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Base Aérea de Belém – ALA9 (IATA: BEL, ICAO: SBBE) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in Belém, Brazil.

Belém Air Force Base
Base Aérea de Belém
Belém, Pará in Brazil
SBBE
Location in Brazil
Coordinates01°23′05″S 048°28′44″W
TypeAir Force Base
CodeALA9
Site information
OwnerBrazilian Air Force
Controlled by Brazilian Air Force
Open to
the public		No
Websitewww.fab.mil.br/organizacoes/mostra/511
Site history
Built1938 (1938)
In use1944-present (1944-present)
Garrison information
Current
commander		Cel. Av. Ricardo Bevilaqua Mendes
Occupants
  • 1st Squadron of the 3rd Aviation Group
  • 1st Squadron of Air Transportation
  • 1st Squadron of Helicopters for General Use in the North of the Brazilian Navy
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: BEL, ICAO: SBBE
Elevation17 metres (56 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
06/24 2,800 metres (9,186 ft) Asphalt
02/20 1,830 metres (6,004 ft) Asphalt

It shares some facilities with Val-de-Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport.


History


Belém Air Force Base has its origins on the 7th Aviation Regiment created on 30 June 1936. The provisory facility was located in the neighborhood ou Souza and it was only in 1938 that the construction of an aerodrome in the neighborhood of Val-de-Cans begun. The Air Force Base was created on 21 August 1944 by Decree 6,814.[1]

Starting in 1958, with the creation of the Correio Aéreo Nacional da Amazônia in Belém, an Air Force organization focused in integration and humanitarian services, the Base gained vital importance as a base for the integration of the Amazonian region with the rest of the country.[2]


Units


The following units are based at Belém Air Force Base:


Access


The base is located 12 km from downtown Belém.



This gallery displays aircraft that are or have been based at Belém. The gallery is not comprehensive.


Present aircraft



Retired aircraft



See also



References


  1. Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica (2005). História Geral da Aeronáutica Brasileira: após o término da Segunda Guerra Mundial até a posse do Dr. Juscelino Kubitschek como Presidente da República (1946–1956) (in Portuguese). Vol. 4. Rio de Janeiro: INCAER. pp. 109–110.
  2. Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica (2014). História Geral da Aeronáutica Brasileira: da posse do Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira até as vésperas da Reforma Administrativa (1956–1966) (in Portuguese). Vol. 5. Rio de Janeiro: INCAER. pp. 387–390.
  3. "3º/7ºGAv – Esquadrão Netuno". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. "1º ETA – Esquadrão Tracajá". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  5. "HU-41 – Esquadrão Hipogrifo". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.




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