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″S051°23′06″W / 23.61222°S 51.38500°W /-23.61222; -51.38500
Map
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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 servingApucarana,Brazil. It is named afterCaptain 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 ofAeroportos do Paraná (SEIL).

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

• 26 January 2007: aLíder Táxi AéreoRaytheon 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 toSão Paulo–Congonhas.^[6]

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

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• Airport information for SSAP at Great Circle Mapper. Source:DAFIF (effective October 2006).
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