Barreiras Airport
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Dom Ricardo Weberberger Airport Aeroporto Dom Ricardo Weberberger | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Barreiras | ||||||||||
| Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 747 m / 2,451 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°04′45″S 045°00′34″W / 12.07917°S 45.00944°W | ||||||||||
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  BRA Location in Brazil | |||||||||||
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| Sources: ANAC,[1] DECEA[2] | |||||||||||
Dom Ricardo Weberberger Airport (IATA: BRA, ICAO: SBNR) is the airport serving Barreiras, Brazil.
The airport was commissioned in 1940 and served as a strategic technical stop on the route Rio de Janeiro-Miami, enabling faster flights as compared with the ones operated via the coast. Furthermore, because of the existence of a river and a railway, fuel was easily transported to the site. During World War II the airport became a United States Air Force Base but after 1945 it returned to its original civil vocation.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Azul Brazilian Airlines | Belo Horizonte–Confins, Salvador da Bahia[3] |
Access
The airport is located 14 km (9 mi) from downtown Barreiras.
