Galeão Air Force Base
Base Aérea do Galeão
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
Delivery of a F-5B at Galeão in 1975
SBGL is located in Brazil
SBGL
SBGL
Location in Brazil
Coordinates22°48′36″S 043°43′10″W / 22.81000°S 43.71944°W / -22.81000; -43.71944
TypeAir Force Base
CodeALA11
Site information
OwnerBrazilian Air Force
Controlled by Brazilian Air Force
Open to
the public		No
Websitewww.fab.mil.br/organizacoes/mostra/42
Site history
Built1923 (1923)
In use1941-present (1941-present)
Garrison information
Current
commander		Cel. Av. Renato Alves de Oliveira
Occupants
  • 1st Squadron of the 1st Transportation Group
  • 1st Squadron of the 2nd Transportation Group
  • 2nd Squadron of the 2nd Transportation Group
  • 3rd Squadron of Air Transportation
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: GIG, ICAO: SBGL, LID: RJ0001
Elevation9 metres (30 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
10/28 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) Concrete
15/33 3,180 metres (10,433 ft) Asphalt
Source: DECEA[1]

Galeão Air Force Base – ALA11 (IATA: GIG, ICAO: SBGL) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is named after nearby Praia do Galeão (Galleon Beach), where in 1663 the galleon Padre Eterno was built.

It shares some facilities with Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport.

History

The history of the Base begins on 10 May 1923 when a School of Naval Aviation was established near Galeão beach. On 22 May 1941 with the creation of the Air Force Ministry in Brazil, the school became the Galeão Air Force Base and a terminal and hangars were built at the location and the runway extended. Those buildings still exist.[2] When Brazil declared war against the Axis on 22 August 1942, the aerodrome began to be intensively used by the Allies for military operations related to the World War II.[3]

With the end of the war, the increase of tonnage of aircraft flying on international routes and number of passengers, and being Santos Dumont Airport unable to handle all the traffic international flights gradually shifted to the site of the Air Force Base. Although it informally handled long-haul international traffic, services were however precarious and a decision was made to build a brand new passenger terminal, opposite the Air Force Base, across the runway. On 1 February 1952 the passenger terminal was opened and public and military services were separated.

After the completion of a new passenger terminal in 1977, the original public facility became the passenger terminal for passenger flights operated by the Brazilian Air Force. Since then it is informally known as Terminal do Correio Aéreo Nacional (Brazilian Air Force Passenger Services Terminal).

Units

The following units are based at Galeão Air Force Base:

Aircraft Model Air unit
Embraer KC-390 1st Squadron of the 1st Transportation Group (1°/1°GT) Gordo[4][5]
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Embraer C-99 A 2nd Squadron of the 1st Transportation Group (1°/2°GT) Condor[6][7]
Embraer C-97 Brasília
Airbus KC-30 2nd Squadron of the 2nd Transportation Group (2°/2°GT) Corsário[8]
Embraer C-95 B & BM Bandeirante 3rd Squadron of Air Transportation (3°ETA) Pioneiro[9]

Retired aircraft

Accidents and incidents

Access

The base is located 20 km from Rio de Janeiro downtown in the district of Governador Island.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Galeão - Antônio Carlos Jobim (SBGL)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica (1990). História Geral da Aeronáutica Brasileira: de 1921 às vésperas da criação do Ministério da Aeronáutica (in Portuguese). Vol. 2. Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia and Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica. pp. 58–74.
  3. ↑ Pereira, Aldo (1987). Breve história da aviação comercial brasileira (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Europa Empresa Gráfica e Editora. pp. 403–405.
  4. ↑ "FAB celebra Dia do Especialista e incorpora aeronaves". FAB (in Portuguese). 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "1°/1ºGT – Esquadrão Gordo". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "FAB celebra Dia do Especialista e incorpora aeronaves". FAB (in Portuguese). 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "1°/2°GT – Esquadrão Condor". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "FAB recebe aeronave KC-30, que passa a ser a maior da frota". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). 26 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "3ºETA – Esquadrão Pioneiro". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Accident description FAB-2049". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Accident description 131582". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "Accident description PP-AXD". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  13. ↑ Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Torre de Babel". 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. 182–186. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
  14. ↑ "Operation Black Buck". Mongsoft. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  15. ↑ Casado, José; Oliveira, Eliane (21 April 2012). "País temia um conflito de grandes proporções nas Ilhas Malvinas". O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  16. ↑ Chant, Chris (2001). Air War in the Falklands 1982. Osprey Publishing Limited. p. 92. ISBN 1841762938.
  17. ↑ Gonçalves da Costa Pereira, Elaine (2018). O céu é nosso!: A defesa aérea brasileira (PDF). Opúsculos (in Portuguese). Vol. 47. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica. pp. 35–38.
  18. ↑ "Accident description FAB-2350". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
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