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