Eduardo Gomes International Airport

Eduardo Gomes International Airport (IATA: MAO, ICAO: SBEG), more commonly named Aeroporto Internacional de Manaus (Manaus International Airport) is located in Manaus, Brazil. It is administered by Infraero. The airport is named after Brazilian politician and military figure Eduardo Gomes. The airport opened in 1976, becoming the most modern airport in Brazil in that decade. It was the first Brazilian airport to have jetways and, it was known as The Supersonic Airport (after receiving a non-scheduled Concorde flight).

• Passengers: 1.4 million (2003)
• Freight: 108.000 ton (2002)

Incidents and accidents

On September 30, 2006 Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, a flight from Manaus to Rio de Janeiro via Brasilia, crashed with 154 fatalities.

Airlines and destinations

Terminal 1

• Copa Airlines (Panama City)
• Gol Transportes Aéreos (Belém, Boa Vista, Brasília, Fortaleza, Recife, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador, Santarém, São Paulo-Guarulhos)
• Rico Linhas Aéreas (Belém, Borba, Cruzeiro do Sul, Itaituba, Parintins, Porto Velho, Santarém, Tabatinga, Tefé)
• TAF Linhas Aéreas (Aruba, Belém, Curaçao, Fortaleza, Recife, Salvador, São Luis, Teresina)
• TAM Linhas Aéreas (Belém, Boa Vista, Brasília, Caracas, Fortaleza, Miami, Porto Velho, Recife, Salvador, Santarem, São Luis, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos)
• Varig (Bogotá, Caracas, São Paulo-Guarulhos)

Terminal 2

• Rico Linhas Aéreas (Belém, Borba, Cruzeiro do Sul, Itaituba, Parintins, Porto Velho, Santarém, Tabatinga, Tefé)
• Total Linhas Aéreas (Belém, Santarém, Parintins, Porto Trombetas)
• TRIP Linhas Aéreas

External links

• Airport information for SBEG at World Aero Data