Hercílio Luz International Airport

Florianópolis-Hercílio Luz International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Florianópolis-Hercílio Luz
IATA: FLN – ICAO: SBFL
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Operator	Infraero
Serves	Florianópolis
Elevation AMSL	5 m / 16 ft
Coordinates	27°40′13″S 048°33′09″W / 27.67028°S 48.55250°WCoordinates: 27°40′13″S 048°33′09″W / 27.67028°S 48.55250°W
Website	Infraero FLN
Map
FLN Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 1,500 4,921 Concrete 14/32 2,300 7,546 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers 3,872,877 Aircraft Operations 54,216 Metric tonnes of cargo 2,430
Statistics: Infraero[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC[3]

Florianópolis-Hercílio Luz International Airport (IATA: FLN, ICAO: SBFL), is the airport serving Florianópolis, Brazil. It is named after Hercílio Pedro da Luz (1860–1924), three times governor of Santa Catarina and senator.

It is operated by Infraero.

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

History

The airport was built on the site of an old Air Naval Base, which operated until 1941, when its jurisdiction changed to the Brazilian Air Force.

Between 1927 and 1932, the then known as Campeche Field was also used by the French aviators of the Compagnie Générale Aéropostale for its operations in Florianópolis. Among them were Jean Mermoz, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Henri Guillaumet.

Between 1942 and 1945 the runway 03/21, apron, control tower and passenger terminal were built. At the same time, some facilities of the Florianópolis Air Force Base were built and made operational.

In the period between 1952 and 1954 the passenger terminal was rebuilt and was operational until 1976 when a brand-new terminal building and apron were opened. The old facility is today the cargo terminal. The new terminal was further enlarged in 1988 and 2000, reaching the present 8,703 m².

In 1978 the runway 14/32 was opened allowing a great increase in traffic. In 1995 the airport was upgraded to international category and started receiving particularly seasonal and charter flights from Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Austral Líneas Aéreas	Buenos Aires-Ezeiza
Avianca Brazil	Brasília, Chapecó, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos
Azul Brazilian Airlines	Campinas, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, São Paulo-Congonhas
Gol Airlines	Brasília, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Chapecó, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos
Sky Airline	Seasonal: Santiago de Chile
TAM Airlines	Brasília, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Total Linhas Aéreas	Curitiba, São Paulo-Guarulhos

Accidents and incidents

• 22 March 1951: a Cruzeiro do Sul Douglas C-53D-DO registration PP-CCX while landing at Florianópolis crashed following an overshoot in bad weather and an engine failure. Of the 14 passengers and crew, 3 died.^[4]
• 13 March 1979: a Brazilian Air Force Grumman SA-16 Albatroz, registration FAB 6540, belonging to the Pelican Squadron (2°/10° GAv) crashed in Costeira do Pirajubaé neighborhood, nearby Hercílio Luz airport. Five crews died. The pilot in command was rescued alive. He died few days after the accident.
• 12 April 1980: a Transbrasil flight 303 Boeing 727-27C registration PT-TYS flying from São Paulo-Congonhas to Florianópolis was on a night instrumental approach to Florianópolis under a severe thunderstorm. The aircraft went off course, struck a hill and exploded. Probable causes are misjudgment of speed and distance, inadequate flight supervision, failure to initiate a go-around and improper operation of the engines. Of the 58 passengers and crew aboard, 3 passengers survived.^[5][6]

Access

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

See also

• List of airports in Brazil
• Florianópolis Air Force Base

References

1. "Movimento operacional da rede Infraero de janeiro a dezembro de 2013" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Infraero. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
2. "Airport Official Website" (in Portuguese). Infraero.
3. "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC.
4. "Accident description PP-CCX". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
5. "Accident description PT-TYS". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
6. Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Transbrasil 303". 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. 313–317. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.

External links

• Airport information for SBFL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
• Airport information for SBFL at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for SBFL at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for FLN at Aviation Safety Network
• Hercílio Luz International Airport Photo Archive at airliners.net