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Mário Pereira Lopes–São Carlos Airport is a small regional aerodrome serving the city of São Carlos in the interior of São Paulo state, Brazil. It offers a single hard-surfaced, lit runway suitable for light aircraft operations, though it has no instrument landing system and no published communications frequencies.
Mário Pereira Lopes–São Carlos Airport is a small airport located near the city of São Carlos in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It sits at an elevation of 2648 feet and provides general aviation access to the São Carlos area, though it lacks the instrument approach infrastructure of larger fields, making it a straightforward VFR destination for simulator pilots exploring the interior of São Paulo state.
The airport lies close to the town of São Carlos itself, roughly 10 miles from the field, with the smaller settlement of Ibate about 8 miles away. Other nearby towns include Americo Brasiliense at 16 miles, Santa Lúcia and Araraquara at around 18 miles, and Descalvado also around 18 miles distant. No specific controlled airspace or nearby major airports are noted in the available information.
The airport has a single physical runway aligned 02/20, constructed of a hard surface and lit. The 02 direction measures 5467 feet in length, while the reciprocal 20 direction measures 5472 feet.
No communications frequencies are published for the airport, and there is no instrument landing system available. Pilots should expect to operate without a ground radio service and rely on standard uncontrolled-field procedures.
Useful landmarks for locating the airport include the town of Ibate approximately 8 miles from the field and the city of São Carlos itself around 10 miles away. Further out, Americo Brasiliense, Santa Lúcia, Araraquara and Descalvado all lie within about 16 to 18 miles and can assist with general orientation when approaching the area.