Rio Verde Airport
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| General Leite de Castro Airport Aeroporto General Leite de Castro |
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| IATA: RVD – ICAO: SWLC | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Rio Verde | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 751 m / 2,464 ft | ||||||||||
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General Leite de Castro Airport (IATA: RVD, ICAO: SWLC) is the airport serving Rio Verde, Brazil.
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Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Azul Brazilian Airlines | Belo Horizonte-Pampulha, Goiânia, Uberlândia;Sao Paulo |
Accidents and incidents
- 12 August 1952: a Viabras Douglas DC-3/C-47A-80-DL registration PP-ANH operated by Nacional en route from Rio Verde to Goiânia crashed following an in-flight bomb explosion at the location of Palmeira de Goiás. All 24 passengers and crew died.[3][4]
Access
The airport is located 8 km (5 mi) from downtown Rio Verde.
See also
References
External links
- Airport information for SWLC at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for SWLC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for SWLC at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for RVD at Aviation Safety Network
