Orlando Bezerra de Menezes Airport

Aeroporto Orlando Bezerra de Menezes
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator
ServesJuazeiro do Norte
Time zoneBRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL409 m / 1,342 ft
Coordinates07°13′09″S 039°16′10″W / 7.21917°S 39.26944°W / -7.21917; -39.26944
Websitewww.aenabrasil.com.br/pt/aeroportos/aeroporto-de-juazeiro-do-norte-orlando-bezerra-de-menezes/index.html
Map
JDO is located in Brazil
JDO
JDO
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 1,940 6,365 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers508,194 Increase 28%
Aircraft Operations7,351 Increase 21%
Metric tonnes of cargo702 Increase 31%
Statistics: Aena[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

Orlando Bezerra de Menezes Airport (IATA: JDO, ICAO: SBJU) is the airport serving Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil. It is named after a local politician and entrepreneur. The airport serves southern Ceará, southeastern Piauí, northeastern Pernambuco, and the sertão of Paraíba.

The airport is operated by AENA.

History

The airport was inaugurated on September 15, 1954 as Cariri Regional Airport. It was administrated by the municipal government of Juazeiro do Norte for several years until it was transferred to the State Government.

Since the eighties it has regularly received flights, starting commercial operations with the airlines VARIG and VASP.

The airport had been operated by Infraero from 2002 until 2019. On March 15, 2019, AENA won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[5]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Campinas, Fortaleza, Recife
Gol Transportes Aéreos Brasília (resumes February 13, 2024), São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM Brasil São Paulo–Guarulhos
Voepass Linhas Aéreas Fortalezaa (ends 26 October 2024)

Note:
a: Flight operated with Voepass equipment on behalf of LATAM Brasil.

Access

The airport is located 6 km (4 mi) from downtown Juazeiro do Norte.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Informações Estatísticas". Aena Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Aeroporto de Juazeiro do Norte-Orlando Bezerra de Menezes". AENA Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Orlando Bezerra de Menezes (SBJU)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Governo obtém R$ 2,377 bilhões em concessão de aeroportos em blocos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 15 March 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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