Alcimar Leitão Airport

Aeroporto Alcimar Leitão
Summary
Airport typeDefunct
ServesFeijó
Elevation AMSL120 m / 394 ft
Coordinates08°10′01″S 070°21′02″W / 8.16694°S 70.35056°W / -8.16694; -70.35056
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Alcimar Leitão Airport is located in Brazil
Alcimar Leitão Airport
Alcimar Leitão Airport
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 3,084 940 Asphalt (closed)
Largely demolished, no longer operational. Source: ANAC[1]

Alcimar Leitão Airport, formerly (IATA: FEJ, ICAO: SWFJ), was the airport that served Feijó, Brazil until 2008, when the newer Feijó Airport was opened. The airport was later closed and became an urbanized area.

Accidents and incidents

  • 20 October 1968: a Cruzeiro do Sul Douglas C-47 A-25-DK registration PP-SAD had an engine failure and crashed after take-off and while trying to return to Feijó. All 19 passengers and crew died.[2]

Access

The airport was located 1 km (1 mi) from downtown Feijó.

References

  1. "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC. Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  2. "Accident description PP-SAD". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
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