Santos Dumont Airport

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The Aeroporto Santos Dumont is one of two airports in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. From this airport, the air bridge Rio de Janeiro -Sao Paulo Congonhas Airport is operated for inner-city airport in São Paulo, partly in 10 -minute intervals. There are daily up to 80 connections of all airlines on that section. The airport is air hub Avianca Brazil, Gol and four other Brazilian airlines.

The airport was built in the years from 1937 to 1944., He was planned by the two architects Marcelo and Milton Roberto. It is named after the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos - Dumont.

The airport is located on a headland in the immediate vicinity of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Is used the airport from 8.5 million passengers a year ( 2011). To increase the capacity, it will be supplemented by a start and runway. The existing runway has a length of 1350 meters.

The airport is known for the dangerous approach to runway 02 An ordinary landing on a glide path is not possible, since the landmark Rio de Janeiro, the four hundred meter high granite cliffs of Sugar Loaf is located less than four miles from the runway. Pilots must therefore come flying as close as possible in the downwind leg to the rock chain, then to fly a tight left turn and land a few seconds at the airport later. This approach can be roughly comparable with that of the runway 08 of the airport Innsbruck.

The airport building is steeped in strict gridded glass facade. Vertical louvers made ​​of concrete serve as protection from the sun. On the ground floor, both the arrival and the departure terminal are housed. The first floor is the administrative, shops and restaurants reserved.