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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Old Feijó Airport

Alcimar Leitão Airport, formerly (IATA: FEJ, ICAO: SWFJ), was the airport that served Feijó, Brazil until 2008, when the newer Feijó Airport was opened. The airport was later closed and became an urbanized area.

Accidents and incidents

  • 20 October 1968: a Cruzeiro do Sul Douglas C-47 A-25-DK registration PP-SAD had an engine failure and crashed after take-off and while trying to return to Feijó. All 19 passengers and crew died.

Access

The airport was located 1 km (1 mi) from downtown Feijó.

References

  1. ^ "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC. Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  2. ^ "Accident description PP-SAD". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 28, 2014.