Leg 31 SBBE - Belém (Brazil) to SBSL - Sao Luís (Brazil)
SBBE - Airport Info
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ICAO code: SBBE
Airport name: Val-De-Caes Airport
Location: Belém Brazil
Useful information
Airport elevation: 54'
Time zone: AT (UTC-4)
Lighted runways : Yes
Maximum runway length: 9180'
Runway surface : Asphalt
Instrument approach (ILS, LOC, LDA, and SDF):
Rwy 06: ILS (DME) heading: 064 localizer: 109.30
NDB and VOR: Runways 02, 06, 20, 24
Instrument approach (ILS, LOC, LDA, and SDF):
Belém Info
Belém, also Pará, city in northern Brazil, capital of Pará State, and chief port of the lower Amazon River, near the equator, on the Pará River estuary. The port is accessible to oceangoing ships and includes a naval base. Founded in 1615 by the Portuguese, Belém owes its commercial importance to the opening of the Amazon to foreign trade in the late 19th century. The principal item of trade is rubber; other products include nuts, cacao, jute, and timber. In the city are sawmills, machine shops, shipyards, and factories producing brick, tile, and soap. One of the most attractive cities in South America, Belém has numerous public squares and well-paved streets, many of which extend to the edge of the jungle. The cultural center of northern Brazil, Belém is the site of the Federal University of Pará (1957) and the Goeldi Museum, with its world-famous ethnological and zoological collections on the Amazon. Since 1723 Belém has been the see of a Roman Catholic bishopric. Population (1996 estimate) 1,144,312.
SBSL - Airport Info
ICAO code: SBSL
Airport name: Cunha Machado Airport
Location: Sao Luís Brazil
Useful information
Airport elevation: 178'
Time zone: AT (UTC-4)
Lighted runways : Yes
Maximum runway length: 7828'
Runway surface : Asphalt
Instrument approach (ILS, LOC, LDA, and SDF):
Rwy 06: ILS (DME) heading: 064 localizer: 109.30
NDB and VOR: Runways 02, 06, 20, 24
Sao Luís Info
The pole of tourism of Sao Luís encompasses the Capital, Sao Luis (World Heritage Monument), the Cities of Alcantara, Sao Jose de Ribamar, Paco do Lumiar and Raposa.
In Sao Luís, the Centro Historico is the principal attraction with an ensemble of over 3,500 colonial buildings from the 17th and 8th Centuries, distributed throughout the neighborhoods of Praia Grande, Desterro, and Portinho, completely rehabilitated during the Roseana Sarney's administration. Sao Luís was founded by the French in 1612. It was later invaded by the Dutch and finally reclaimed by the Portuguese. The Centro Historico is a type of open-air museum filled with uncountable architectural elements and details, where streets covered in stones, corners, narrow side streets, balconies, inviting the visitor to wonder about the rich past of this one time rich, prestigious and promising Brazilian City. The project of rehabilitation by the State Government encouraged private investment in the area and resulted in the opening of stores, movie theaters, museums, bars, restaurants and hotels.