Carauari Airport is the airport serving
Carauari
Carauari is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 28,508 (2020) and its area is 25,767 km².
The city is served by Carauari Airport.
Environment
The town is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoreg ...
,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
On 15 December 1994, a
TABA Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
The Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante (English: ''pioneer'') is a Brazilian general purpose 15–21 passenger twin-turboprop light transport aircraft designed by Embraer for military and civil use.
The EMB 110 was designed by the French engineer Max ...
en route from Carauari and
Tefé
Tefé, known in early accounts as Teffé, is a municipality in the state of Amazonas, northern Brazil.
Location
Tefé is located about 525 km by air or 595 km by river to the west of Manaus on the south bank of the Rio Solimões (th ...
to
Manaus was hijacked by two Colombian citizens. The passengers were released in the proximity of
Tabatinga
Tabatinga, originally Forte de São Francisco Xavier de Tabatinga, is a municipality in the Três Fronteiras area of Western Amazonas. It is in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 67,182 (2020) and its area is 3,225 km2.
T ...
and the aircraft was flown to
Colombia. The crew was released at the Brazilian Embassy in
Bogotá.
Access
The airport is located from downtown Carauari.
See also
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List of airports in Brazil
This is a list of airports in Brazil, sorted by location.
The National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil lists on March 10, 2022, 491 public and 2,677 private aerodromes in Brazil.
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Airports
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References
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Airports in Amazonas (Brazilian state)