Ubaporanga Airport

Coordinates: 19°43′31″S 42°06′44″W / 19.72528°S 42.11222°W

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Ubaporanga Airport

Aeroporto de Ubaporanga

IATA: none
ICAO: SNCT
LID: MG0056

Summary

Airport type

Public

Serves

Location

Elevation AMSL

599 m / 1,965 ft

Coordinates

19°43′31″S 42°06′44″W / 19.72528°S 42.11222°W

Map

SNCT

Location in Brazil

SNCT

SNCT (Brazil)

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
02/20	1,080	3,543	Asphalt

Sources: ANAC,^[1] DECEA^[2]

Ubaporanga Airport (ICAO: SNCT) is the airport serving Caratinga, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of Ubaporanga.

History

The operations of the airport are restricted to daytime and to small aircraft.^[3]^[4]

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Accidents and incidents

5 November 2021: a Beechcraft King Air registration PT-ONJ operating a chartered flight from Goiânia to Ubaporanga while on final approach crashed on a waterfall 4 km (2.5 mi) from the airport, in the municipality of Piedade de Caratinga. The crash killed all the occupants, being two crew members and three passengers, among them singer Marília Mendonça due to a concert in Caratinga on the same day.^[5] Before hitting the ground, the aircraft hit high-voltage tower cables, which, according to pilot reports, had hindered landings in previous months.^[6]

Access

The airport is located 10 km (6 mi) from downtown Caratinga and 11 km (7 mi) from downtown Ubaporanga. It is located near BR-116, in the village of Córrego das Palmeiras.^[7]^[8]

References

^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 April 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "Caratinga (SNCT)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^ Jornal Diário de Caratinga (25 June 2015). "Município recebe pelotão do Bombeiro Militar e o Batalhão da PM" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ Portal Caparaó (26 January 2010). "Aécio Neves inaugura UTI em Caratinga" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ Larissa Ricci e Matheus Adler (5 November 2021). "Avião de Marília Mendonça caiu a 4 km do aeroporto em Caratinga". Jornal Estado de Minas. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
^ G1 (5 November 2021). "Cemig confirma que avião com Marília Mendonça atingiu cabo de torre de alta tensão antes de cair em MG". Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ EmSampa. "Aeroportos Públicos Nacionais - Caratinga" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ Élder Martinho (5 July 2009). "Caratinga". O Tempo. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

External links

Airport information for SNCT at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
Current weather for SNCT at NOAA/NWS
Accident history for SNCT at Aviation Safety Network

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