Ubaporanga Airport
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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] | |||||||||||
Ubaporanga Airport (ICAO: SNCT) is the airport serving Caratinga, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of Ubaporanga.
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] The cause of the accident was determined to be pilot error.
