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Macaé Airport

Coordinates: 22°20′34″S 041°45′50″W / 22.34278°S 41.76389°W / -22.34278; -41.76389
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Joaquim de Azevedo Mancebo Airport

Aeroporto Joaquim de Azevedo Mancebo
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator
ServesMacaé
Time zoneBRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL3 m / 8 ft
Coordinates22°20′34″S 041°45′50″W / 22.34278°S 41.76389°W / -22.34278; -41.76389
Websitemacae-airport.com
Map
MEA is located in Rio de Janeiro (state)
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Location in Brazil
MEA is located in Brazil
MEA
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MEA (Brazil)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 1,200 3,937 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers239,238 Increase 8%
Aircraft Operations28,418 Increase 7%
Statistics: Zurich Airport Brasil[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

Joaquim de Azevedo Mancebo Airport (IATA: MEA, ICAO: SBME) is the airport serving Macaé, Brazil. The airport is named after the founder of the local air club.

It is operated by Zurich Airport Brasil.

History

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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.

Previously operated by Infraero, on March 15, 2019 Flughafen Zürich AG won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[5]

On June 1, 2022 the name of the airport was officially changed from Benedito Lacerda to Joaquim de Azevedo Mancebo (1924–1973), celebrating the founder of the local air club.[6]

As of June 1, 2023 operations of aircraft with fixed wing was severely restricted, due to major renovation works which include the runway. The renovation is expected to take two years.[7]

Airlines and destinations

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No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Access

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The airport is located 6 km (4 mi) from downtown Macaé.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Estatísticas, dados e documentos". Zurich Airport Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Macaé Airport". Zurich Airport Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  4. ^ "MACAE (SBME)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Governo obtém R$ 2,377 bilhões em concessão de aeroportos em blocos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 15 March 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Aeroporto de Macaé (RJ) agora passa a se chamar 'Joaquim de Azevedo Mancebo'". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Azul informa data de suspensão de suas operações no aeroporto de Macaé". O Debate (in Portuguese). 8 March 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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