Diomício Freitas Airport

Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (IATA: CCM, ICAO: SSIM) formerly SBCM, is the airport serving Criciúma, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of Forquilhinha. It is named after Diomício Manoel de Freitas (1911-1981), a local entrepreneur and politician.

Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport Aeroporto Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha
IATA: CCM ICAO: SSIM LID: SC0009
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Infraero (2006–2016) RDL Aeroportos (2017–2020) Infracea (2020–present)
Serves	Criciúma
Location	Forquilhinha, Brazil
Opened	December 17, 1979 (1979-12-17)
Time zone	BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	28 m / 92 ft
Coordinates	28°43′33″S 049°25′29″W
Map
CCM Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 1,568 5,144 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 59,865 24% Aircraft Operations 2,876 13% Metric tonnes of cargo 34 11%
Statistics: Infraero[1] Sources: ANAC,[2] DECEA[3]

It is operated by Infracea.

History

The airport was opened on December 17, 1979.

Between 2006 and 2016 the airport was managed by contract by Infraero, and between 2017 and 2020 by RDL Aeroportos. In 2020 Infracea became the new contractor.^[4]

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Access

The airport is located 6 km (4 mi) from downtown Criciúma and 8 km (5 mi) from downtown Forquilhinha.

See also

• Aviation portal
• Brazil portal

• List of airports in Brazil