Leg 43 SBMK - Montes Claros (Brazil) to SBBR - Brasilia (Brazil)
SBMK - Airport Info
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ICAO code: SBMK
Airport name: Montes Claros Airport
Location: Montes Claros Brazil
Useful information
Airport elevation: 2191'
Time zone: UTC-3
Lighted runways : Yes
Maximum runway length: 6890'
Runway surface : Asphalt
Instrument approach (ILS, LOC, LDA, and SDF):
NDB on field
Montes Claros Info
Montes Claros is the most important pole industrial and university from north of Minas Gerais. It is the biggest city from north of Minas Gerais and the fiveth biggest city of states Minas Gerais. Montes claros have a picturesque landscape with trees, fruits and flowers from own region and not grown up in anywhere place of the world, like pequi that feed all region as financially as during the meal.
The culture encourage tradition like pequi party, catopes and the festival folkloric dance, that came group from ather country and stay in the city during one week, show the city other culture and tradition delighted the montesclarense. And Montes Claros show up the foreign our richt, beauty activity artistic and culture.
Montes Claros is a young city with modern building but try to preserve the old building like the churchs Matriz and Catedral. This building had made long years ago for bandeirantes that rest around here and then found the Ant Village. This name is because there is a lot ants in this region until today.
Later, Ant Village became Montes Claros which is knowm today. Montes Claros is a beauty city with a hot climate during eleven months by year, good for summer sports that appreciate the young people.
SBBR - Airport Info
ICAO code: SBBR
Airport name: Brasilia International
Location: Brasilia Brazil
Useful information
Airport elevation: 3479'
Time zone: UTC-3
Lighted runways : Yes
Maximum runway length: 10 499'
Runway surface : Asphalt
Instrument approach (ILS, LOC, LDA, and SDF):
Rwy : 11 ILS : 110.30 (localizer) CRS 106
Rwy : 29 ILS : 109.30 (localizer) CRS 286
Brasilia Info
Brasília is the capital city of Brazil and is located in the center of the country in a federal district created in the state of Goiás. It is between 15°30' and 16°03' South latitude, limited by the Preto River on the East and by the Descoberto River on the West. Brasília is situated at approximately 1000 m altitude on a plateau called the Planalto Central.
The city was originally planned for 500,000 inhabitants, but has grown to about two million (2,016,497 est. 2000), including satellite towns and the Federal District today.
Brasília is a planned city, and was built in 41 months from 1956 till its inauguration on April 21, 1960. The construction of the city was ordered by President Juscelino Kubitschek. The former capital of Brazil was Rio de Janeiro, from 1763 to 1960 (1763-1815: capital of Colonial Brazil; 1815-1822: capital of Brazilian Reign; 1822-1889: capital of Brazilian Empire; 1889-1960: Federal District), and the resources tended to center around the southeast region of Brazil. While in part the city was built because there was the need for a neutral federal capital, the main reason was to promote the development of Brazil's hinterland and better integrate the entire territory of Brazil (although some say the real reason was to move the government to a place far from the masses). Brasília is approximately at the geographical center of Brazilian territory.