Santos Air Force Base | |
Native Name: | Portuguese: Base Aérea de Santos|italic=yes |
Country: | Brazil |
Type: | Air Force Base |
Coordinates: | -23.9281°N -46.2997°W |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil São Paulo State#Brazil |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Pushpin Label: | SBST |
Ownership: | Brazilian Air Force |
Open To Public: | No |
Code: | BAST |
Current Commander: | Ten. Cel. Av. Francisco José Formaggio |
Iata: | SSZ |
Icao: | SBST |
Lid: | SP9006 |
Elevation: | 4m (13feet) |
R1-Number: | 17/35 |
R1-Length: | 1390m (4,560feet) |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Sources: DECEA[1] |
Santos Air Force Base – BAST is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in Guarujá, Brazil.
It will share some facilities with Guarujá Civil Metropolitan Aerodrome.
Since January 2017 there are no permanent flying units assigned to Santos Air Force Base. Whenever needed, the aerodrome is used as a support facility to other air units of the Brazilian Air Force, Navy and Army.
Former Unit
1979–2006: 1st Squadron of the 11th Aviation Group (1º/11ºGAv) Gavião. The squadron was moved to Natal Air Force Base.[2]
The base is located 9 km from downtown Guarujá and 17 km from downtown Santos.
This gallery displays aircraft that have been based at Santos. The gallery is not comprehensive.