Salvador Bahia Airport

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Salvador–Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport

Aeroporto Internacional de Salvador–Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
Operator
ServesSalvador da Bahia
Hub for
Time zoneBRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL20 m / 66 ft
Coordinates12°54′31″S 038°19′21″W / 12.90861°S 38.32250°W / -12.90861; -38.32250
Websitewww.salvador-airport.com.br/pt-br
Map
SSA is located in Brazil
SSA
SSA
Location in Brazil
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 3,003 9,852 Asphalt
17/35 1,518 4,980 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers7,279,788 Increase 11%
Aircraft Operations77,325 Increase 2%
Statistics: Vinci[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

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]

It is operated by Vinci SA.

Some of its facilities are shared with the Salvador Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.

History

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The 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A brand new passenger terminal was opened in 1998, replacing an original outdated terminal.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

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Passenger

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AirlinesDestinations
Abaeté Aviação Barra Grande, Boipeba, Morro de São Paulo
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires–Aeroparque
Seasonal: Córdoba (AR) (begins 4 January 2025)[11]
Air Europa Madrid
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Azul Brazilian Airlines Aracaju, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Campina Grande, Campinas, Goiânia, Ilhéus, Porto Seguro, Recife, Vitória da Conquista
Seasonal: Brasília, Cuiabá, Foz do Iguaçu, Ribeirão Preto, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão
Azul Conecta Belo Horizonte–Confins, Guanambi
Gol Linhas Aéreas Aracaju, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Brasília, Campina Grande, Campinas, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Goiânia, Ilhéus, João Pessoa, Maceió, Natal, Porto Seguro, Recife, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, São Luís, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Vitória, Vitória da Conquista
Seasonal: São José dos Campos
Hi Fly Seasonal charter: Lisbon[12]
LATAM Brasil Brasília, Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin
Sky Airline Montevideo, Santiago de Chile
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon

Note:
a: Flight operated with Voepass equipment on behalf of LATAM Brasil.

Cargo

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AirlinesDestinations
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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Aerial View
View of check-in area
Departure lounge.

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)
2023 7,279,788 Increase 11% 77,325 Increase 2%
2022 6,552,356 Increase 21% 75,886 Increase 12%
2021 5,410,527 Increase 44% 67,719 Increase 36%
2020 3,769,130 Decrease 50% 49,640 Decrease 37%
2019 7,537,112 78,355
2018a 3,976,671 41,421
2017 7,735,685 Increase 3% 76,642 Decrease 4% 30,055 Steady
2016 7,526,358 Decrease 17% 79,484 Decrease 18% 29,995 Increase 30%
2015 9,047,403 Decrease 1% 97,139 Decrease 9% 23,136 Decrease 29%
2014 9,152,159 Increase 7% 107,255 Decrease 1% 32,754 Increase 33%
2013 8,589,663 Decrease 3% 107,977 Decrease 11% 24,669 Decrease 18%
2012 8,811,540 Increase 5% 121,587 Decrease 3% 30,092 Decrease 51%
2011 8,394,900 Increase 9% 125,980 Increase 10% 61,880 Increase 27%
2010 7,696,307 Increase 9% 114,946 Increase 12% 48,770 Increase 9%
2009 7,052,720 Increase 17% 102,211 Increase 7% 44,796 Decrease 23%
2008 6,042,307 Increase 2% 95,804 Increase 5% 58,148 Decrease 18%
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

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Accidents with fatalities

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Access

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The 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

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References

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ^ a b "Operational Data". Vinci (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Salvador Bahia Airport". Vinci (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães (SBSV)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Lei nº 9.661, de 16 de junho de 1998". Câmara dos Deputados (in Portuguese). 16 June 1998. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "VINCI Airports wins the concession for Salvador's airport in Brazil". VINCI. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Estação aeroporto do metrô de Salvador é inaugurada". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Aerolíneas terá quatro rotas de Córdoba e Rosário para o Brasil no verão". Panrotas (in Portuguese). 15 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Operadores turísticos portugueses lançam voos charter para o Fim de Ano no Brasil". Presstur (in Portuguese). 8 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Anuário Estatístico Operacional" (PDF). Infraero (in Portuguese). 12 April 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Accident description PP-PBH". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "Estação Aeroporto | CCR Metrô Bahia". www.ccrmetrobahia.com.br. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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