São Borja Airport , also known as São Borja João Manoel Airport, is the airport serving
São Borja
São Borja is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. São Borja is the oldest municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and was founded in 1682 by the Jesuits as the first of the Seven Points of the Missions, and name ...
, located in the
Rio Grande do Sul state of
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
No scheduled flights operate at this airport.
Accidents and incidents
*30 June 1950: a
SAVAG Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar registration PP-SAA flying from
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the twelfth most populous city in the country and the center of Brazil's fif ...
to São Borja in bad weather collided against a hill, caught fire and crashed near the location of
São Francisco de Assis São Francisco de Assis, Portuguese for Saint Francis of Assisi, may refer to:
* São Francisco de Assis, Rio Grande do Sul, municipality in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* São Francisco de Assis do Piauí, municipality in the State of Pi ...
. All 10 occupants died, including the founder of SAVAG and pilot, Gustavo Kraemer, and
Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho, senator and first Minister of Air Force in Brazil.
Access
The airport is located from downtown São Borja.
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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References
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Airports in Rio Grande do Sul