Salvador Bahia Airport

"Salvador International Airport" redirects here. For the airport in the Bahamas, see San Salvador Airport. For the airport in El Salvador, see El Salvador International Airport.

Salvador–Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (IATA: SSA, ICAO: SBSV), formerly called Dois de Julho International Airport and known by the trade name Salvador Bahia Airport, is the airport serving Salvador, Brazil. Since 16 June 1998, by Federal Law, the airport is named after Luís Eduardo Maron Magalhães (1955–1998), an influential politician of the state of Bahia.^[5]

Salvador–Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Salvador–Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães
IATA: SSA ICAO: SBSV LID: BA0001
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Operator	Infraero (1974–2017) Vinci SA (2017–present)
Serves	Salvador da Bahia
Hub for	Abaeté Aviação Gol Transportes Aéreos
Time zone	BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	20 m / 66 ft
Coordinates	12°54′31″S 038°19′21″W / 12.90861°S 38.32250°W / -12.90861; -38.32250
Website	www.salvador-airport.com.br/pt-br
Map
SSA Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 3,003 9,852 Asphalt 17/35 1,518 4,980 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 7,735,685 4% Aircraft Operations 81,470 6%
Statistics: Vinci^[1] Sources: Airport Website,^[2] ANAC,^[3] DECEA^[4]

Aerial View

View of check-in area

Departure lounge.

It is operated by Vinci SA.

Some of its facilities are shared with the Salvador Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.

History

The airport, originally called Santo Amaro do Ipitanga Airport, was established in 1925. In 1941 Panair do Brasil participating in the World War II efforts with the support of the American and Brazilian governments completely rebuilt the facility.

On 20 December 1955, the airport had its name changed for the first time: it became known as Dois de Julho International Airport, celebrating Bahia Independence Day. This is still the name by which the population of Salvador da Bahia call the facility. On 16 June 1998 the airport name was again changed to honor Luís Eduardo Maron Magalhães (1955–1998) an influential politician of the state of Bahia. This second change remains however controversial and there have been attempts to revert it.^[6] Since 2017 the concessionary has been using the Trade name Salvador Bahia Airport.

The airport is located in an area of more than 6 million square meters between sand dunes and native vegetation. The lush, bamboo-covered road to the airport has become one of the scenic attractions of Salvador da Bahia.

A brand new passenger terminal was opened in 1998, replacing an original outdated terminal. This new terminal continued to be upgraded and was completed by the end of year 2000. The main terminal, which includes a shopping mall has 69,400 m², 11 jetways and a capacity to handle 6,000,000 passengers/year. Traffic has been growing at an average of 14% per year.

Responding to critiques to the situation of its airports, on May 18, 2011, Infraero released a list evaluating some of its most important airports according to its saturation levels. According to the list, Salvador da Bahia was considered to be in good situation, operating with less than 70% of its capacity.^[7]

Previously operated by Infraero, on 16 March 2017, the concession of the facility was won by Vinci SA, for which it paid R$ 2,35 billions (€ 640 millions). The concession is for a period of 30 years.^[8] The new concessionary then planned to duplicate the passenger terminal.^[9]

On 26 April 2018, the Aeroporto station on Line 2 of the Salvador subway was opened to the public.^[10]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Abaeté Aviação	Barra Grande, Boipeba, Morro de São Paulo
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires–Ezeiza
Air Europa	Madrid
Azul Brazilian Airlines	Belo Horizonte–Confins, Campina Grande, Campinas, Goiânia, Ilhéus, Porto Seguro, Recife, Vitória da Conquista Seasonal: Brasília, Cuiabá, Foz do Iguaçu, Montes Claros, Ribeirão Preto, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, São José do Rio Preto
Azul Conecta	Belo Horizonte–Confins, Guanambi
Gol Transportes Aéreos	Aracaju, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Brasília, Campina Grande, Campinas, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Goiânia, Ilhéus, João Pessoa, Maceió, Natal, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Recife, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, São Luís, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Vitória, Vitória da Conquista Seasonal: Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Jericoacoara, Montevideo, São José dos Campos (begins 02 July 2024)^[11]
LATAM Brasil	Brasília, Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos
LOT Polish Airlines	Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin
Sky Airline	Montevideo, Santiago de Chile
TAP Air Portugal	Lisbon
Voepass Linhas Aéreas^a	Recife

Note:
^a: Flights operated with Voepass equipment on behalf of LATAM Brasil.

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Total Linhas Aéreas	Belo Horizonte-Confins, Fortaleza, São Paulo-Guarulhos
LATAM Cargo Brasil	Campinas, Miami
Sideral Air Cargo	São Paulo–Guarulhos

Accidents and incidents

Accidents with fatalities

• 21 September 1944: A Panair do Brasil Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar registration PP-PBH crashed shortly after take-off from Salvador da Bahia. All 16 occupants died.^[12][13]

Access

The airport is located 28 km (17 mi) north from downtown Salvador da Bahia.

A free shuttle bus runs every 15 minutes from 5am to 1am to Aeroporto station of Salvador subway, which connects to downtown Salvador at Lapa.^[14]

See also

• List of airports in Brazil
• Salvador Air Force Base

References

  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

1. "Operational Data". Vinci (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 March 2021.
2. "Salvador Bahia Airport". Vinci (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
3. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
4. "Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães (SBSV)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
5. "Lei nº 9.661, de 16 de junho de 1998". Câmara dos Deputados (in Portuguese). 16 June 1998. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
6. "Projeto de lei 6106/2002" (PDF). Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). 21 February 2002. (PDF) from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
7. "Governo muda critério de avaliação e 'melhora' desempenho de aeroportos" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
8. Alves, Alan Tiago; Ribeiro, Rafaela (16 March 2017). "Aeroporto de Salvador vai a leilão e usuários esperam melhorias". Globo (in Portuguese). from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
9. "VINCI Airports wins the concession for Salvador's airport in Brazil". VINCI. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
10. "Estação aeroporto do metrô de Salvador é inaugurada". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 August 2021.
11. "Aeroporto de São José dos Campos-SP terá voos para destino no Nordeste em julho, pela GOL Linhas Aéreas". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
12. "Accident description PP-PBH". Aviation Safety Network. from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
13. Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Mais um Lodestar". 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. 69–72. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
14. "Estação Aeroporto | CCR Metrô Bahia". www.ccrmetrobahia.com.br. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

External links

•   Media related to Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
• Airport information for SBSV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for SBSV at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for SSA at Aviation Safety Network