Livramento de Nossa Senhora, BR 🇧🇷 Closed Airport
BR-2219
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1615 ft
BR-BA
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Local Code: Not available
Location: -13.6613° N, -41.8571° E
Continent: SA
Type: Closed Airport
Keywords: SNLB
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Designation | Length | Width | Surface | Status |
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6/24 |
3445 ft | 75 ft | GVL | Active |
The airport did not have a single, formal closure date but fell into disuse gradually. It has been considered deactivated and non-operational since the late 1990s or early 2000s. It has been without official certification (homologation) from Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) for several decades.
The closure was a result of gradual decay and obsolescence rather than a specific event. Key factors include: a lack of public and private investment in maintenance and modernization, the severe deterioration of its unpaved runway, and its inability to meet the increasingly stringent safety and infrastructure standards required by ANAC for certification. The development of better road networks and the focus on larger, regional airports also contributed to its economic non-viability.
The airport site is currently abandoned and in a complete state of disrepair. The runway is overgrown with vegetation, eroded, and unusable for any aviation purposes. Local reports and satellite imagery show that the area has been informally repurposed by the community for various non-aviation activities, such as a practice ground for driving schools, a makeshift track for illegal car and motorcycle races, and as a pasture for grazing livestock.
Historically, the Livramento do Brumado Airport (formerly identified by the ICAO code SNLB, with BR-2219 being an alternative database identifier) served as a crucial general aviation hub for the region. Its 1,200-meter dirt runway primarily handled small private aircraft, air taxis, and agricultural aviation. It was particularly important for supporting the local economy, which is heavily based on fruit cultivation (especially mangoes), allowing for business travel and crop-dusting operations. It also served as a landing strip for politicians and for emergency medical flights before regional infrastructure improved.
There are currently no concrete or funded plans to reopen or redevelop the Livramento do Brumado Airport. While local politicians have occasionally expressed a desire to see the airport revitalized, these discussions have not resulted in any official government projects. The regional focus for aviation investment has shifted to larger, more modern airports capable of handling commercial flights, such as the Isaac Moura Rocha Airport (GNM) in the nearby city of Guanambi. Reconstructing and certifying the old airstrip to modern standards would be a prohibitively expensive and complex process, making its reopening highly unlikely.
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