São Carlos Airport
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Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport is the airport serving São Carlos
, Brazil
.
It is operated by DAESP
.
in 2001. DAESP renovated and modernized all facilities. Today the airport is mainly dedicated to general aviation
.
Also in 2001, TAM Airlines acquired the old tractor plant and after a complete renovation installed one of its maintenance centers on the site. Close to the maintenance center is located the TAM Museum
, which houses a big collection of vintage aircraft.
In 2002, with the closure of the former São Carlos Airport , which was closer to town, the resident São Carlos Aero Club was transferred to Mário Pereira Lopes Airport.
São Carlos
São Carlos is a city of 221,950 inhabitants in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is located at , at about 231 km from the city of São Paulo.-History:...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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It is operated by DAESP
DAESP
DAESP - Departamento Aeroviário do Estado de São Paulo is the department of aviation of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. DAESP is part of the Secretaria de Transportes do Governo do Estado de São Paulo , and is responsible for the operation of 32 public airports within the state, in accordance to...
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History
The airport was built in the 1970s as a private aerodrome of a Brazilian tractor manufacturer. In 1995 the factory went bankrupt and, as a consequence, its administration was taken over by DAESPDAESP
DAESP - Departamento Aeroviário do Estado de São Paulo is the department of aviation of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. DAESP is part of the Secretaria de Transportes do Governo do Estado de São Paulo , and is responsible for the operation of 32 public airports within the state, in accordance to...
in 2001. DAESP renovated and modernized all facilities. Today the airport is mainly dedicated to general aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
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Also in 2001, TAM Airlines acquired the old tractor plant and after a complete renovation installed one of its maintenance centers on the site. Close to the maintenance center is located the TAM Museum
Wings of a Dream Museum
The TAM Museum , also known as the Museu Asas de um Sonho , is an aviation museum in the city of São Carlos, within the state of São Paulo, Brazil....
, which houses a big collection of vintage aircraft.
In 2002, with the closure of the former São Carlos Airport , which was closer to town, the resident São Carlos Aero Club was transferred to Mário Pereira Lopes Airport.