Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | |||||||||||
| Serves | Palmas | ||||||||||
| Opened | 5 October 2001 | ||||||||||
| Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 236 m / 774 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 10°17′24″S 048°21′28″W / 10.29000°S 48.35778°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  PMW Location in Brazil | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Statistics (2021) | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues International Airport (IATA: PMW, ICAO: SBPJ) is the airport serving Palmas, Brazil. The airport is named after Brigadier Lysias Augusto Rodrigues (1896–1957), one of the founding figures of the Brazilian Air Force and crucial to the integration of Tocantins to Brazil via the passenger air services of the Brazilian Air Force.[5]
It is operated by CCR.
History
The airport was commissioned on October 5, 2001. It has an area of 23,739,952.00m² which is enough to future expansions. The terminal has 12,300m² and a capacity for 2 100,000 passengers/year.
Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021 CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[6]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Azul Brazilian Airlines | Belo Horizonte–Confins, Campinas, Goiânia |
| Gol Transportes Aéreos | Brasília, São Paulo–Guarulhos Seasonal: Goiânia, Salvador da Bahia |
| LATAM Brasil | Brasília, São Paulo–Guarulhos |
Access
The airport is located 20 km (12 mi) from downtown Palmas.
See also
References
- ↑ "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ↑ "Palmas". CCR Aeroportos (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ↑ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ↑ "Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues (SBPJ)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ↑ Cambeses Júnior, Manuel. "Major-Brigadeiro-do-Ar Lysias Augusto Rodrigues" (PDF). Incaer (in Portuguese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ↑ "Governo federal arrecada R$ 3,3 bilhões com leilão de 22 aeroportos". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
External links
- Airport information for SBPJ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for SBPJ at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for PMW at Aviation Safety Network
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.