Ubaporanga Airport (ICAO: SNCT) is the airport serving Caratinga, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of Ubaporanga.
Ubaporanga Airport Aeroporto de Ubaporanga | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Caratinga | ||||||||||
| Location | Ubaporanga, Brazil | ||||||||||
| Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 599 m / 1,965 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°43′31″S 42°06′44″W / 19.72528°S 42.11222°W | ||||||||||
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  SNCT Location in Brazil  SNCT SNCT (Brazil) | |||||||||||
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| Sources: ANAC,[1] DECEA[2] | |||||||||||
History
editAirlines and destinations
editNo scheduled flights operate at this airport.
Accidents and incidents
edit- 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] The cause of the accident was determined to be pilot error.
Access
editSee also
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References
edit- ↑ "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). Retrieved 5 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Portal Caparaó (26 January 2010). "Aécio Neves inaugura UTI em Caratinga" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ 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). Retrieved 5 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Élder Martinho (5 July 2009). "Caratinga". O Tempo. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
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External links
edit- "Airport information for SNCT". DAFIF. October 2006 – via Great Circle Mapper.
- "Current weather for SNCT". NOAA/NWS.
- Accident history for SNCT at Aviation Safety Network