Eduardo Gomes International Airport
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Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes-Manaus International Airport , is the main airport serving Manaus
Manaus
Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Amazonas. It is situated at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and is a popular ecotourist destination....

, Brazil. It is named after the Brazilian politician and military figure Air Marshall Eduardo Gomes
Eduardo Gomes
Air Marshal Eduardo Gomes was a Brazilian politician and military figure. He was born in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil....

 (1896–1981).

In 2010 the airport was ranked 3rd in terms of cargo handled in Brazil, placing it amongst the busiest airports in the country. It is operated by Infraero
Infraero
Empresa Brasileira de Infraestrutura Aeroportuária, Infraero in short, is a Brazilian government corporation created in 1972 and responsible for operating the main Brazilian commercial airports. In 2009, Infraero's airports carried 128,135,616 passengers and 1,114,754 tons of cargo and operated...

.

History

Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes International Airport replaced Ponta Pelada Airport
Ponta Pelada Airport
Ponta Pelada Airport was until 1976 the main airport of Manaus, Brazil. Between 1970 and 1976 public facilities were shared with the military facilities of Manaus Air Force Base. In 1976, with the opening of Eduardo Gomes International Airport, all public operations were transferred to the new...

 as the main public airport of Manaus in 1976. Ponta Pelada was then given the name Manaus Air Force Base
Manaus Air Force Base
Manaus Air Force Base – BAMN is a base of the Brazilian Air Force located in Manaus, Brazil. It was created in 1970 and between 1970 and 1976 public facilities of Ponta Pelada Airport were shared with the military facilities of Manaus Air Force Base. In 1976, with the opening of Eduardo Gomes...

 and began handling exclusively military operations.

The construction of the airport began in 1972 and its was officially inaugurated on 31 March 1976. It was then the most modern airport in Brazil and the first one to operate with jet bridges. Though originally planned to be named Supersonic Airport of Manaus, it had its official name changed to Eduardo Gomes by the law 5.967 December 11, 1973.

The airport has two passenger terminal buildings. Passenger Terminal 1 receives domestic and international flights and Passenger Terminal 2, informally as "Eduardinho" (Little Eduardo), opened on 12 March 1985, receives general aviation. Furthermore, the airport has three cargo terminals, opened in 1976, 1980 and 2004. They have a total area of 49,000 m² and can process up to 12,000 t/month of cargo. Cargo Terminals 1 and 2 handle goods for export and Cargo Terminal 3 for import.

The Brazilian Integrated Air Traffic Control and Air Defense Center section 4 (Cindacta IV
CINDACTA
The air traffic control centers of Brazil are known by the acronym CINDACTA, or "Centro Integrado de Defesa Aérea e Controle de Tráfego Aéreo...

) is located in the vicinity of the airport.

Passenger


a. Airlines operating regular charter flights.

b. Airlines operating charter flights.

Scheduled cargo

Accidents

  • 21 March 1989: Transbrasil
    Transbrasil
    TransBrasil is a defunct Brazilian airline which ceased operations in December 2001. During most of its history, Transbrasil was owned by local entrepeneur Omar Fontana. Its aircraft usually featured a colorful livery, remarkably with a rainbow on the tail fin. Transbrasil base was Brasilia...

     flight 801, a cargo Boeing 707-349C
    Boeing 707
    The Boeing 707 is a four-engine narrow-body commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. Its name is most commonly pronounced as "Seven Oh Seven". The first airline to operate the 707 was Pan American World Airways, inaugurating the type's first commercial flight on...

     registration PT-TCS, flying from Manaus to São Paulo-Guarulhos, crashed at the district of Vila Barros in Guarulhos, shortly before touch-down at runway 09R. That day, at 12:00 the runway was going to be closed for maintenance and the crew decided to speed up procedures to touch-down before closure (it was already 11:54). In a hurry, one of the crew members, by mistake, activated the air-dynamic brakes and the aircraft lost too much speed to have enough aerodynamic support (Stall). As a consequence the aircraft crashed at approximately 2 km from the airport. There were 25 fatalities which of these three were crew members and 22 were civilians on the accident site. As well as the 22 fatalities, there were also over 100 injured on the ground.
  • 14 May 2004: Rico Linhas Aéreas
    Rico Linhas Aereas
    Rico Linhas Aéreas S/A was a Brazilian regional airline with its headquarters at Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, authorized to operate scheduled passenger and cargo services in the Amazon region....

     flight 4815
    Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815
    On 14 April 2004, Rico Linhas Aéreas flight 4815 was operating a service from São Paulo de Olivença to Manaus with a stopover in Tefé, Brazil. The Embraer 120ER Brasília registration PT-WRO had 30 passengers and 3 crew on board. The flight was on approach to Manaus but at 18:30 the aircraft dropped...

     operated by the Embraer EMB 120ER Brasília
    Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
    -Accidents:*Brazilian Air Force on July 8, 1988 an Embraer EMB 120RT Brasília registration FAB-2001 crashed during and engine-out landing at São José dos Campos. Five of the 9 occupants died....

     registration PT-WRO, en route from São Paulo de Olivença
    São Paulo de Olivença Airport
    Senadora Eunice Micheles Airport is the airport serving São Paulo de Olivença, Brazil.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:...

     and Tefé
    Tefé Airport
    Tefé Airport is the airport serving Tefé, Brazil.It is operated by Infraero.-Airlines and destinations:-Accident:*14 May 2004: Rico Linhas Aéreas flight 4815 operated by the Embraer EMB 120ER Brasília registration PT-WRO, en route from Tefé to Manaus crashed in the forest at about 18 nm from...

     to Manaus crashed in the forest at about 18 nm from Manaus. All 33 passengers and crew died.
  • 29 September 2006: Gol Airlines
    Gol Transportes Aéreos
    Gol Transportes Aéreos is a Brazilian airline based in Comandante Lineu Gomes Square, São Paulo City, Brazil....

     flight 1907
    Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907
    Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 was a Boeing 737-8EH, registration PR-GTD, on a scheduled passenger flight from Manaus, Brazil, to Rio de Janeiro. On 29 September 2006, just before 17:00 BRT, it collided in midair with an Embraer Legacy business jet over the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso...

    , a Boeing 737-8EH
    Boeing 737
    The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range, twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers...

     registration PR-GTD en route from Manaus to Brasília
    Brasília International Airport
    Brasília-Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport is the airport serving Brasília, Brazil. Since April 22, 1999 the airport is named after Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira , the 21st President of Brazil....

     collided with a business jet Embraer Legacy
    Embraer Legacy
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     on its first leg, fell, disintegrated in midair, and crashed into the Amazon forest
    Amazon Rainforest
    The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...

     in the north of the State of Mato Grosso
    Mato Grosso
    Mato Grosso is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest in area, located in the western part of the country.Neighboring states are Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul. It also borders Bolivia to the southwest...

    , killing all of the 154 passengers and crew on board of the Gol aircraft.

Incidents

  • 21 April 1983: three Libyan Air Force
    Libyan Air Force
    The Libyan Air Force is the branch of the Libyan Armed Forces responsible for aerial warfare. In 2010, before the 2011 Libyan civil war, the Libyan Air Force personnel strength was estimated at 18,000, with an inventory of 374 combat capable aircraft operating from 13 military airbases in...

     Il-76TDs landed at Manaus after one of the Il-76s developed some technical problems while crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The aircraft were then searched by the Brazilian authorities: instead of medical supplies – as quoted in the transport documentation – the crate of the first of 17 Aero L-39 Albatros light training and attack aircraft bound for Nicaragua
    Nicaragua
    Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...

     together with arms and parachutes, to support the country's war against US-backed Contras
    Contras
    The contras is a label given to the various rebel groups opposing Nicaragua's FSLN Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction government following the July 1979 overthrow of Anastasio Somoza Debayle's dictatorship...

     were found. The cargo was impounded, while the transports were permitted to return to Libya.
  • 6 March 1991: a TABA
    TABA – Transportes Aéreos da Bacia Amazônica
    TABA – Transportes Aéreos da Bacia Amazônica was a Brazilian airline founded in 1976. It ceased operations in 1999.-History:On November 11, 1975 the Brazilian Federal Government created the Brazilian Integrated System of Regional Air Transportation and divided the country in five different regions,...

     Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
    Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
    The Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante is a general purpose 15-21 passenger twin-turboprop light transport aircraft suitable for military and civil duties...

     flying to Manaus was hijacked near São Gabriel da Cachoeira
    São Gabriel da Cachoeira Airport
    São Gabriel da Cachoeira Airport is the airport serving São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil.-Accidents and incidents:*6 March 1991: a TABA Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante flying to Manaus was hijacked near São Gabriel da Cachoeira by 3 persons.-Access:...

     by 3 persons.
  • 15 December 1994: a TABA
    TABA – Transportes Aéreos da Bacia Amazônica
    TABA – Transportes Aéreos da Bacia Amazônica was a Brazilian airline founded in 1976. It ceased operations in 1999.-History:On November 11, 1975 the Brazilian Federal Government created the Brazilian Integrated System of Regional Air Transportation and divided the country in five different regions,...

     Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
    Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
    The Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante is a general purpose 15-21 passenger twin-turboprop light transport aircraft suitable for military and civil duties...

     en route from Carauari
    Carauari Airport
    Carauari Airport is the airport serving Carauari, Brazil.-Airlines and destinations:a. Airline operating regular charter flights.-Accidents and incidents:...

     and Tefé
    Tefé Airport
    Tefé Airport is the airport serving Tefé, Brazil.It is operated by Infraero.-Airlines and destinations:-Accident:*14 May 2004: Rico Linhas Aéreas flight 4815 operated by the Embraer EMB 120ER Brasília registration PT-WRO, en route from Tefé to Manaus crashed in the forest at about 18 nm from...

     to Manaus was hijacked by two Colombian citizens. The passengers were released in the proximity of Tabatinga
    Tabatinga
    Tabatinga is a municipality in the Três Fronteiras area of Northwestern Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 45,293...

     and the aircraft flown to Colombia
    Colombia
    Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

    . The crew was released at the Brazilian Embassy in Bogotá
    Bogotá
    Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

    .

Future developments

On 31 August 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL793.5 million (USD316.1 million; EUR292.2 million) investiment plan to up-grade Eduardo Gomes International Airport focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup
2014 FIFA World Cup
The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament that will take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014....

which will be held in Brazil, Manaus being one of the venue cities. The investiment will invested as follows:
  • Enlargement of apron and existing runway. Construction of second runway. Value BRL600.0. Completion: July 2013
  • Enlargement and renovation of the passenger terminal. Value BRL193.5. Completion: December 2013

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