Governador Valadares Airport

Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira Airport Aeroporto Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira
IATA: GVR – ICAO: SBGV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Governador Valadares
Elevation AMSL	171 m / 561 ft
Coordinates	18°53′49″S 041°59′10″W / 18.89694°S 41.98611°WCoordinates: 18°53′49″S 041°59′10″W / 18.89694°S 41.98611°W
Map
GVR Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 1,400 4,593 Asphalt
Sources: World Aero Data,[1] ANAC[2]

Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira Airport (IATA: GVR, ICAO: SBGV) is the airport serving the city of Governador Valadares, Brazil.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines	Belo Horizonte-Pampulha, Ipatinga, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Vitória

Accidents and incidents

• 31 May 1954: Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Douglas DC-3/C-47A-80-DL registration PP-ANO en route from Governador Valadares to Belo Horizonte-Pampulha strayed off course and struck Mount Cipó in cloudy conditions. All 19 passengers and crew died.^[3][4]

Access

The airport is located 14 km (9 mi) from downtown Governador Valadares.

See also

• List of airports in Brazil

References

1. "Governador Valadares Airport Information". World Aero Data.
2. "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC.
3. "Accident description PT-ANO". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
4. Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Serra do Cipó". 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. 132–139. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.

External links

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