Rio Verde Airport
| General Leite de Castro Airport Aeroporto General Leite de Castro | |||||||||||
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| IATA: RVD – ICAO: SWLC | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Rio Verde | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 751 m / 2,464 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°50′05″S 050°57′22″W / 17.83472°S 50.95611°WCoordinates: 17°50′05″S 050°57′22″W / 17.83472°S 50.95611°W | ||||||||||
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General Leite de Castro Airport (IATA: RVD, ICAO: SWLC) is the airport serving Rio Verde, Brazil.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Azul Brazilian Airlines | Belo Horizonte-Pampulha, Goiânia, Uberlândia;Sao Paulo |
Accidents and incidents
- 12 August 1952: a Viabras Douglas DC-3/C-47A-80-DL registration PP-ANH operated by Nacional en route from Rio Verde to Goiânia crashed following an in-flight bomb explosion at the location of Palmeira de Goiás. All 24 passengers and crew died.[3][4]
Access
The airport is located 8 km (5 mi) from downtown Rio Verde.
See also
References
- ↑ "Rio Verde Airport Information". World Aero Data.
- ↑ "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC.
- ↑ "Accident description PP-ANH". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ↑ Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Palmeiras de Goiás". 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. 118–125. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
External links
- Airport information for SWLC at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for SWLC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for SWLC at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for RVD at Aviation Safety Network
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