Salvador–Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (IATA: SSA, ICAO: SBSV), formerly called Dois de Julho International Airport and known by the trade name Salvador Bahia Airport, is the airport serving Salvador, Brazil. Since 16 June 1998, by Federal Law, the airport is named after Luís Eduardo Maron Magalhães (1955–1998), an influential politician of the state of Bahia.[5]
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||||||
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| Serves | Salvador da Bahia | ||||||||||||||
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| Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 20 m / 66 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°54′31″S 038°19′21″W / 12.90861°S 38.32250°W | ||||||||||||||
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It is operated by Vinci SA.
Some of its facilities are shared with the Salvador Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.
History
editThe airport, originally called Santo Amaro do Ipitanga Airport, was established in 1925. In 1941 Panair do Brasil participating in the World War II efforts with the support of the American and Brazilian governments completely rebuilt the facility.
On 20 December 1955, the airport had its name changed for the first time: it became known as Dois de Julho International Airport, celebrating Bahia Independence Day. This is still the name by which the population of Salvador da Bahia call the facility. On 16 June 1998 the airport name was again changed to honor Luís Eduardo Maron Magalhães (1955–1998) an influential politician of the state of Bahia. This second change remains however controversial and there have been attempts to revert it.[6] Since 2017 the concessionary has been using the Trade name Salvador Bahia Airport.
The airport is located in an area of more than 6 million square meters between sand dunes and native vegetation. The lush, bamboo-covered road to the airport has become one of the scenic attractions of Salvador da Bahia.
A brand new passenger terminal was opened in 1998, replacing an original outdated terminal. This new terminal continued to be upgraded and was completed by the end of year 2000. The main terminal, which includes a shopping mall has 69,400 m2, 11 jetways and a capacity to handle 6,000,000 passengers/year. Traffic has been growing at an average of 14% per year.
Responding to critiques to the situation of its airports, on May 18, 2011, Infraero released a list evaluating some of its most important airports according to its saturation levels. According to the list, Salvador da Bahia was considered to be in good situation, operating with less than 70% of its capacity.[7]
Previously operated by Infraero, on 16 March 2017, the concession of the facility was won by Vinci SA, for which it paid R$ 2,35 billions (€ 640 millions). The concession is for a period of 30 years.[8] The new concessionary then planned to duplicate the passenger terminal.[9]
On 26 April 2018, the Aeroporto station on Line 2 of the Salvador subway was opened to the public.[10]
Airlines and destinations
editPassenger
editNote:
a: Flight operated with Voepass equipment on behalf of LATAM Brasil.
Cargo
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Total Linhas Aéreas | Belo Horizonte-Confins, Fortaleza, São Paulo-Guarulhos |
| LATAM Cargo Brasil | Campinas, Miami |
| Sideral Air Cargo | São Paulo–Guarulhos |
Statistics
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Following is the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to Infraero (2007-2017) and Vinci (2018-2023) reports:[13][14][1]
| Year | Passenger | Aircraft | Cargo (t) |
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| 2023 | 7,279,788  11% |
77,325 2% |
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| 2022 | 6,552,356 21% |
75,886 12% |
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| 2021 | 5,410,527 44% |
67,719 36% |
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| 2020 | 3,769,130  50% |
49,640 37% |
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| 2019 | 7,537,112 | 78,355 | |
| 2018a | 3,976,671 | 41,421 | |
| 2017 | 7,735,685 3% |
76,642 4% |
30,055 
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| 2016 | 7,526,358 17% |
79,484 18% |
29,995 30%
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| 2015 | 9,047,403 1% |
97,139 9% |
23,136 29%
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| 2014 | 9,152,159 7% |
107,255 1% |
32,754 33%
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| 2013 | 8,589,663 3% |
107,977 11% |
24,669 18%
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| 2012 | 8,811,540 5% |
121,587 3% |
30,092 51%
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| 2011 | 8,394,900 9% |
125,980 10% |
61,880 27%
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| 2010 | 7,696,307 9% |
114,946 12% |
48,770 9%
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| 2009 | 7,052,720 17% |
102,211 7% |
44,796 23%
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| 2008 | 6,042,307 2% |
95,804 5% |
58,148 18%
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| 2007 | 5,932,461 | 90,989 | 71,136 |
Note:
a: 2018 series provided by Vinci is incomplete, lacking data for the months of January until part of June.
Accidents and incidents
editAccidents with fatalities
edit- 21 September 1944: A Panair do Brasil Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar registration PP-PBH crashed shortly after take-off from Salvador da Bahia. All 16 occupants died.[15][16]
Access
editThe airport is located 28 km (17 mi) north from downtown Salvador da Bahia.
A free shuttle bus runs every 15 minutes from 5am to 1am to Aeroporto station of Salvador subway, which connects to downtown Salvador at Lapa.[17]
See also
editReferences
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ a b "Operational Data". Vinci (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Salvador Bahia Airport". Vinci (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ "Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães (SBSV)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Lei nº 9.661, de 16 de junho de 1998". Câmara dos Deputados (in Portuguese). 16 June 1998. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Projeto de lei 6106/2002" (PDF). Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). 21 February 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ^ "Governo muda critério de avaliação e 'melhora' desempenho de aeroportos" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ Alves, Alan Tiago; Ribeiro, Rafaela (16 March 2017). "Aeroporto de Salvador vai a leilão e usuários esperam melhorias". Globo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "VINCI Airports wins the concession for Salvador's airport in Brazil". VINCI. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Estação aeroporto do metrô de Salvador é inaugurada". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Aerolíneas terá quatro rotas de Córdoba e Rosário para o Brasil no verão". Panrotas (in Portuguese). 15 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Operadores turísticos portugueses lançam voos charter para o Fim de Ano no Brasil". Presstur (in Portuguese). 8 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Anuário Estatístico Operacional" (PDF). Infraero (in Portuguese). 12 April 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Accident description PP-PBH". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Mais um Lodestar". 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. 69–72. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
- ^ "Estação Aeroporto | CCR Metrô Bahia". www.ccrmetrobahia.com.br. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
External links
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Media related to Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport at Wikimedia Commons- Airport information for SBSV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for SBSV at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for SSA at Aviation Safety Network
