Rio de Janeiro-Antonio Carlos Jobim Airport

Aeroporto Internacional do Rio de Janeiro / Galeão - Antônio Carlos Jobim
Characteristics
ICAO code	SBGL
IATA code	GIG
Coordinates	22 ° 48 '32 "  S , 43 ° 14' 37"  W Coordinates: 22 ° 48 '32 "  S , 43 ° 14' 37"  W
Height above MSL	9 m (30  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	20 km north of Rio de Janeiro
Street	Linha Vermelha
Local transport	bus
Basic data
opening	1945
operator	Aeroporto Rio de Janeiro S / A
surface	1788.17 ha
Terminals	2
Passengers	15,102,199 (2018)
Air freight	89,996 t (2018)
Flight movements	122,214 (2018)
Capacity ( PAX per year)	17.4 million
Runways
10/28	4000 m × 45 m concrete
15/33	3180 m × 47 m asphalt

The Rio de Janeiro-Antônio Carlos Jobim Airport (: officially Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Airport ) ( IATA code : GIG , ICAO code : SBGL ) is before the Aeroporto Santos Dumont is the most important international commercial airport of the Brazilian metropolis of Rio de Janeiro , The airport operated by Aeroporto Rio de Janeiro S / A is one of the most important and largest in the country and serves as a hub for LATAM Brasil and GOL .

The Changi Airport Group has a 51 percent stake in the airport operator Aeroporto Rio de Janeiro S / A and the state-owned Infraero 49 percent.

history

The airport's history began in 1924 with the relocation of a flight school to Ilha do Governador (Governor's Island) in Guanabara Bay . The first production of Brazilian aircraft of the Muniz type and license production of aircraft of the brands Fokker and Focke-Wulf also began in the vicinity . In 1945 Galeão became a base for the Brazilian Air Force and an international airport. At that time, the passengers were still picked up by barges from the seaplane and taken to buses. A first bridge, the Ponte do Galeão , to connect with the mainland was opened in 1949. A terminal building was only built in 1950.

In the 1970s, the airport became a major hub for international aviation in the country and was also a Concorde destination at the end of the decade . With the opening of today's Terminal 1 on January 20, 1977, the former terminal building was converted into an office building for air freight traffic. Terminal 1 was modernized in 1992 and currently has a capacity of seven million passengers per year. At the beginning of 1999 the airport was given that of the Brazilian musician Antônio Carlos Jobim as an additional name . In the same year Terminal 2 went into operation with a capacity of eight million passengers.

Airport facilities

Galeão Airport has two semicircular flight terminals, each with twelve gates . There are two runways (10/28 with 4000 m, concrete and 15/33 with 3180 m, asphalt ) at a height of 9  m . The complex has an area of ​​17,881,696 m². The operator specifies the length of runway 10/28 sometimes as 4240 m.

Airlines and Destinations

The two largest local airlines are LATAM Brasil and GOL , both of which have a base in Rio and from here, in addition to numerous regional destinations such as Brasília and Belo Horizonte , also offer international connections, for example to Miami and Paris . The airport is currently connected to Frankfurt am Main by daily direct flights operated by Lufthansa . With the exception of the period from 2005 to the end of October 2011, Lufthansa has been operating the route since 1956. Since April 22, 2016, Edelweiss Air has been offering connections to Zurich twice a week.

Traffic figures

Source: Infraero , RIOgaleão

Traffic figures of the RIOgaleão - Tom Jobim International Airport 2006–2018

year	Passenger volume						Air freight ( tons ) (with airmail )		Flight movements
	National		International		total
2018	10,577,425	-11.44%	4,524,774	0+ 5.24%	15.102.199	0-7.02%	89.996	+ 23.05%	122.214	0+1.73%
2017	11,943,693	0+1.42%	4,299,560	0-0.63%	16,243,253	0+ 0.87%	73.136	0+ 4.86%	120,138	0-3.48%
2016	11,776,093	0-8.29%	4,326,918	0+5.50%	16.103.011	0-4.95%	69,748	-41.28%	124,471	0-6.27%
2015	12,840,816	0-3.21%	4.101.413	0+1.26%	16,942,229	0-2.17%	118,783	0+ 2.27%	132,792	0-5.52%
2014	13,267,216	0+ 3.08%	4,050,191	0-4.59%	17,317,407	0+1.18%	116.147	0+1.11%	140,556	0-1.88%
2013	12,870,253	0-2.51%	4,245,115	0-1.15%	17,115,368	0-2.17%	114,873	0-2.90%	143.245	0-7.18%
2012	13.201.049	+17.75%	4,294,688	+ 14.79%	17,495,737	+ 17.01%	118,298	0-3.93%	154,318	+ 10.67%
2011	11,211,468	+21.72%	3,741,362	+ 19.64%	14,952,830	+ 21.19%	123.132	+ 13.61%	139,443	+ 13.42%
2010	9,210,885		3,127,059		12,337,944	0+ 4.31%	108,381	0-2.23%	122,945	0+ 3.07%
2009	-		-		11,828,656	0+ 9.99%	110,853	0-7.04%	119.287	0-8.66%
2008	-		-		10,754,689	0+ 3.88%	119.243	0+ 2.82%	130,597	0+ 8.93%
2007	-		-		10,352,616	+ 16.89%	115,977	0-2.73%	119,892	+ 18.83%
2006	-		-		8,856,527		119.230		100,895

1. ↑ From 2010, transit freight will also be taken into account.

Incidents

From 1950 to December 2018 there were 20 total aircraft losses at Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Airport and in its vicinity. In 10 of them, 221 people were killed. Extracts:

• On January 11, 1959, the Lufthansa Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation ( aircraft registration D-ALAK ), coming from Dakar , crashed on the coast in poor visibility and heavy rain while approaching the airport Rio de Janeiro-Galeao . Of the 39 people on board, all 29 passengers and seven of the ten crew members died. Crew fatigue was given as the contributing reason for the accident (see also Lufthansa flight 502 ) .

• On December 22, 1959, a Vickers Viscount 827 from Viação Aérea São Paulo (VASP) ( PP-SRG ) collided with a military training aircraft while approaching Rio de Janeiro-Galeão airport and crashed 4 kilometers south of the airport into a residential area. All 32 inmates and 10 people were killed on the ground. The pilot of the military plane of the type Fokker S-11 of the Força Aérea Brasileira had flown around in the approach area of ​​the airport without authorization; he saved himself with the parachute.

• On January 26, 1960, a wing of a C-82A Packet of the Brazilian Cruzeiro do Sul (PP-CEM) collided with a parked Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer (ZP-CAD) of the ALAS Guaranies while taxiing at Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport SA. People were not harmed. Both planes were damaged beyond repair.

• On August 20, 1962, the captain of a Douglas DC-8-33 of Panair do Brasil (PP-PDT) broke off the take-off of his plane from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão airport at a late point in time. The plane rolled over the end of the runway and crashed into the sea. During the aircraft accident investigations it was found that although the brakes were applied, the thrust reverser no longer worked after all engines were damaged. The emergency lighting did not work and the passengers had not been informed of the location of the emergency exits or the use of life jackets. After drifting about 100 meters, the aircraft sank within 25 minutes. 15 of the 105 people on board were killed (see also Panair-do-Brasil flight 026 ) .

• On April 8, 1963, the nose landing gear of a Douglas DC-7C of Panair do Brasil (PP-PDM) collapsed during a training flight at Rio de Janeiro-Galeão airport . The two inner engines (number 2 and 3) were torn off, damaged the fuel tanks and started a fire. The 7 crew members survived the total loss of the aircraft.

• On June 9, 1973, one was Boeing 707-327C -Frachtmaschine (PP VLJ) of VARIG approaching Rio de Janeiro, as the captain accidentally activated the spoilers. The machine then went into a steep descent from a height of 70 meters, hit the runway lights and hit the ground hard, killing two of the four crew members on board (see also the flight accident of a VARIG Boeing 707 near Rio de Janeiro 1973 ) .

• On July 26, 1979 collided Boeing 707-330C of Lufthansa (D-Abuy) on a cargo flight just after taking off from Rio de Janeiro to Dakar with a mountain in Petrópolis . The reason was incorrect instructions from air traffic control. The three-person crew was killed (see also main article Lufthansa flight 527 ) .

Web links

Commons : Rio de Janeiro-Antônio Carlos Jobim Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Airport website (Portuguese, English, Spanish)
• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
• Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Complexo Aeroportuário. (No longer available online.) Infraero.gov.br , archived from the original on November 23, 2012 ; Retrieved October 24, 2018 (Portuguese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Airport Map. RioGaleao.com, accessed August 14, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Airport Figures. RioGaleao.com, accessed August 14, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Desempenho Operacional. RioGaleaoCargo.com, accessed August 14, 2019 (Portuguese). 
5. ^ Concessionária Aeroporto Rio de Janeiro assina contrato com a ANAC para operar o Galeão. RioGaleao.com, April 2, 2017, accessed June 19, 2018 (Portuguese). 
6. ↑ RIOgaleão. RioGaleao.com, accessed June 19, 2018 . 
7. ^ Presidential ordinance on the addition of names
8. ^ The airport. RioGaleao.com, accessed June 19, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Lufthansa back to Rio de Janeiro . On: airliners.de
10. ↑ Destinations. RioGaleao.com, accessed August 14, 2019 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Estatísticas. Infraero.gov.br , accessed August 14, 2019 (Portuguese). 
12. ↑ List of accidents at Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport , Aviation Safety Network WikiBase , accessed on January 18, 2019.
13. ^ Accident report L-1049 D-ALAK , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 20, 2016.
14. ↑ Accident report Viscount 800 PP-SRG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 18, 2019.
15. ↑ Accident report Fairchild C-82 PP-CEM , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 3, 2020.
16. ^ Accident report DC-8-33 PP-PDT , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 25, 2019.
17. ^ Accident report DC-7C PP-PDM , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 25, 2019.
18. ↑ https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730609-0
19. ^ Accident report B-707 D-ABUY , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 17, 2019.