-regular flights. It has limited night operations capability, usually reserved to helicopters."
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