Oiapoque Airport

{{short description|Airport in Oiapoque, Brazil}}

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| r1-number = 03/21

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| footnotes = Sources: ANAC,{{cite web|url=https://www.anac.gov.br/dadosabertos/areas-de-atuacao/aerodromos|title=Aeródromos|website=ANAC|date=29 June 2020|access-date=8 May 2021|language=pt}} DECEA{{cite web|url=https://aisweb.decea.mil.br/?i=aerodromos&codigo=SBOI|title=OIAPOQUE (SBOI)|website=DECEA|access-date=17 August 2023|language=pt}}

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Oiapoque Airport {{airport codes|OYK|SBOI}} is the airport serving Oiapoque, Brazil.

History

Oiapoque Airport, located by the French Guiana border, does not allow for instrument approach. The nearest airport with instrument approach is Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport at a distance of 66.5 kilometres.{{cite web|url=https://skyvector.com/airport/SBOI/Oiapoque-Airport |title=Oiapoque Airport|website=Sky Vector|access-date=3 April 2021}}

Airlines and destinations

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|Omni Táxi Aéreo | Charter: Macapá

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Access

The airport is located {{convert|5|km|0|abbr=on}} from downtown Oiapoque.

Accidents

  • 4 June 2002: a Marco Zero Táxi Aéreo EMB-721 Sertanejo registration PT-EPH flying from Oiapoque to Macapá International Airport crashed near the Cassiporé River killing all five occupants. The accident was probably caused by poor weather.{{Cite web | url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/179693 | title=Accident description PT-EPH | website=Aviation Safety Network | access-date=8 May 2021}}{{cite news | url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/ajb/2002/06/09/ult740u5204.jhtm | title=Destroços de avião desaparecido encontrados no Amapá | website=UOL Noticias | access-date=3 April 2021| language=pt}}

See also

{{Portal|Aviation|Brazil}}

References

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