União da Vitória Airport

José Cleto Airport (IATA: UVI, ICAO: SSUV) is the airport serving União da Vitória, Brazil. It is named after José Cleto (1901-1960), a local entrepreneur, politician and film producer and director.

José Cleto Airport Aeroporto José Cleto
IATA: UVI ICAO: SSUV LID: PR0034
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	União da Vitória SEIL
Serves	União da Vitória
Time zone	BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	750 m / 2,461 ft
Coordinates	26°13′55″S 051°04′03″W
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 17/35 755 2,477 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers 333 38% Aircraft Operations 663 10%
Statistics: SEIL[1][2] Sources: ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

It is operated by the Municipality of União da Vitória under the supervision of Aeroportos do Paraná (SEIL).

History

Between 1912 and 1916, the region around União da Vitória was the site of the Contestado War. At that time, Lieutenant Ricardo João Kirk, a Brazilian aviator, made a demonstration of the use of aircraft in battles to representatives of the Brazilian Army. Convinced by Kirk's demonstration, the Brazilian Government ordered the Army to open airfields in União da Vitória, Canoinhas and Rio Negro, to send aircraft to those cities, and to attack the rebels by dropping bombs.

The aircraft had difficulties to reach their destination, particularly because the train that was carrying the aircraft and troops was attacked by the rebels. As a result, Kirk decided to go himself to União da Vitória equipped with new aircraft and troops.

On March 1, 1915, during his second flight, the one in which he would start destroying villages and other settlements, he crashed in a forest 44 km from União da Vitória while attempting an emergency landing. This crash was the first documented aircraft accident in Brazil.^[5][6]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Azul Conecta	Curitiba

Access

The airport is located 1 km (1 mi) east from downtown União da Vitória.

See also

• Aviation portal
• Brazil portal

• List of airports in Brazil

References

1. "Estatística de passageiros" (PDF) (in Portuguese). SEIL. March 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
2. "Movimentação de aeronaves" (PDF). SEIL (in Portuguese). March 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
3. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 26 June 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
4. "José Cleto (SSUV)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
5. Lintz Geraldo, Alcyr. "O avião na Campanha do Contestado" (in Portuguese). Reservaer. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
6. Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica (1988). História Geral da Aeronáutica Brasileira: dos primórdios até 1920 (in Portuguese). Vol. 1. Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia and Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica. pp. 418–428.

External links

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