Carajás Airport | |
Nativename: | Portuguese: Aeroporto de Carajás|italic=yes |
Iata: | CKS |
Icao: | SBCJ |
Lid: | PA0006 |
Type: | Public |
City-Served: | Carajás (Parauapebas) |
Timezone: | BRT |
Metric-Elev: | yes |
Elevation-F: | 2,064 |
Elevation-M: | 629 |
Coordinates: | -6.1178°N -50.0033°W |
Pushpin Map: | Pará#Brazil |
Pushpin Label: | CKS |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Metric-Rwy: | yes |
R1-Number: | 10/28 |
R1-Length-F: | 6,562 |
R1-Length-M: | 2,000 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2023 |
Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
Stat1-Data: | 163,851 12% |
Stat2-Header: | Aircraft Operations |
Stat2-Data: | 4,067 28% |
Stat3-Header: | Metric tonnes of cargo |
Stat3-Data: | 608 3% |
Footnotes: | Statistics: AENA[1] Sources: ANAC,[2] DECEA[3] |
Carajás Airport is the airport serving Parauapebas, Brazil, located in the Carajás Mining Complex.
It is operated by AENA.
The airport was built by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce as a support the mining activities of Carajás Mine. It was commissioned on September 23, 1982. Between 1985 and 2022 it is operated by Infraero.
Previously operated by Infraero, on August 18, 2022 the consortium AENA won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[4]
The airport is located 18km (11miles) from downtown Parauapebas.