Last updated February 8 2021

This page shows my collection of airport postcards from Brazil.

The postcards are shown per city.

Rio de Janeiro (1)

Number of postcards: 1

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Rio de Janeiro

Santos Dumont airport
[SDU/SBRJ]

Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport is the second major airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is named after the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos Dumont (1873–1932). Today primarily used for domestic traffic. Restrictions apply for number of operations per hour.

Originally a sea port under the name of Calabouço Airport. But when the sea planes were replaced by land plans the sea port was closed 1942. In 1934, in order to handle a growing amount of land operations, land was reclaimed from the sea to create the first runway of the airport. The airport complex was inaugurated on 16 October 1936 and was named Santos Dumont Airport.

With the gradual shift of international operations to Galeão Airport, opened in 1952, Rio de Janeiro–Santos Dumont lost its place as an international hub, but for many years retained its position of a major hub for domestic traffic.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
Panair do Brasil

Identified aircraft typess on my postcards
Douglas DC-3
Lockheed Constellation

Unnumbered
Grafica Franco Brasileira
(GFB)
RIO DE JANEIRO
Aeroporto Santos Dumont
VC
Cancelled: December 10, 1964
Panair do Brasil
Lockheed Constellation L-149
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