Comandante Gustavo Kraemer Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Brazil}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport
| nativename = {{lang|pt|Aeroporto Internacional Comandante Gustavo Kraemer|italic=yes}}
| image = Grupo CCR.svg
| image-width = 100
| image2 = Aeroporo Gustavo Krämer, Bagé-RS (53128036268).jpg
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| IATA = BGX
| ICAO = SBBG
| LID = RS0010
| GPS =
| WMO =
| type = Public
| owner-oper =
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| operator = {{Plainlist|
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| city-served = Bagé
| location =
| opened = {{start date|1946|7|5}}
| closed =
| hub =
| timezone = BRT
| utc = UTC−03:00
| metric-elev = yes
| elevation-m = 186
| elevation-f = 611
| website = {{URL|https://www.ccraeroportos.com.br/bage-rs}}
| coordinates = {{coord|31|23|27|S|054|06|35|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Brazil Rio Grande do Sul#Brazil
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| pushpin_label = BGX
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil
| metric-rwy = yes
| r1-number = 06/24
| r1-length-m = 1,500
| r1-length-f = 4,921
| r1-surface = Concrete
| r2-number = 14/32 (closed)
| r2-length-m = 1,149
| r2-length-f = 3,770
| r2-surface = Grass
| stat-year = 2024
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 277 {{decrease}} 71%
| stat2-header = Aircraft Operations
| stat2-data = 518 {{decrease}} 35%
| stat3-header = Metric tonnes of cargo
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| footnotes = Statistics: CCR{{cite web|url=https://www.ccraeroportos.com.br/corporativo/movimentacao-aeroportuaria|title=Movimentação aeroportuária|website=CCR|accessdate=7 February 2025|language=pt}}
Sources: Airport Website,{{cite web|url=https://www.ccraeroportos.com.br/bage-rs|title=Bagé|website=CCR Aeroportos|accessdate=28 May 2023|language=pt}} ANAC,{{cite web|url=https://www.anac.gov.br/dadosabertos/areas-de-atuacao/aerodromos|title=Aeródromos|website=ANAC|date=15 October 2019|accessdate=11 May 2020|language=pt}} DECEA{{cite web|url=https://aisweb.decea.mil.br/?i=aerodromos&codigo=SBBG|title=Comandante Gustavo Kraemer (SBBG)|website=DECEA|access-date=19 September 2023|language=pt}}
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Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport {{airport codes|BGX|SBBG}} is the airport serving Bagé, Brazil. Since February 8, 1952, it is named after Captain Gustavo Ernesto de Carvalho Kraemer (1911–1950), founder and pilot of the airline SAVAG, killed on an air-crash in 1950.{{Cite web|url=https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/leis/1950-1969/l1555.htm|title=Lei n˚ 1.555, de 8 de fevereiro de 1952|website=Presidência da República|date=8 February 1952|access-date=14 November 2023|language=pt}}
It is operated by CCR.
History
The airport opened on July 5, 1946. On February 8, 1952, the airport was renamed after Gustavo Kraemer, who on June 20, 1950, died on an air-crash while piloting an aircraft of SAVAG, an airline of which he was also president.{{cite book | first=Carlos Ari César | last=Germano da Silva | title=O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928-1996 | chapter=Salgado Filho | publisher=EDIPUCRS | edition=2 | place=Porto Alegre | year=2008 | pages=102–107 | isbn=978-85-7430-760-2 | language=pt}}
Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021 CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.{{cite web | url=https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/economia/noticia/2021-04/governo-federal-arrecada-r-33-bilhoes-com-leilao-de-22-aeroportos | title=Governo federal arrecada R$ 3,3 bilhões com leilão de 22 aeroportos | website=Agência Brasil | access-date=7 April 2021 | language=pt}}
Airlines and destinations
No scheduled flights operate at this airport.
Accidents and incidents
- 7 April 1957: a Varig Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando registration PP-VCF operating a flight from Bagé to Porto Alegre crashed during take-off from Bagé following a fire developed in the left main gear wheel well and consequent technical difficulties. All 40 passenger and crew died.{{Cite web | url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19570407-0 | title=Accident description PP-VCF | website=Aviation Safety Network | accessdate=May 17, 2011}}{{cite book | first=Carlos Ari César | last=Germano da Silva | title=O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928-1996 | chapter=Incêndio sorrateiro | publisher=EDIPUCRS | edition=2 | place=Porto Alegre | year=2008 | pages=153–158 | isbn=978-85-7430-760-2 | language=Portuguese}}
Access
The airport is located {{convert|9|km|0|abbr=on}} from downtown Bagé.
See also
{{Portal|Aviation|Brazil}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{GCM|SBBG|source=DAFIF}}
- {{NWS-current|SBBG}}
- {{ASN|BGX}}
{{Airports in Rio Grande do Sul}}
{{List of airports}}
{{Brazil topics}}