Natal

  Pre-WWII to present

  Brazil

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CITY: Natal

IATA/ICAO CODES: NAT / SBNT

OTHER NAMES: Natal Parnamirim, Augusto Severo International (until 2014), Natal Air Force Base, BANT

 

Right: Natal's control tower in its ATC days, with a C-54 ferrying by in the foreground.
Photo credit: Bob Pearson

Natal Parnamirim was a joint sea and land airport built before World War II for Air France's South Atlantic service. During the war, the airport gained a strategic importance as it was the staging base for all aircraft ferrying across the South Atlantic. All Commandos bound for Africa, the Middle East and India transited through Natal, which was a base for Air Transport Command's South Atlantic Wing.

Air Transport Command South Atlantic Wing