São Tomé Lighthouse Flight Information Service, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2003

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 Janeir.

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.