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Ponta Pelada Airport, also known as Manaus Air Base, is a military aerodrome serving Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It sits at 249 feet elevation and offers an ILS approach to its main runway, making it a useful reference point for pilots operating in this part of the Amazon basin.
Ponta Pelada Airport, identified by the ICAO code SBMN, functions as the Manaus Air Base, a military-operated aerodrome at Manaus in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It is equipped with an instrument landing system and a substantial hard-surfaced runway, giving it operational significance beyond a typical general aviation strip, and it is of interest to simulator pilots flying in the Amazon region as a well-equipped alternative to the region's civil airports.
The airfield lies at Manaus, in the state of Amazonas, in the western Brazilian Amazon. As a military air base, it sits within controlled airspace served by Manaus approach control.
The airfield has a single physical runway, 09/27, of hard surface and lit. Runway 09 is 7310 feet long and equipped with an ILS, while the reciprocal, runway 27, measures 6686 feet, reflecting a difference in declared distances between the two directions.
Air traffic services are provided by Manaus Approach on 119.7 MHz (MANAUS APP) and Manaus Tower on 118.1 MHz (MANAUS TWR), with an ATIS broadcast on 127.65 MHz. Runway 09 is served by an ILS for instrument approaches.
Ponta Pelada continues to operate as a military air base at Manaus, tagged in aeronautical records as a military facility rather than a civil airline destination.