Matupá Airport

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| name = Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport

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| IATA = MBK

| ICAO = SWXM

| LID = MT0014

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| type = Public

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| city-served = Matupá

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| timezone = BRT−1

| utc = UTC−04:00

| metric-elev = yes

| elevation-f = 886

| elevation-m = 270

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil

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| r1-number = 02/20

| r1-length-f = 6,096

| r1-length-m = 1,858

| r1-surface = Asphalt

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| stat1-header = Passengers

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| stat2-header = Aircraft Operations

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| stat3-header = Metric tonnes of cargo

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| footnotes = Source: ANAC,{{cite web|url=https://www.anac.gov.br/dadosabertos/areas-de-atuacao/aerodromos|title=Aeródromos|website=ANAC|date=29 June 2020|access-date=11 May 2021|language=pt}} DECEA{{cite web|url=https://aisweb.decea.mil.br/?i=aerodromos&codigo=SWXM|title=REGIONAL ORLANDO VILLAS BOAS (SWXM)|website=DECEA|access-date=20 November 2023|language=pt}}

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Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport {{airport codes|MBK|SWXM}} is the airport serving Matupá, Brazil. The airport is named after the oldest of the Villas-Bôas brothers, Brazilian activists who in 1961 succeeded in getting the entire upper Xingu legally protected.

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Accidents and incidents

  • 23 July 2024: a private Learjet 35, registration PP-ERR crashed in a eucalyptus forest after take-off; the aircraft broke up and burst into flames. Both occupants were killed. The accident occurred during a go-around following a local flight.{{Cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/403993|title=Accident description PP-ERR|website=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=24 December 2024}}

Access

The airport is located {{convert|4|km|0|abbr=on}} from downtown Matupá.

See also

{{Portal|Aviation|Brazil}}

References

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