Boa Vista−Atlas Brasil Cantanhede International Airport | |
Nativename: | Portuguese: Aeroporto International de Boa Vista−Atlas Brasil Cantanhede|italic=yes |
Iata: | BVB |
Icao: | SBBV |
Lid: | RR0001 |
Type: | Public |
City-Served: | Boa Vista |
Timezone: | BRT−1 |
Metric-Elev: | yes |
Elevation-F: | 276 |
Elevation-M: | 84 |
Coordinates: | 2.8414°N -60.6922°W |
Pushpin Map: | Roraima#Brazil |
Pushpin Label: | BVB |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Metric-Rwy: | yes |
R1-Number: | 08/26 |
R1-Length-F: | 8,858 |
R1-Length-M: | 2,700 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2021 |
Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
Stat1-Data: | 307,604 53% |
Stat2-Header: | Aircraft Operations |
Stat2-Data: | 5,102 11% |
Stat3-Header: | Metric tonnes of cargo |
Stat3-Data: | 1,425 120% |
Footnotes: | Statistics: Infraero[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4] |
Boa Vista−Atlas Brasil Cantanhede International Airport is the airport serving Boa Vista, Brazil. Since April 13, 2009, the airport is named after Atlas Brasil Cantanhede (1917-1973), a pilot and politician who in the 1950s pioneered aviation in Roraima state.[5] It is the northernmost Brazilian airport served by scheduled flights.
It is operated by Vinci SA.
Some of its facilities are shared with Boa Vista Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.
The airport was opened on February 19, 1973, and underwent its first renovation in 1998. The runway, terminal and the apron were then enlarged. On September 14, 2009 a second major renovation was completed increasing the capacity of the airport to handle 330,000 passengers/year, the terminal area to 7000m2, parking space and installing two jetways.
Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021, Vinci SA won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[6]
The airport is located 4km (02miles) from downtown Boa Vista.