Brasília Air Force Base

Brasília Air Force Base – ALA1 (IATA: BSB, ICAO: SBBR) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force that operates next to the Brasília-President Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport. It was created on December 3, 1963, and is known throughout Brazil for being the base of operations for the Brazilian Presidential Airplane, which is the main aircraft responsible for transporting the President of Brazil.

Brasília Air Force Base
Base Aérea de Brasília
Brasília, Federal District in Brazil
Ceremony at Brasília in 2015
SBBR Location in Brazil
Coordinates	15°52′09″S 047°55′15″W / 15.86917°S 47.92083°W / -15.86917; -47.92083
Type	Air Force Base
Code	ALA1
Site information
Owner	Brazilian Air Force
Controlled by	Brazilian Air Force
Open to the public	No
Website	www.fab.mil.br/organizacoes/mostra/451
Site history
Built	1957 (1957)
In use	1964-present (1964-present)
Garrison information
Current commander	Brig. José Ricardo de Meneses Rocha
Occupants	Special Transportation Group 6th Squadron of Air Transportation
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: BSB, ICAO: SBBR, LID: DF0001
Elevation	1,066 metres (3,497 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 11R/29L 3,300 metres (10,827 ft) Asphalt 11L/29R 3,200 metres (10,499 ft) Asphalt
Source: DECEA^[1]

History

The origin of the Base goes back to 27 November 1957 when President Juscelino Kubitschek signed the decree 42,697 establishing the Brasília Detachment of Air Force Base.^[2] However, it was only on 4 December 1963, with Decree 53,077 that Brasília Air Force Base on its own right was created. Dedication took place on 1 January 1964.^[3]

Units

The following units are based at Brasília Air Force Base:

• Special Transportation Group (GTE), using the VC-1, the VC-2, the VC-99A/C-99A, the VH-35, and the VH-36 Caracal.^[4]
  
  Main articles: Brazilian Air Force One and Brazilian Presidential Helicopter
• 6th Squadron of Air Transportation (6°ETA) Guará, using the C-95BM & CM Bandeirante, the C-98A Grand Caravan, the C-97 Brasília, and the U-100 Phenom.^[5]

Access

The base is located 11 km from downtown Brasília.

Gallery

This gallery displays aircraft that are or have been based at Brasília Air Force Base. The gallery is not comprehensive.

Present aircraft

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  Airbus VC-1
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  Embraer VC-2
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  Embraer VC-99A/C-99A
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  Eurocpter VH-35
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  Helibrás VH-36 Caracal
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  Embraer C-95B Bandeirante
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  Cessna C-98A Caravan
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  Embraer C-97 Brasília

Retired aircraft

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  BAe VU-93 Dominie
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  Gates VU-35/U-35 Learjet
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  Vickers VC-90 Viscount
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  Boeing VC-96

See also

•  Aviation portal
•  Brazil portal

• List of Brazilian military bases
• Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport

References

1. "Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek (SBBR)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 August 2023.
2. Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica (2014). História Geral da Aeronáutica Brasileira: da posse do Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira até as vésperas da Reforma Administrativa (1956–1966) (in Portuguese). Vol. 5. Rio de Janeiro: INCAER. p. 257.
3. Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica (2014). História Geral da Aeronáutica Brasileira: da posse do Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira até as vésperas da Reforma Administrativa (1956–1966) (in Portuguese). Vol. 5. Rio de Janeiro: INCAER. p. 260.
4. "Grupo de Transporte Especial". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
5. "6º ETA – Esquadrão Guará". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 May 2021.

External links

• Airport information for SBBR at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for SBBR at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for BSB at Aviation Safety Network