Araraquara Airport Explained

Bartholomeu de Gusmão State Airport
Nativename:Portuguese: Aeroporto Estadual Bartholomeu de Gusmão|italic=yes
Iata:AQA
Icao:SBAQ
Lid:SP0012
Type:Public
City-Served:Araraquara
Timezone:BRT
Metric-Elev:yes
Elevation-F:2,334
Elevation-M:712
Coordinates:-21.8119°N -48.1331°W
Pushpin Map:Brazil São Paulo State#Brazil
Pushpin Label:AQA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Metric-Rwy:yes
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-F:5,905
R1-Length-M:1,800
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2019
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:5,919 192%
Stat2-Header:Aircraft Operations
Stat2-Data:2,688 25%
Stat3-Header:Metric tonnes of cargo
Footnotes:Statistics: DAESP[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

Bartholomeu de Gusmão State Airport is the airport serving Araraquara, Brazil. It is named after Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão (1685-1724), a Portuguese priest born in Brazil, who did research about transportation with balloons.

It is operated by Rede Voa.

History

The Airport was opened in 1935 by the then Mayor Heitor de Souza Pinheiro.

On July 15, 2021 the concession of the airport was auctioned to Rede Voa, under the name Consórcio Voa NW e Voa SE.[5] The airport was previously operated by DAESP.

Access

The airport is located 6km (04miles) from downtown Araraquara.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Estatísticas. DAESP. pt. 2023-08-24. 2020-02-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20200226175943/http://www.daesp.sp.gov.br/estatisticas/. dead.
  2. Web site: Aeroporto Estadual Bartholomeu de Gusmão. Rede Voa. pt. 6 April 2022. 21 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221221112051/http://www.voa-sp.com.br/aeroporto/aeroporto-estadual-araraquara/. dead.
  3. Web site: Aeródromos. ANAC. 22 August 2019. 13 July 2020. pt.
  4. Web site: Bartolomeu de Gusmão (SBAQ). DECEA. 13 April 2024. pt.
  5. Web site: São Paulo concede 22 aeroportos à iniciativa privada e prevê R$ 447 milhões em investimentos . Aeroin . 15 July 2021 . 16 July 2021 . pt.