Santos Air Force Base
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| Santos Air Force Base | |||||||
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Base Aérea de Santos | |||||||
| Guarujá, São Paulo in Brazil | |||||||
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| Site information | |||||||
| Type | Air Force Base | ||||||
| Code | BAST | ||||||
| Owner | Brazilian Air Force | ||||||
| Controlled by |  Brazilian Air Force | ||||||
| Open to the public | No | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
  SBST Location in Brazil  SBST SBST (Brazil) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 23°55′41″S 046°17′59″W / 23.92806°S 46.29972°W | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1922 | ||||||
| In use | 1941-present | ||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||
| Current commander | Ten. Cel. Av. Francisco José Formaggio | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: SSZ, ICAO: SBST, LID: SP9006 | ||||||
| Elevation | 4 metres (13 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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| Sources: DECEA[1] | |||||||
The Santos Air Force Base – BAST (IATA: SSZ, ICAO: SBST) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in Guarujá, Brazil.
It will share some facilities with the Guarujá Civil Metropolitan Aerodrome.
Since January 2017 there are no permanent flying units assigned to the Santos Air Force Base. Whenever needed, the aerodrome is used as a support facility to other air units of the Brazilian Air Force, Navy and Army.
Former Unit
1979–2006: 1st Squadron of the 11th Aviation Group (1º/11ºGAv) Gavião. The squadron was moved to the Natal Air Force Base.[2]
Accidents and incidents
- 13 August 2014: a Cessna Citation Excel registration PR-AFA belonging to AF Andrade Empreendimentos e Participações, en route from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont to Santos Air Force Base crashed while on final approach to Santos. All seven occupants died. Among the victims was Brazilian Socialist Party presidential candidate Eduardo Campos.[3]
Access
The base is located 9 km from downtown Guarujá and 17 km from downtown Santos.
Gallery
This gallery displays aircraft that have been based at Santos. The gallery is not comprehensive.
Helibrás H-50 Esquilo (FAB)
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