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.

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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 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 was 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 middle 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. It is situated near the border of the North and Western zones, and has a good quality of life with many squares, green places and services.

Afonsos Air Force Base

Categories: airbase and transportation
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude

-22.87484° or 22° 52′ 29″ south

Longitude

-43.3844° or 43° 23′ 4″ west

Elevation

128 metres (420 feet)

ICAO airport code

SBAF

Open location code

589R4JG8+36

GeoNames ID

7538178

Wikidata ID

Q1763149

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Satellite Map

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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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