Carauari Airport Aeroporto de Carauari |
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | Carauari | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 108 m / 354 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 04°52′43″S 066°53′44″W / 4.87861°S 66.89556°WCoordinates: 04°52′43″S 066°53′44″W / 4.87861°S 66.89556°W | ||||||||||
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Sources: World Aero Data,ANAC
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Carauari Airport (IATA: CAF, ICAO: SWCA) is the airport serving Carauari, Brazil.
a.^ Airline operating regular charter flights.
On 15 December 1994, a TABA Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante en route from Carauari and Tefé to Manaus was hijacked by two Colombian citizens. The passengers were released in the proximity of Tabatinga and the aircraft was flown to Colombia. The crew was released at the Brazilian Embassy in Bogotá.
The airport is located 1 km (1 mi) from downtown Carauari.