Horta Airport

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Aeroporto da Horta
2010-08-07 Horta Airport 01.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code LPHR
IATA code HOR
Coordinates

38 ° 31 '12 "  N , 28 ° 42' 57"  W Coordinates: 38 ° 31 '12 "  N , 28 ° 42' 57"  W.
Height above MSL 36 m (118  ft )
Basic data
opening 1971
operator ANA Aeroportos de Portugal
Start-and runway
10/28 1700 m × 45 m asphalt

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The Horta Airport , in Portuguese "Aeroporto da Horta", is a Portuguese airport on the Azores island of Ilha do Faial , about 10 kilometers from the center in Horta removed. Scheduled flights are operated from Horta by Regional Air Lines , SATA Air Açores and TAP Air Portugal . The airport was inaugurated on August 24, 1971 by the Admiral Américo Tomás .

In 2011 a new control tower with a radar system was inaugurated. The radar station not only controls traffic at the airport itself, but is also responsible for all air traffic on the Azores islands. The operator is the air navigation service provider NAV Portugal .

Incidents

  • On December 11, 1999, a BAe ATP of the Portuguese SATA Air Açores ( aircraft registration CS-TGM ) was flown into a mountain on the Azores island of São Jorge . The machine was on the way from Ponta Delgada to Horta. The pilots had requested and received clearance for a visual approach when they encountered heavy rain and turbulence. In doing so, they lost sight of the ground. Since they did not use their weather radar or altimeter appropriately and did not adhere to the prescribed minimum altitude, the plane collided with the Morro Pelado volcano near Pico da Esperança . The flight altitude was less than 1000 meters, although the machine was still 56 kilometers from the destination airport. Today a memorial stone commemorates the victims. All 35 people on board were killed in this CFIT ( Controlled Flight into Terrain ).

Web links

Commons : Horta Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Accident report BAe ATP CS-TGM , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 3, 2020.