Benedito Lacerda Airport Aeroporto Benedito Lacerda |
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Infraero | ||||||||||
Serves | Macaé | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 2 m / 7 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°20′45″S 041°45′50″W / 22.34583°S 41.76389°WCoordinates: 22°20′45″S 041°45′50″W / 22.34583°S 41.76389°W | ||||||||||
Website | Infraero MEA | ||||||||||
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Location in Brazil | |||||||||||
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Statistics: Infraero
Sources: Airport Website,ANAC |
Passengers | 443,615 |
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Aircraft Operations | 54,718 |
Metric tonnes of cargo | 410 |
Benedito Lacerda Airport (IATA: MEA, ICAO: SBME) is the airport serving Macaé, Brazil. The airport is named after (1903–1958), a musician born in Macaé.
It is operated by Infraero.
The airport was established in the 1960s as an airfield for general aviation and a Flying club. In the 1980s the runway was paved and an apron and a terminal with 941 m² were constructed, enabling Macaé Airport to fully support the operations related to the Campos basin. In fact, most of its movement (98%) is related to helicopter flights to/from offshore oil platforms of the Campos basin. Its apron has 6 positions for fixed-wing aircraft and 38 positions for rotorcrafts.
No scheduled flights operate at this airport.
The airport is located 6 km (4 mi) from downtown Macaé.