Boa Vista Air Force Base

For the civilian use of this facility and airport information, see Boa Vista International Airport.

Base Aérea de Boa Vista – ALA7 (IATA: BVB, ICAO: SBBV) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in Boa Vista, Brazil.

Boa Vista Air Force Base
Base Aérea de Boa Vista
Boa Vista, Roraima in Brazil
Site information
Type	Air Force Base
Code	ALA7
Owner	Brazilian Air Force
Controlled by	Brazilian Air Force
Open to the public	No
Website	www.fab.mil.br/organizacoes/mostra/36
Location
SBBV Location in Brazil Show map of Roraima SBBV SBBV (Brazil) Show map of Brazil
Coordinates	02°50′29″N 060°41′32″W
Site history
Built	1973 (1973)
In use	1984-present
Garrison information
Current commander	Cel. Av. Newton de Abreu Fonseca Filho
Occupants	1st Squadron of the 3rd Aviation Group
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: BVB, ICAO: SBBV, LID: RR0001
Elevation	84 metres (276 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 08/26 2,700 metres (8,858 ft) Asphalt
Source: DECEA[1]

It shares some facilities with Atlas Brasil Cantanhede International Airport.

History

Boa Vista Air Force Base was commissioned on 25 August 1984. It is the only Brazilian Air Force Base located in the Northern Hemisphere.^[2]

Units

The following unit is based at Campo Grande Air Force Base:

• 1st Squadron of the 3rd Aviation Group (1°/3°GAv) Escorpião, using the A-29A & B Super Tucano.^[3]

Access

The base is located 4 km from downtown Boa Vista.

Gallery

This gallery displays aircraft that are or have been based at Campo Grande. The gallery is not comprehensive.

Present aircraft

• 
  Embraer A-29A Super Tucano (FAB)

Retired aircraft

• 
  Embraer C-95B Bandeirante (FAB)
• 
  Cessna C-98A Caravan (FAB)
• 
  Embraer T-27 Tucano (FAB)

See also

• Aviation portal
• Brazil portal

• List of Brazilian military bases
• Atlas Brasil Cantanhede International Airport