Comandante Gustavo Kraemer Airport

Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport (IATA: BGX, ICAO: SBBG) is the airport serving Bagé, Brazil. It is named after Captain Gustavo Kraemer, founder and pilot of the airline SAVAG, killed on an air-crash in 1950.

Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport Aeroporto Internacional Comandante Gustavo Kraemer
IATA: BGX ICAO: SBBG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Infraero
Serves	Bagé
Time zone	Time in Brazil (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	186 m / 610 ft
Coordinates	31°23′27″S 054°06′35″W
Website	www4.infraero.gov.br/aeroportos/aeroporto-internacional-de-bage-comandante-gustavo-kraemer/
Map
BGX Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 1,500 4,921 Concrete 14/32 1,149 3,770 Grass
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 1,950 35% Aircraft Operations 527 56% Metric tonnes of cargo 5 500%
Statistics: Infraero[1] Sources: Airport Website[2] ANAC[3]

It is operated by Infraero.

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.

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.[4][5]

Access

The airport is located 9 km (6 mi) from downtown Bagé.

See also

• List of airports in Brazil

References

1. "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 20 February 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
2. "Aeroporto Internacional Comandante Gustavo Kraemer". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
3. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
4. "Accident description PP-VCF". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
5. Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Incêndio sorrateiro". O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928-1996 (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 153–158. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.

External links

• Airport information for SBBG at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
• Airport information for SBBG at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for SBBG at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for BGX at Aviation Safety Network