Salvador Bahia Airport

"Salvador International Airport" redirects here. For the airport in the Bahamas, see San Salvador Airport. For the airport in El Salvador, see El Salvador International Airport.

Airport

Salvador–Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport

Aeroporto Internacional de Salvador–Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães

* IATA: SSA
* ICAO: SBSV
* LID: BA0001

Summary
Airport type| Public/Military
Operator|

* Infraero (1974–2017)
* Vinci SA (2017–present)

Serves| Salvador da Bahia
Hub for|

* Abaeté Aviação
* Gol Linhas Aéreas

Time zone| BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL| 20 m / 66 ft
Coordinates| 12°54′31″S 038°19′21″W﻿ / ﻿12.90861°S 38.32250°W﻿ / -12.90861; -38.32250
Website| www.salvador-airport.com.br/pt-br
Map

SSA

Location in Brazil

Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

|
|

m  | ft
10/28  | 3,003  | 9,852  | Asphalt
17/35  | 1,518  | 4,980  | Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
| Passengers| 7,527,462  3%

|

Aircraft Operations| 79,792  3%

Statistics: Vinci[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

Salvador–Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (IATA: SSA, ICAO: SBSV), formerly called Dois de Julho International Airport and known by the trade name Salvador Bahia Airport, is the airport serving Salvador, Brazil. Since 16 June 1998, by Federal Law, the airport is named after Luís Eduardo Maron Magalhães (1955–1998), an influential politician of the state of Bahia.[5]

It is operated by Vinci SA.

Some of its facilities are shared with the Salvador Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.

## History

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The airport, originally called Santo Amaro do Ipitanga Airport, was established in 1925. In 1941 Panair do Brasil participating in the World War II efforts with the support of the American and Brazilian governments completely rebuilt the facility.

On 20 December 1955, the airport had its name changed for the first time: it became known as Dois de Julho International Airport, celebrating Bahia Independence Day. This is still the name by which the population of Salvador da Bahia call the facility. On 16 June 1998 the airport name was again changed to honor Luís Eduardo Maron Magalhães (1955–1998) an influential politician of the state of Bahia. This second change remains however controversial and there have been attempts to revert it.[6] Since 2017 the concessionary has been using the Trade name Salvador Bahia Airport.

The airport is located in an area of more than 6 million square meters between sand dunes and native vegetation. The lush, bamboo-covered road to the airport has become one of the scenic attractions of Salvador da Bahia.

A brand new passenger terminal was opened in 1998, replacing an original outdated terminal. This new terminal continued to be upgraded and was completed by the end of year 2000. The main terminal, which includes a shopping mall has 69,400 m2, 11 jetways and a capacity to handle 6,000,000 passengers/year. Traffic has been growing at an average of 14% per year.

Responding to critiques to the situation of its airports, on May 18, 2011, Infraero released a list evaluating some of its most important airports according to its saturation levels. According to the list, Salvador da Bahia was considered to be in good situation, operating with less than 70% of its capacity.[7]

Previously operated by Infraero, on 16 March 2017, the concession of the facility was won by Vinci SA, for which it paid R$ 2,35 billions (€ 640 millions). The concession is for a period of 30 years.[8] The new concessionary then planned to duplicate the passenger terminal.[9]

On 26 April 2018, the Aeroporto station on Line 2 of the Salvador subway was opened to the public.[10]

## Airlines and destinations

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### Passenger

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Airlines| Destinations

|

Abaeté Aviação |  Barra Grande, Boipeba, Morro de São Paulo
Aerolíneas Argentinas |  Buenos Aires–Aeroparque
Seasonal: Córdoba (AR)[citation needed]
Air Europa |  Madrid
Air France |  Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Azul Brazilian Airlines |  Aracaju, Barreiras, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Campinas, Goiânia, Guanambi, Ilhéus, Lençóis, Porto Seguro, Recife, Vitória da Conquista
Seasonal: Brasília,[citation needed] Cuiabá,[citation needed] Foz do Iguaçu,[citation needed] Ribeirão Preto[citation needed]
Copa Airlines |  Panama City–Tocumen (resumes 8 January 2026)[11]
Flybondi |  Seasonal: Buenos Aires–Ezeiza (begins 15 December 2025)[12]
Gol Linhas Aéreas |  Aracaju, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Brasília, Campina Grande, Campinas, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Goiânia, João Pessoa, Maceió, Natal, Petrolina (begins 29 September 2025),[13] Porto Seguro, Recife, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, São Luís, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Vitória, Vitória da Conquista
LATAM Brasil |  Brasília, Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos
LOT Polish Airlines |  Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin[14]
Sky Airline |  Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Montevideo, Santiago de Chile
TAP Air Portugal |  Lisbon

### Cargo

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Airlines| Destinations

|

LATAM Cargo Brasil |  Campinas, Miami
Sideral Air Cargo |  São Paulo–Guarulhos
Total Linhas Aéreas |  Belo Horizonte–Confins, Fortaleza, São Paulo–Guarulhos

## Statistics

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Aerial View View of check-in area Departure lounge.

Following is the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to Infraero (2007-2017) and Vinci (2018-2024) reports:[15][16][1]

Year | Passenger | Aircraft | Cargo (t)

|
|
|

2024 | 7,527,462  3% | 79,792  3% |
2023 | 7,279,788  11% | 77,325  2% |
2022 | 6,552,356  21% | 75,886  12% |
2021 | 5,410,527  44% | 67,719  36% |
2020 | 3,769,130  50% | 49,640  37% |
2019 | 7,537,112 | 78,355 |
2018a | 3,976,671 | 41,421 |
2017 | 7,735,685  3% | 76,642  4% | 30,055
2016 | 7,526,358  17% | 79,484  18% | 29,995  30%
2015 | 9,047,403  1% | 97,139  9% | 23,136  29%
2014 | 9,152,159  7% | 107,255  1% | 32,754  33%
2013 | 8,589,663  3% | 107,977  11% | 24,669  18%
2012 | 8,811,540  5% | 121,587  3% | 30,092  51%
2011 | 8,394,900  9% | 125,980  10% | 61,880  27%
2010 | 7,696,307  9% | 114,946  12% | 48,770  9%
2009 | 7,052,720  17% | 102,211  7% | 44,796  23%
2008 | 6,042,307  2% | 95,804  5% | 58,148  18%
2007 | 5,932,461 | 90,989 | 71,136

Note:
a: 2018 series provided by Vinci is incomplete, lacking data for the months of January until part of June.

## Accidents and incidents

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### Accidents with fatalities

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* 21 September 1944: A Panair do Brasil Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar registration PP-PBH crashed shortly after take-off from Salvador da Bahia. All 16 occupants died.[17][18]

## Access

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The airport is located 28 km (17 mi) north from downtown Salvador da Bahia.

A free shuttle bus runs every 15 minutes from 5am to 1am to Aeroporto station of Salvador subway, which connects to downtown Salvador at Lapa.[19]

## See also

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* List of airports in Brazil
* Salvador Air Force Base

## References

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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

1. ^ a b "Operational Data". Vinci (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
2. ^ "Salvador Bahia Airport". Vinci (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
3. ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
4. ^ "Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães (SBSV)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
5. ^ "Lei nº 9.661, de 16 de junho de 1998". Câmara dos Deputados (in Portuguese). 16 June 1998. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
6. ^ "Projeto de lei 6106/2002" (PDF). Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). 21 February 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
7. ^ "Governo muda critério de avaliação e 'melhora' desempenho de aeroportos" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
8. ^ Alves, Alan Tiago; Ribeiro, Rafaela (16 March 2017). "Aeroporto de Salvador vai a leilão e usuários esperam melhorias". Globo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
9. ^ "VINCI Airports wins the concession for Salvador's airport in Brazil". VINCI. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
10. ^ "Estação aeroporto do metrô de Salvador é inaugurada". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
11. ^ "Copa Airlines terá voo do Panamá para Salvador a partir de janeiro". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
12. ^ "Flybondi lança 4 novas rotas entre Brasil e Argentina com trajetos inéditos". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 9 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
13. ^ "Gol anuncia nova rota entre Petrolina (PE) e Salvador em setembro". Panrotas (in Portuguese). 13 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
14. ^ "Para celebrar nova temporada de voos de Varsóvia para Salvador, Setur-BA promove noite de jazz polonês". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 4 September 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
15. ^ "Anuário Estatístico Operacional" (PDF). Infraero (in Portuguese). 12 April 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
16. ^ "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
17. ^ "Accident description PP-PBH". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
18. ^ Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Mais um Lodestar". O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928–1996 (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 69–72\. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
19. ^ "Estação Aeroporto | CCR Metrô Bahia". www.ccrmetrobahia.com.br. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

## External links

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* Media related to Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
* Airport information for SBSV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
* Current weather for SBSV at NOAA/NWS
* Accident history for SSA at Aviation Safety Network

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