São José dos Campos [SEP] named after
São José dos Campos
São José dos Campos (, meaning Saint Joseph of the Fields) is a major city and the seat of the municipality of the same name in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. One of the leading industrial and research centers with emphasis in aerospace sciences in Latin America, the city is located in the Paraíba Valley, between the two most active production and consumption regions in the country, São Paulo ( from the city) and Rio de Janeiro (). It is the main city of
São José dos Campos Airport
São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport , is the airport serving São José dos Campos, Brazil. It is named after Urbano Ernesto Stumpf (1916–1998), colonel-aviator, Aerospace Engineer, professor at several universities and inventor of the motor that runs on ethanol fuel.
Operated by Infraero, the airport shares some facilities with the Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology (), Embraer and the flying club of São José dos Campos.
History.
Built in the