Leg 47 SBSJ - Sao Jose Do Rio Preto (Brazil) to SBBH - Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
SBSJ - Airport Info
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ICAO code: SBSJ
Airport name: Sao Jose Do Rio Preto Airport
Location: Sao Jose Do Rio Preto Brazil
Useful information
Airport elevation: '
Time zone: AT (UTC-4)
Lighted runways :
Maximum runway length: '
Runway surface : Asphalt
Instrument approach (ILS, LOC, LDA, and SDF):
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Sao Jose Do Ri Preto Info
São José do Rio Prêto, city in southeastern Brazil, in São Paulo State. It is the trade center of an agricultural area where cattle, coffee, rice, cotton, and vegetables are raised. Industries in the city include rice milling, coffee processing, and the manufacture of dairy and meat products and leather goods. The city has colleges of dentistry and pharmacy. It was called Rio Prêto until 1944. Population (1996) 326,315.
SBBH - Airport Info
ICAO code: SBBH
Airport name: Pampulha Airport
Location: Belo Horizonte Brazil
Useful information
Airport elevation: 2589'
Time zone: UTC-3
Lighted runways : Yes
Maximum runway length: 8333'
Runway surface : Asphalt
Instrument approach (ILS, LOC, LDA, and SDF):
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Belo Horizonte Info
Belo Horizonte, city in southeastern Brazil, capital of Minas Gerais State. It is an industrial, administrative, and cultural center of a great mining area rich in iron ore, gold, manganese, nickel, and precious stones. Iron and steel, refined metal, textiles, and transportation equipment are manufactured here. Belo Horizonte is laid out on a grand scale, with broad, tree-lined avenues radiating from a large park. The city, which contains one of the world's largest soccer stadiums, is the seat of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1927), the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (1958), and a school of fine arts (1954). In the Pampulha district is the noted Chapel of São Francisco, designed by Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho; it houses paintings by the Brazilian artist Cándido Portinari.
The city was founded in 1895 and replaced Ouro Prêto as the state capital in 1897. It was Brazil's first planned city and rapidly became a major economic center for the interior of the country. Large residential and industrial districts were developed in the 1940s. Population (2000) 2,238,526.