Santa Cruz Air Force Base

Santa Cruz Air Force Base – ALA12 is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in the district of in , Brazil.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Brazilian Air Force base
  • Also known as: “Santa Cruz”, “Santa Cruz AFB”, and “Santa Cruz Airbase”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zeppelin Hangar and Palacete Princesa Isabel.

Hangar
Photo: Rcandre, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Photo: Rcandre, Public domain.

Museum
Photo: Rcandre, Public domain.
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Cruz and Sepetiba.

Suburb
is an extensive and populous neighborhood of the high class, lower middle and low in the of the municipality of , Brazil, the farthest from the .

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in the of , , surrounded by and Guaratiba, and by the Bay. It occupies an area of 1,162.13 ha, and has a population of 35,892.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the of , . After the inauguration in 1878 of the station of the Brazilian Central Railway made it easier to reach the center of the city quickly, the area, including the nearby neighbourhood of , began to develop rapidly; later got its own station. is situated 9 km northeast of Santa Cruz Air Force Base.

Santa Cruz Air Force Base

Latitude
-22.92932° or 22° 55′ 46″ south
Longitude
-43.71655° or 43° 42′ 60″ west
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
IATA airport code
SNZ
ICAO airport code
SBSC
United Nations Location Code
BR SNZ
Open location code
589R37CM+79
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1042060569
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
7537427
Wiki­data ID
Q7419397
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Satellite Map

Discover Santa Cruz Air Force Base from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Santa Cruz Air Force Base” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Base Aérea de Santa Cruz”
  • French: “base aérienne de Santa Cruz”
  • French: “Base Aérienne de Santa Cruz”
  • Japanese: “サンタクルス空軍基地”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Santa Cruz AB”
  • Persian: “پایگاه نیرو هوایی سانتا کروز”
  • Portuguese: “ALA 12”
  • Portuguese: “BASC”
  • Portuguese: “Base Aérea de Santa Cruz”
  • Portuguese: “Rua do Império”
  • Portuguese: “SBSC”
  • Swedish: “Base Aérea de Santa Cruz”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи нерӯ ҳаво сонто курӯз”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи Нерӯи Ҳавоии Санта Круз”
  • “SBSC”
  • “SNZ”

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