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Santos Air Force Base – BAST (IATA: SSZ, ICAO: SBST) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in Guarujá, Brazil.

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Santos Air Force Base
Base Aérea de Santos
Guarujá, São Paulo in Brazil
SBST Location in Brazil
Coordinates	23°55′41″S 046°17′59″W
Type	Air Force Base
Code	BAST
Site information
Owner	Brazilian Air Force
Controlled by	Brazilian Air Force
Open to the public	No
Website	www.fab.mil.br/organizacoes/mostra/50/BASE%20A%C3%89REA%20DE%20SANTOS
Site history
Built	1922 (1922)
In use	1941-present (1941-present)
Garrison information
Current commander	Ten. Cel. Av. Francisco José Formaggio
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: SSZ, ICAO: SBST
Elevation	4 metres (13 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 17/35 1,390 metres (4,560 ft) Asphalt

It will share some facilities with Guarujá Civil Metropolitan Aerodrome.

Units

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.[1]

Accidents and incidents

• 13 August 2014: a private Cessna Citation Excel registration PR-AFA en route from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont to Santos Air Force Base crashed while on final approach to Santos. All seven occupants died. Among the victims was Brazilian Socialist Party presidential candidate Eduardo Campos.[2]

Access

The base is located 9 km from downtown Guarujá and 17 km from downtown Santos.

Gallery

This gallery displays aircraft that have been based at Santos. The gallery is not comprehensive.

• 
  Helibrás H-50 Esquilo (FAB)

See also

• List of Brazilian military bases
• Guarujá Civil Metropolitan Aerodrome

References

External links

• Airport information for SBST at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for SBST at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for SSZ at Aviation Safety Network

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