Alcimar Leitão Airport
(Redirected from Old Feijó Airport)
Alcimar Leitão Airport Aeroporto Alcimar Leitão | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Defunct | ||||||||||
| Serves | Feijó | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 120 m / 394 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 08°10′01″S 070°21′02″W / 8.16694°S 70.35056°W | ||||||||||
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  Alcimar Leitão Airport Location in Brazil | |||||||||||
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Alcimar Leitão Airport, formerly (IATA: FEJ, ICAO: SWFJ), was the airport that served Feijó, Brazil until 2008, when the newer Feijó Airport was opened. The airport was later closed and became an urbanized area.
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- 20 October 1968: a Cruzeiro do Sul Douglas C-47 A-25-DK registration PP-SAD had an engine failure and crashed after take-off and while trying to return to Feijó. All 19 passengers and crew died.[2]
Access
[edit]The airport was located 1 km (1 mi) from downtown Feijó.
References
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- ^ "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC. Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
- ^ "Accident description PP-SAD". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 28, 2014.