Guaratinguetá Airport
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Edu Chaves Airport (IATA: GUJ, ICAO: SBGW) is the airport serving Guaratinguetá, Brazil.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
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Serves | Guaratinguetá | ||||||||||
Opened | 15 July 1940; 84 years ago (1940-07-15) | ||||||||||
Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 537 m / 1,761 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°47′30″S 045°12′16″W | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
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The airport is named after Eduardo Pacheco e Chaves (1887–1975), who was the first Brazilian pilot to fly in Brazil on March 8, 1912 in Santos. He also founded the first school of aviation in Brazil.[4]
It is operated by Rede Voa.
Some of its facilities are used by the School of Aeronautics Specialists of the Brazilian Air Force.[5]