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Alcimar Leitão Airport Aeroporto Alcimar Leitão
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Defunct
Serves	Feijó
Elevation AMSL	120 m / 394 ft
Coordinates	08°10′01″S 070°21′02″W / 8.16694°S 70.35056°W / -8.16694; -70.35056
Map
Alcimar Leitão AirportLocation in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 01/19 3,084 940 Asphalt (closed)
Largely demolished, no longer operational. Source: ANAC

Alcimar Leitão Airport, formerly (IATA: FEJ, ICAO: SWFJ), was the airport that served Feijó, Brazil until 2008, when the newer Feijó Airport was opened. The airport was later closed and became an urbanized area.

Accidents and incidents

• 20 October 1968: a Cruzeiro do Sul Douglas C-47 A-25-DK registration PP-SAD had an engine failure and crashed after take-off and while trying to return to Feijó. All 19 passengers and crew died.

Access

The airport was located 1 km (1 mi) from downtown Feijó.

References

1. "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC. Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
2. "Accident description PP-SAD". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 28, 2014.

External links

• Accident history for FEJ at Aviation Safety Network

• Defunct airports in Brazil
• Airports disestablished in 2008