Urubupungá Airport
Urubupungá–Ernesto Pochler Airport Aeroporto de Urubupungá–Ernesto Pochler | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Defunct | ||||||||||
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| Serves | Castilho | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1973 | ||||||||||
| Closed | November 16, 1999 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,168 ft / 356 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°46′27″S 051°33′53″W / 20.77417°S 51.56472°W | ||||||||||
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  URB Location in Brazil | |||||||||||
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Abandoned, no longer operational. | |||||||||||
Urubupungá–Ernesto Pochler Airport, formerly (IATA: URB, ICAO: SBUP), was an airport that served Castilho and Urubupungá Complex, in Brazil until 2003, when services were suspended. It was closed and abandoned and in 2005.
History[edit]
Urubupungá–Ernesto Pochler Airport was built by CESP as a support structure for the operation of the Urubupungá complex, formed by the hydroelectric plants Ilha Solteira, Jupiá and Três Irmãos on Paraná river.
In 1984 the facility was transferred to Infraero,[1] and a few years later, before 2003, it was transferred to DAESP.[citation needed]
In 2003 services were suspended due to bad conditions of the runway and in 2005 it was closed and abandoned.[2][3]
Access[edit]
The airport was located 19 km (12 mi) south of downtown Castilho.
References[edit]
- ^ "Portaria 1121/GM5/1984". Força Aérea Brasileira (in Portuguese). 22 August 1984. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Aeroporto não tem vôos há 4 anos no interior de SP". g1 (in Portuguese). 21 July 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Aeroporto de Urubupungá é desativado por más condições". Perfil News (in Portuguese). 15 June 2005. Retrieved 20 July 2023.