São Tomé Lighthouse Flight Information Service, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2003.
The São Tomé Lighthouse Flight Information Service is located on the Cape of São Tomé 
and is staffed with six radio operators and a supervisor. This is a helicopter airport that 
supports the oil platforms in Campos-Rio de Janeiro basin. Operations commenced on 
June 13,1999. São Tomé is a small coastal city in the State of Rio de Janeiro 

The lighthouse is an important geographical mark not only for boats and ships, but also 
for the helicopters that fly to the oil & gas offshore platforms of Petrobras Company, 
in Campos Basin.

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