Afonsos Air Force Base
Afonsos Air Force Base – BAAF is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in the district of Marechal Hermes, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Airfield
- Description: airport in Brazil
- Also known as: “SBAF”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museu Aeroespacial and Youth Arena.
Museu Aeroespacial
Museum
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Museu Aeroespacial is a national aviation museum located in the West Side of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the Administrative Region of Realengo. The place is known as "the Brazilian Aviation cradle".
Youth Arena
Stadium
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Youth Arena is an indoor arena in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The venue hosted the Basketball and Fencing events for the Modern Pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Youth Arena is situated 2½ km northwest of Afonsos Air Force Base.
Deodoro Stadium
Stadium
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Deodoro Stadium is a temporary stadium at Deodoro Modern Pentathlon Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The stadium hosted rugby sevens and modern pentathlon events during the 2016 Summer Olympics. Deodoro Stadium is situated 3 km northwest of Afonsos Air Force Base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Campo dos Afonsos and Marechal Hermes.
Campo dos Afonsos
Suburb
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Campo dos Afonsos is a neighborhood in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Marechal Hermes
Suburb
Marechal Hermes is a planned working-class neighborhood located in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded on May 1, 1913. Surrounding neighborhoods include Bento Ribeiro, Campo dos Afonsos, Vila Valqueire, Deodoro and Guadalupe.
Vila Valqueire
Suburb
Vila Valqueire is a neighborhood in the Southwest Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This neighborhood is located in the borders of North and Western zones, and has a good quality of life with many squares, green places and services.
Afonsos Air Force Base
- Categories: air base and transportation
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Afonsos Air Force Base” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Base Aérea do Campo dos Afonsos”
- Dutch: “Afonsos Air Force Base”
- German: “Campo dos Afonsos”
- German: “Flughafen Afonso”
- Indonesian: “SBAF”
- Italian: “Campo dos Afonsos”
- Japanese: “アフォンソス空軍基地”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Campo Delio Jardim De Mattos”
- Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی افونسوس”
- Portuguese: “Baaf”
- Portuguese: “BAAF”
- Portuguese: “Base Aéra dos Afonsos”
- Portuguese: “Base Aérea de Campo dos Afonsos”
- Portuguese: “Base Aérea do Campo dos Afonsos”
- Portuguese: “Base Aérea dos Afonsos”
- Portuguese: “Campo dos Afonsos”
- Portuguese: “Museu Aeroespacial-Campo dos Afonsos”
- Portuguese: “SBAF”
- Swedish: “Base Aérea do Campo dos Afonsos”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво офунсус”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи Нерӯи Ҳавоии Афонсос”
- Turkish: “Afonsos Hava Üssü”
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