Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport
Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport (IATA: SNZ, ICAO: SBSC) was a Brazilian airport built to handle the operations with the rigid airships Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg. The airport was named after Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão (1685–1724), a Portuguese priest born in Brazil who did research about transportation with balloons.
Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport Aeroporto Bartolomeu de Gusmão | |||||||||||
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South door of the Zeppelin Hangar | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Luftschiffbau Zeppelin | ||||||||||
| Serves | Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||
| Opened | 26 December 1936 | ||||||||||
| Passenger services ceased | 12 February 1942 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3 m / 10 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°55′56″S 043°43′09″W | ||||||||||
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SNZ Location within greater Rio de Janeiro SNZ SNZ (Brazil) | |||||||||||
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Sources: World Aero Data | |||||||||||
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