Umberto Modiano Airport

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| name = Umberto Modiano Airport

| nativename = {{lang|pt|Aeroporto Umberto Modiano|italic=yes}}

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| IATA = BZC

| ICAO = SSBZ

| LID = RJ0012

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| type = Private

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| city-served = Armação dos Búzios

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| timezone = BRT

| utc = UTC−03:00

| metric-elev = yes

| elevation-f = 10

| elevation-m = 3

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| coordinates = {{coord|22|46|16|S|041|57|48|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Brazil Rio de Janeiro State#Brazil

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil

| metric-rwy = yes

| r1-number = 08/26

| r1-length-f = 4,265

| r1-length-m = 1,300

| 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 = Sources: ANAC,{{cite web|url=https://www.anac.gov.br/dadosabertos/areas-de-atuacao/aerodromos|title=Aeródromos|website=ANAC|date=7 December 2018|access-date=16 July 2020|language=pt}} DECEA{{cite web|url=https://aisweb.decea.mil.br/?i=aerodromos&codigo=SBBZ|title=Umberto Modiano (SSBZ)|website=DECEA|access-date=13 August 2023|language=pt}}

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Umberto Modiano Airport {{airport codes|BZC|SSBZ}}, formerly SBBZ is the airport serving Armação dos Búzios, Brazil. It is named after Umberto Modiano, a businessman who owned Marina Porto Búzios, Nas Rocas Hotel, and financially supported the emancipation movement of Armação dos Búzios, which was completed in 1995.{{cite web | title=História | url=http://www.buzios.rj.gov.br/historia_municipio.aspx | publisher=Prefeitura de Búzios | access-date=10 October 2014 | language=pt}}

History

The airport was inaugurated in 2003 and it is dedicated to general aviation. On July 11, 2012 the facility was temporarily closed to conduct renovation works demanded by the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil.{{cite web | url=http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/aeroporto-de-buzios-nao-tem-permissao-para-voos-comerciais-diz-anac-5508731 | title=Aeroporto de Búzios não tem permissão para voos comerciais, diz ANAC | publisher=O Globo | date=18 July 2012 | access-date=9 January 2013 | language=pt}} On May 28, 2016, after completing the renovations and legal procedures,{{cite web | url=http://www.buzios.rj.gov.br/detalhenoticia.aspx?id=397f97d1-e6bc-40bf-adea-5193899a03d5 | title=Aeroporto de Búzios receberá autorização para Aviação Geral | publisher=Prefeitura de Búzios | date=30 August 2014 | access-date=21 July 2016 | language=pt}} the airport was again opened for general aviation.{{cite web | url=http://g1.globo.com/rj/regiao-dos-lagos/noticia/2016/05/aeroporto-de-buzios-rj-reabre-para-pequenas-aeronaves.html | title=Aeroporto de Búzios, RJ, reabre para pequenas aeronaves | publisher=G1 | date=28 May 2016 | access-date=21 July 2016 | language=pt}}

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Access

The airport is located {{convert|8|km|0|abbr=on}} from downtown Búzios.

See also

{{Portal|Aviation|Brazil}}

References

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