Apucarana Airport

Airport

Captain João Busse Airport

Aeroporto Capitão João Busse

* IATA: APU
* ICAO: SSAP
* LID: PR0014

Summary
Airport type| Public
Operator| Apucarana
SEIL
Serves| Apucarana
Time zone| BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL| 800 m / 2,625 ft
Coordinates| 23°36′44″S 051°23′06″W﻿ / ﻿23.61222°S 51.38500°W﻿ / -23.61222; -51.38500
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Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

|
|

m  | ft
10/28  | 1,400  | 4,593  | Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
| Passengers| 701  5%

|

Aircraft Operations| 430  11%

Statistics: SEIL[1][2]
Sources: ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

Capitão João Busse Airport (IATA: APU, ICAO: SSAP) is the airport serving Apucarana, Brazil. It is named after Captain João Alexandre Busse (1886-1921), the first aviator born in the state of Paraná.[5]

It is operated by the Municipality of Apucarana under the supervision of Aeroportos do Paraná (SEIL).

## Airlines and destinations

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No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

## Accidents and incidents

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* 26 January 2007: a Líder Táxi Aéreo Raytheon 400A registration PR-MMS started the takeoff race and shortly after leaving the ground, there was a collision, apparently, with the landing gear, against a cameraman positioned in the center of the runway, who died instantly. The aircraft continued its flight to São Paulo–Congonhas.[6]

## Access

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The airport is located 9 km (6 mi) southeast from downtown Apucarana.

## See also

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* Aviation portal
* Brazil portal

* List of airports in Brazil

## References

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1. ^ "Estatística de passageiros" (PDF). SEIL (in Portuguese). March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
2. ^ "Movimentação de aeronaves" (PDF). SEIL (in Portuguese). March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
3. ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 22 August 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
4. ^ "Capitão João Busse (SSAP)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 March 2024.
5. ^ "João Busse (1886-1921)". EarlyAviators.com. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
6. ^ "Accident description PR-MMS". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 18 April 2025.

## External links

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* Airport information for SSAP at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
* Current weather for SSAP at NOAA/NWS

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