Embraer Unidade Gavião Peixoto Airport is a private airport located near

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. It is owned and operated by

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and used for testing civil and military aircraft.

History

In October 2001

opened a plant on the Aerodrome of

, near

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, to house the final assembly of aircraft and to test equipment and technology. For this purpose, Embraer built runway 02/20 with 4,967 x 45 m, considered to be the longest public use runway in the

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and the fifth longest in the world. Even so, only 2,975 m are actually used - the rest is taken up by a

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. Embraer offers customer support for its clientele on the site. The plant manufactures the wings of the Embraer 190 and 195, the

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and

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aircraft, the refurbishing of the

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of the

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, and since 2008 the final assembly of

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and

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aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Access

The airport is located from downtown Gavião Peixoto and from downtown Araraquara.

References

External links

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History

Airlines and destinations

Access

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