Bauru Airport

For the newer airport of Bauru, see Bauru-Arealva Airport.

Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros Airport (IATA: BAU, ICAO: SBBU) is an airport serving Bauru, Brazil.

Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros Airport Aeroporto Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros
IATA: BAU ICAO: SBBU LID: SP0017
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	DAESP (?–2013) Bauru (2013–present)
Serves	Bauru
Passenger services ceased	October 23, 2006 (2006-10-23)
Time zone	BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	617 m / 2,025 ft
Coordinates	22°20′42″S 049°03′14″W
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14/32 1,501 4,925 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 11,451 2% Aircraft Operations 22,753 2%
Statistics: DAESP[1] Source: ANAC,[2] DECEA[3]

History

The airport was built in 1939. On 23 October 2006 with the opening of Moussa Nakhl Tobias Airport, located in the adjoining municipality of Arealva, all scheduled traffic was transferred to the new facility. Since then Bauru Airport is dedicated to general aviation and to the operations of the Bauru Flying club.

In 2013 the administration of the airport was transferred to the Municipality of Bauru. Previously it was administrated by DAESP.

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Accidents and incidents

• 13 May 1952: a VASP Douglas C-47B-45-DK registration PP-SPM operating a flight from São Paulo-Congonhas to Bauru lost control when carrying out an emergency landing following an engine failure. Two crew members and 3 passengers died.^[4]
• 8 February 1979: a TAM Airlines Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante registration PT-SBB operating a flight from Bauru to São Paulo-Congonhas, while on initial climb from Bauru, struck trees and crashed into flames. All 2 crew and 16 passengers died.^[5][6]
• 12 February 1990: a TAM Airlines Fokker F27 registration PT-LCG operating a flight from São Paulo-Congonhas to Bauru, due to faulty approach procedures touched down at Bauru 775m past the runway threshold. The pilot was unable to initiate a go around procedure and went past the end of the runway hitting a car that was passing on a road nearby. One crew member and 2 occupants of the car died.^[7]
• 12 October 2008: a private Beechcraft King Air registration N525ZS crashed 5 km (3.1 mi) during initial climb: after takeoff the aircraft maintained a pitch down attitude and started a small descent, coming to collide to the ground. The occupant died.^[8]

Access

The airport is located 3 km (2 mi) from downtown Bauru.

See also

• Aviation portal
• Brazil portal

• List of airports in Brazil