Santa Maria Airport (Sergipe)

Aracaju–Santa Maria Airport Aeroporto Aracaju–Santa Maria
IATA: AJU – ICAO: SBAR
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Infraero
Serves	Aracaju
Elevation AMSL	7 m / 23 ft
Coordinates	10°59′07″S 037°04′24″W / 10.98528°S 37.07333°WCoordinates: 10°59′07″S 037°04′24″W / 10.98528°S 37.07333°W
Website	Infraero AJU
Map
AJU Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 11/29 2,200 7,218 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 1,280,236 Aircraft Operations 16,249 Metric tonnes of cargo 2,417
Statistics: Infraero[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC[3]

Aracaju–Santa Maria Airport (IATA: AJU, ICAO: SBAR) is the airport serving Aracaju, Brazil.

It is operated by Infraero.

History

Although it had been in operation since the beginning of the 1950s, the official inauguration of the airport took place on 19 January 1958.

In 1961 began the first renovation of the airport complex, with an extension of the runway and enlargement of the passenger terminal.

In 1975 Infraero became the administrator of the airport, which later invested in further extension of the runway (completed in 1993) and in great enlargement of the passenger terminal (completed in 1998).

In 2012 the airport has already started the last extension through the construction of a completely new passenger terminal which will double its capacity.^[4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Avianca Brazil	Brasília
Azul Brazilian Airlines	Belo Horizonte-Confins, Campinas, Fernando de Noronha, Maceió, Natal, Recife, Salvador da Bahia
Gol Airlines	Brasília, Maceió, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos
TAM Airlines	Brasília, Fortaleza, Recife, São Paulo-Guarulhos

Accidents and incidents

• 12 July 1951: a Lóide Aéreo Nacional Douglas DC-3/C-47 registration PP-LPG, still registered under Linhas Aéreas Paulistas – LAP, flying from Maceió to Aracaju, after aborting a landing in adverse conditions in Aracaju, overflew the runway and initiated a turn in low altitude to the right. The aircraft crashed during this turn. All 33 passengers and crew died, including the Governor of the state of Rio Grande do Norte Jerônimo Dix-sept Rosado Maia.^[5][6]

Access

The airport is located 12 km from downtown Aracaju and 3,5 km from most famous Atalaia beach.

See also

• List of airports in Brazil

References

1. "Estatísticas" (in Portuguese). Infraero. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
2. "Airport Official Website" (in Portuguese). Infraero.
3. "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC.
4. "Aracaju airport has already have a schedule to initiate its extension". Sergipe news agency. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
5. "Accident description PP-LPG". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
6. Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Linhas Aéreas Paulistas". O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928–1996 (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 108–111. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.

External links

• Airport information for SBAR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
• Airport information for SBAR at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for SBAR at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for AJU at Aviation Safety Network