Carajás Airport Aeroporto de Carajás
IATA:CKS ICAO:SBCJ LID:PA0006
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Infraero (1985–2022) AENA (2022–present)
Serves	Carajás (Parauapebas)
Opened	September 23, 1982 (1982-09-23)
Time zone	BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	629 m / 2,064 ft
Coordinates	06°07′04″S050°00′12″W / 6.11778°S 50.00333°W /-6.11778; -50.00333
Map
CKS Location in Brazil Show map of Pará CKS CKS (Brazil) Show map of Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 2,000 6,562 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers 216,803 22% Aircraft Operations 5,213 23% Metrictonnes of cargo 640 5%
Statistics: AENA[1] Sources:ANAC,[2]DECEA[3]

Carajás Airport (IATA:CKS,ICAO:SBCJ) is the airport servingParauapebas,Brazil, located in theCarajás Mining Complex.

It is operated byAENA.

The airport was built byCompanhia Vale do Rio Doce as a support the mining activities ofCarajás Mine. It was commissioned on September 23, 1982. Between 1985 and 2022 it is operated by Infraero.

Previously operated byInfraero, on August 18, 2022 the consortiumAENA won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.^[4]

• 8 September 1987: aBrazilian Air ForceHawker Siddeley HS.125 registration FAB-2129 crashed upon take-off from Carajás. All nine occupants died.^[5]
• 14 February 1997: aVarigBoeing 737-241 registration PP-CJO operating flight 265, flying fromMarabá to Carajás while on touch-down procedures at Carajás during a thunderstorm, had its right main gear collapsed rearwards causing the aircraft to veer off the right of the runway. The aircraft crashed into the forest. One crew member died.^[6]

The airport is located 18 km (11 mi) from downtown Parauapebas.

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• Accident history for CKS atAviation Safety Network

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