Santa Maria Airport (Rio Grande do Sul)

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Santa Maria Airport

Aeroporto de Santa Maria
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The check-in area at Santa Maria Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
Operator
Serves Santa Maria
Time zone BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation  AMSL 88 m / 289 ft
Coordinates 29°42′39″S053°41′32″W / 29.71083°S 53.69222°W / -29.71083; -53.69222
Map
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RIA
Location in Brazil
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RIA
RIA (Brazil)
Santa Maria Airport (Rio Grande do Sul)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
11/292,6948,839 Concrete
02/201,5054,938 Asphalt
Sources: ANAC, [1] DECEA [2]

Santa Maria Airport( IATA : RIA, ICAO : SBSM) is the airport serving Santa Maria, Brazil.

Contents

It is operated by the Municipality of Santa Maria.

Some of its facilities are shared with the Santa Maria Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.

History

In 1944 the President of Brazil Getúlio Vargas allocated an area of 4 million square meters near Santa Maria with the purpose of building an aerodrome. The works were conducted on an urgent basis, with the collaboration of the United States Army and it was finally opened in April 1945.

Between 1971 and 2015, with the creation of the Santa Maria Air Force Base, civil and military facilities were shared. However, in 2015 an agreement between the Brazilian Air Force and the Municipality of Santa Maria, transferred part of the facilities to the latter. The civil portion of the aerodrome is administered by the Municipality and the military portion by the Brazilian Air Force. [3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Campinas, Porto Alegre
Seasonal: Florianópolis [ citation needed ]

Access

The airport is located 11 km (7 mi) east of downtown Santa Maria.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Santa Maria (SBSM)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Obras de revitalização do aeródromo de Santa Maria (RS) são concluídas". Força Aérea Brasileira (in Portuguese). 7 November 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
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