Santarém-Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport
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Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport is the airport serving Santarém, Brazil
. It is named after the composer Wilson Dias da Fonseca
(1912–2002), who was born in Santarém.
It is operated by Infraero
.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. It is named after the composer Wilson Dias da Fonseca
Wilson Fonseca
Wilson Dias da Fonseca was a Brazilian maestro, composer, conductor and writer.- Principal Works :* "Hymn of Santarém" ....
(1912–2002), who was born in Santarém.
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...
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Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
- 28 November 1995: TABATABA – Transportes Aéreos da Bacia AmazônicaTABA – 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,...
, a Fairchild Hiller FH-227Fairchild Hiller FH-227The Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 were versions of the Fokker F27 Friendship twin-engined turboprop passenger aircraft manufactured under license by Fairchild Hiller in the United States...
registration PP-BUJ operating a cargo flight from Belém-Val de CãesVal de Cães International AirportBelém-Val de Cães/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport is the main airport serving Belém, Brazil. Val de Cães, the name of the neighborhood where the airport is located, is the most common spelling although Val de Cans is also considered correct...
to Santarém crashed on its second attempt to approach Santarém. The crew of 2 and 1 of the 2 occupants died.