Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport Aeroporto Internacional Comandante Gustavo Kraemer | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
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Serves | Bagé | ||||||||||||||
Opened | July 5, 1946 | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | BRT ( UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 186 m / 611 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°23′27″S 054°06′35″W / 31.39083°S 54.10972°W | ||||||||||||||
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Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport ( IATA: BGX, ICAO: SBBG) is the airport serving Bagé, Brazil. Since February 8, 1952, it is named after Captain Gustavo Ernesto de Carvalho Kraemer (1911–1950), founder and pilot of the airline SAVAG, killed on an air-crash in 1950. [5]
It is operated by CCR.
The airport opened on July 5, 1946. On February 8, 1952, the airport was renamed after Gustavo Kraemer, who on June 20, 1950, died on an air-crash while piloting an aircraft of SAVAG, an airline of which he was also president. [6]
Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021 CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport. [7]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Azul Conecta | Porto Alegre |
The airport is located 9 km (6 mi) from downtown Bagé.