Santos Air Force Base – BAST (IATA: SSZ, ICAO: SBST) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in Guarujá, Brazil.
Santos Air Force Base | |||||||
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Base Aérea de Santos | |||||||
Guarujá, São Paulo in Brazil | |||||||
Coordinates | 23°55′41″S 046°17′59″W / 23.92806°S 46.29972°W | ||||||
Type | Air Force Base | ||||||
Code | BAST | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Brazilian Air Force | ||||||
Controlled by | Brazilian Air Force | ||||||
Open to the public | No | ||||||
Website | www | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1922 | ||||||
In use | 1941-present | ||||||
Garrison information | |||||||
Current commander | Ten. Cel. Av. Francisco José Formaggio | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | IATA: SSZ, ICAO: SBST, LID: SP9006 | ||||||
Elevation | 4 metres (13 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Sources: DECEA[1] |
It will share some facilities with Guarujá Civil Metropolitan Aerodrome.
Units
editSince January 2017 there are no permanent flying units assigned to Santos Air Force Base. Whenever needed, the aerodrome is used as a support facility to other air units of the Brazilian Air Force, Navy and Army.
Former Unit
1979–2006: 1st Squadron of the 11th Aviation Group (1º/11ºGAv) Gavião. The squadron was moved to Natal Air Force Base.[2]
Accidents and incidents
edit- 13 August 2014: a private Cessna Citation Excel registration PR-AFA en route from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont to Santos Air Force Base crashed while on final approach to Santos. All seven occupants died. Among the victims was Brazilian Socialist Party presidential candidate Eduardo Campos.[3]
Access
editThe base is located 9 km from downtown Guarujá and 17 km from downtown Santos.
Gallery
editThis gallery displays aircraft that have been based at Santos. The gallery is not comprehensive.
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Helibrás H-50 Esquilo (FAB)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Santos (SBST)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "1º/11º GAv – Esquadrão Gavião". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Accident description PR-AFA". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
External links
edit- Airport information for SBST at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for SBST at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for SSZ at Aviation Safety Network