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Belém Air Force Base
Base Aérea de Belém
Belém, Pará in Brazil
SBBELocation in BrazilShow map of BelémSBBESBBE (Pará)Show map of ParáSBBESBBE (Brazil)Show map of Brazil
Coordinates	01°23′05″S 048°28′44″W / 1.38472°S 48.47889°W / -1.38472; -48.47889
Type	Air Force Base
Code	ALA9
Site information
Owner	Brazilian Air Force
Controlled by	Brazilian Air Force
Open to the public	No
Website	www.fab.mil.br/organizacoes/mostra/511
Site history
Built	1938 (1938)
In use	1944-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
Identifiers	IATA: BEL, ICAO: SBBE, LID: PA0001
Elevation	17 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
Sources: DECEA

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

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.

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.

Units

The following units are based at Belém Air Force Base:

• 1st Squadron of the 3rd Aviation Group (3°/7°GAv) Netuno, using the P-95BM Bandeirulha.
• 1st Squadron of Air Transportation (1°ETA) Tracajá, using the C-95BM & CM Bandeirante, C-97 Brasília, and the C-98A Grand Caravan.
• 1st Squadron of Helicopters for General Use in the North of the Brazilian Navy (HU41) Hipogrifo, using the UH-15 Super Cougar.

Access

The base is located 12 km from downtown Belém.

Gallery

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

Present aircraft

• Embraer P-95B Bandeirulha (FAB)
• Embraer C-95B Bandeirante (FAB)
• Cessna C-98A Caravan (FAB)
• Helibras UH-15 Super Cougar (Navy)

Retired aircraft

• Consolidated CA-10 Catalina (FAB)
• Douglas C-47 Dakota (FAB)

See also

• List of Brazilian military bases
• Val-de-Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport

References

1. "Val de Cans - Júlio Cezar Ribeiro (SBBE)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 April 2024.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. "3º/7ºGAv – Esquadrão Netuno". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
5. "1º ETA – Esquadrão Tracajá". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
6. "HU-41 – Esquadrão Hipogrifo". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.

External links

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

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