Bagé International Airport - Commander Gustavo Kraemer (IATA: BGX, ICAO: SBBG) is a Brazilian airport, located in the city of Bagé, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, which currently operates scheduled flights. It has direct flights to Porto Alegre operated by Gol Linhas Aéreas.
On February 8, 1952, the name of the airport was changed in honor of Commander Gustavo Kraemer.
The Municipal Aerodrome was created in 1932, in the area that is now the Aeroclube de Bagé. In 1943, it was transferred to the current area. The first passenger terminal was built in hardwood, near the head of runway 14. Thus the airport was inaugurated on June 5, 1946, and was renamed Bagé Airport.
In 1950, a new concrete passenger terminal was built, and in 1953 it received the name of Comandante Gustavo Kraemer Airport, in honor of the Founder of the SAVAG company. In the 1960s, the 05/23 concrete lanes, measuring 1500 x 30m, and the maneuvering yard, measuring 65 x 55m, were built.
The current passenger terminal was inaugurated on March 5, 1974, with the presence of the then President of the Republic Emílio Garrastazu Medici. On October 27, 1980, Infraero assumed the management of the airport.
In 2001 it was enabled to receive international flights. As a result, Bagé Airport registered a considerable increase in the number of operations from Uruguay and Argentina, involving aircraft that entered the country through Uruguaiana or Porto Alegre, which began to use Bagé due to its geographic position, more to the center of the state.