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Tabatinga International Airport

*Aeroporto Internacional de Tabatinga*
Tabatinga International Airport; Aeroporto Internacional de Tabatinga
	IATA: TBT; ICAO: SBTT; LID: AM0005;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Infraero (1980–2021); Vinci (2021–present);
Serves	Tabatinga
Time zone	BRT−2 (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL	80 m / 263 ft
Coordinates	04°15′02″S 069°56′16″W / 4.25056°S 69.93778°W
Website	www.tabatinga-airport.com.br
Map
	TBT Location in Brazil
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Passengers
Passengers	64,925 7%
Aircraft Operations	3,557 3%
	Statistics: Vinci; Sources: Airport Website, ANAC, DECEA

Tabatinga International Airport (IATA: TBT, ICAO: SBTT) is the airport serving Tabatinga, Brazil.

It is operated by Vinci SA.

History

Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021 Vinci SA won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.^[5]

Airlines	Destinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines	Manaus, Tefé

The airport is located 1 km (1 mi) from downtown Tabatinga.

12 June 1982: a TABA Fairchild Hiller FH-227 registration PT-LBV en route from Eirunepé to Tabatinga while on approach to Tabatinga collided with a pole in poor visibility and crashed onto a parking lot. All 40 passengers and 4 crew died.^[6]^[7]
29 October 2009: a Brazilian Air Force Cessna 208 Caravan registration FAB-2725 en route from Cruzeiro do Sul to Tabatinga made an emergency landing on a river due engine failure. Of the 11 occupants, 1 passenger and 1 crew member died.^[8]

^ "Dados Estatísticos-AMA". Vinci (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ "Tabatinga Airport". Vinci (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ "Tabatinga (SBTT)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2023.
^ "Governo federal arrecada R$ 3,3 bilhões com leilão de 22 aeroportos". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^ "Accident description PT-LBV". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
^ Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Aru traiçoeiro". O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928-1996 (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 327–331. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
^ "Accident description FAB-2725". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 16 June 2011.