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Map of Brazil. This is a list of airports in Brazil. On April 12, 2024, the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil [1] listed 493 public and 4,789 private certified aerodromes, and 511 helidecks and helipads that were open to the public in Brazil. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Fortaleza–Pinto Martins International Airport (IATA: FOR, ICAO: SBFZ) is the international airport serving Fortaleza, Brazil. It is named after Euclides Pinto Martins (1892–1924), a Ceará-born aviator who in 1922 was one of the pioneers of the air link between New York City and Rio de Janeiro. The airport is operated by Fraport Brasil.
Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport (IATA: IGU, ICAO: SBFI), is the airport serving Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. It is named after the Iguazu Falls ( Portuguese : Cataratas do Iguaçu ) and provides air-connections to the falls located at Iguaçu National Park , and to Itaipu Dam .
The airport is the busiest in Brazil in terms of transported passengers, aircraft operations, and cargo handled, placing it as the second busiest airport in Latin America by passenger traffic (41.307.915 in 2023) [8] after Mexico City International Airport, making it one of the fifty busiest on the planet.
View of the airport in the 1960s. The IATA airport code of Viracopos is VCP and the specific city code of Campinas is CPQ. Sometimes both codes are used as one although there is a distinction between them in airline reservation systems: VCP, together with CGH (Congonhas) and GRU (Guarulhos), is part of the multiple airport system set around the city of São Paulo (code SAO).
1 Passenger Roles (2011–2022) 2 Africa. ... Airport IATA Code; ... Brazil. Location Airport IATA Code Aracaju: Santa Maria Airport:
"United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations". UN/LOCODE 2011-2. UNECE. 28 February 2012. - includes IATA codes "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 17 September 2010.
The airport started operating in the 1930s as a military airfield. In the 1950s, the airport began to operate with commercial flights. The passenger terminal was dedicated in 1964. Between 1975 and 2022 it was operated by Infraero. The passenger terminal was enlarged from 1,500m² to 5,000m² during the 1980s and to 6,082 m in 1998.