Salvador airport
Salvador Bahia Airport | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | SBSV |
IATA code | SSA |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 20 m (66 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 4 km southwest of Lauro de Freitas , 20 km northeast of Salvador |
Street | BR-099 ( Estrada do Coco ) |
Local transport |
Bus light rail : Metrô Linha 1 |
Basic data | |
opening | 1925 |
operator | VINCI Airports |
surface | 695 ha |
Terminals | 2 |
Passengers | 7,631,368 (2018) |
Air freight | 40,531 t (2017) |
Flight movements |
81,470 (2018) |
Capacity ( PAX per year) |
11 million |
Runways | |
10/28 | 3003 m × 45 m asphalt |
17/35 | 1520 m × 45 m asphalt |
website | |
https://www.salvador-airport.com.br/en |
The Salvador Airport ( IATA : SSA ; ICAO : SBSV ; formerly Aeroporto Internacional de Salvador - Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães ) located 20 kilometers northeast of the center of Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia . In 2017, it took tenth place in the ranking of Brazilian airports by number of passengers.
The airport also marks the starting point of the Estrada do Coco . Bamboo was planted on the approximately 800 meter long access road , which has now grown to about twelve meters high.
Around 40,000 people pass through the terminal every day, 16,000 of whom are passengers.
Airlines and Destinations
Salvador Bahia Airport is used by eight airlines:
- Aerolíneas Argentinas , Argentina
- Air Europa , Madrid
- Azul Linhas Aéreas , Brazil
- Cabo Verde Airlines , Cape Verde
- Gol Linhas Aéreas , Brazil
- LATAM Airlines Brasil , Brazil
- Passaredo Linhas Aéreas , Brazil
- TAP Air Portugal , Lisbon
Incidents
- On May 15, 1973, a Vickers Viscount 827 of the Brazilian VASP ( aircraft registration PP-SRD ) fell off the runway in heavy rain when landing at Salvador airport. The landing gear collapsed and the aircraft was totaled. All occupants survived the accident.
Traffic figures
year | Passenger volume | Air freight ( tons ) (with airmail ) |
Flight movements | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | International | total | ||||||||
2018 | 7,631,368 |
|
386.410 |
+21.51%
|
8,017,778 |
|
- | 81,470 |
|
|
2017 | 7,417,668 |
|
318.017 |
|
7,735,685 |
|
40,531 |
+34.76%
|
76,642 |
|
2016 | 7,215,800 |
-17.06%
|
310,558 |
-10.49%
|
7,526,358 |
-16.81%
|
30,076 |
+29.37%
|
79,484 |
-18.17%
|
2015 | 8,700,444 |
|
346,959 |
|
9,047,403 |
|
23,248 |
-40.03%
|
97.139 |
|
2014 | 8,835,077 |
|
317,082 |
|
9,152,159 |
|
38,766 |
+ 20.20%
|
107.255 |
|
2013 | 8,275,134 |
|
314,529 |
|
8,589,663 |
|
32,252 |
-32.11%
|
107,977 |
-11.19%
|
2012 | 8.502.605 |
|
308.935 |
-16.51%
|
8,811,540 |
|
47.504 |
-35.84%
|
121,587 |
|
2011 | 8,024,889 |
|
370.011 |
|
8,394,900 |
|
74,045 |
+ 26.54%
|
125,980 |
|
2010 | 7,350,486 | 345.821 | 7,696,307 |
|
58,517 |
+ 30.63%
|
114,946 |
+ 12.46%
|
||
2009 | - | - | 7,052,720 |
+ 16.72%
|
44,796 |
-22.96%
|
102.211 |
|
||
2008 | - | - | 6,042,307 |
|
58,148 |
-18.26%
|
95,804 |
|
||
2007 | - | - | 5,932,461 |
|
71,136 |
-16.43%
|
90,989 |
|
||
2006 | - | - | 5,425,747 | 85.124 | 91,414 |
- ↑ From 2010, transit freight will also be taken into account.
photos
Web links
Commons : Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website (English, Portuguese)
- Official website of the airport operator (English, French)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Histórico. Infraero .gov.br, accessed August 17, 2019 (Portuguese).
- ↑ a b Características. Infraero.gov.br , accessed August 17, 2019 (Portuguese).
- ↑ a b c Dados Operacionais. Salvador-Airport.com.br, accessed August 17, 2019 (Portuguese).
- ↑ a b c d e Estatísticas. Infraero.gov.br , accessed August 17, 2019 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Airlines. Salvador-Airport.com.br, accessed on August 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Accident report Viscount 827 PP-SRD , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 15, 2020.