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Carauari Airport Aeroporto de Carauari
IATA: CAF ICAO: SWCA LID: AM0007
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Carauari
Time zone	BRT−1 (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	108 m / 354 ft
Coordinates	04°52′17″S 066°53′51″W / 4.87139°S 66.89750°W / -4.87139; -66.89750
Map
CAFLocation in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 1,665 5,463 Asphalt
Sources: ANAC, DECEA

Carauari Airport (IATA: CAF, ICAO: SWCA) is the airport serving Carauari, Brazil.

Airlines and destinations

Note:
: Flights operated with MAP equipment on behalf of Voepass.

Accidents and incidents

On 15 December 1994, a TABA Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante en route from Carauari and Tefé to Manaus was hijacked by two Colombian citizens. The passengers were released in the proximity of Tabatinga and the aircraft was flown to Colombia. The crew was released at the Brazilian Embassy in Bogotá.

Access

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

See also

• List of airports in Brazil

References

1. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 22 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
2. "Carauari (SWCA)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 October 2023.
3. "Incident description 15 December 1994". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 15, 2011.

External links

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

v t e Airports in Amazonas
Apuí Barcelos Barreirinha Borba Carauari Coari Eirunepé Fonte Boa Humaitá Lábrea Manaus–Eduardo Gomes Manaus–Flores Manicoré Maués Parintins Porto Urucu (Coari) Santa Isabel do Rio Negro Santo Antônio do Içá São Gabriel da Cachoeira São Paulo de Olivença Tabatinga Tefé

• Airports in Amazonas (Brazilian state)