São Borja Airport

São Borja Airport (IATA: JBS, ICAO: SSSB), also known as São Borja João Manoel Airport, is the airport serving São Borja, located in the Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil.

São Borja Airport Aeroporto de São Borja
IATA: JBS ICAO: SSSB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Elevation AMSL	75 m / 246 ft
Coordinates	28°39′11″S 056°01′58″W
Map
JBS Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 1,500 4,921 Asphalt 13/31 (Closed) 1,050 3,445 Dirt
Sources: World Aero Data,[1] ANAC[2]

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Accidents and incidents

• 30 June 1950: a SAVAG Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar registration PP-SAA flying from Porto Alegre to São Borja in bad weather collided against a hill, caught fire and crashed near the location of São Francisco de Assis. All 10 occupants died, including the founder of SAVAG and pilot, Gustavo Kraemer, and Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho, senator and first Minister of Air Force in Brazil.[3][4]

Access

The airport is located 4 km (2 mi) from downtown São Borja.

See also

• List of airports in Brazil

References

1. "São Borja Airport Information". World Aero Data.
2. "Lista de aeródromos públicos". ANAC (in Portuguese).
3. "Accident description PP-SAA". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
4. Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Salgado Filho". 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. 102–107. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.

External links

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