Comandante Gustavo Kraemer Airport

Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport
Aeroporto Internacional Comandante Gustavo Kraemer
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator
ServesBagé
OpenedJuly 5, 1946 (1946-07-05)
Time zoneBRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL186 m / 611 ft
Coordinates31°23′27″S 054°06′35″W / 31.39083°S 54.10972°W / -31.39083; -54.10972
Websiteaeroportos.motiva.com.br/bage-rs/
Map
BGX is located in Rio Grande do Sul
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Location in Brazil
BGX is located in Brazil
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BGX (Brazil)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 1,500 4,921 Concrete
Statistics (2025)
Passengers0a
Aircraft Operations456 Decrease 12%
Statistics: Motiva[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA,[4]
Note:a as of 21 February 2026, no passenger data related to 2025 had been published.

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 Motiva.

History

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] On April 26, 2025 CCR was rebranded as Motiva.[8]

On November 18, 2025 the entire airports portfolio of Motiva was sold to the Mexican airport operator ASUR. Motiva will cease to operate airports.[9] On February 10, 2026 the transaction was still pending government approval.

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Accidents and incidents

  • 7 April 1957: a Varig Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando registration PP-VCF operating a flight from Bagé to Porto Alegre crashed during take-off from Bagé following a fire developed in the left main gear wheel well and consequent technical difficulties. All 40 passenger and crew died.[10][11]

Access

The airport is located 7 km (4 mi) from downtown Bagé.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Informações operacionais-movimentação aeroportuária". Motiva (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Bagé". Motiva Aeroportos (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Comandante Gustavo Kraemer (SBBG)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Lei n˚ 1.555, de 8 de fevereiro de 1952". Presidência da República (in Portuguese). 8 February 1952. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  6. ^ Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Salgado Filho". 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. 102–107. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
  7. ^ "Governo federal arrecada R$ 3,3 bilhões com leilão de 22 aeroportos". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  8. ^ "CCR agora é Motiva". Neofeed (in Portuguese). 14 July 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Motiva (MOTV3) vende aeroportos para Asur por R$ 11,5 bilhões". Infomoney (in Portuguese). 19 November 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  10. ^ "Accident description PP-VCF". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  11. ^ Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Incêndio sorrateiro". 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. 153–158. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comandante_Gustavo_Kraemer_Airport