Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport | |
Nativename: | Portuguese: Aeroporto Francisco Álvares de Assis|italic=yes |
Iata: | JDF |
Icao: | SBJF |
Lid: | MG0016 |
Type: | Public |
City-Served: | Juiz de Fora |
Timezone: | BRT |
Metric-Elev: | yes |
Elevation-F: | 2,989 |
Elevation-M: | 911 |
Coordinates: | -21.7931°N -43.3856°W |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil Minas Gerais#Brazil |
Pushpin Label: | JDF |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Metric-Rwy: | yes |
R1-Number: | 03/21 |
R1-Length-F: | 5,036 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,535 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2023 |
Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
Stat1-Data: | 6,906 |
Stat2-Header: | Aircraft Operations |
Stat2-Data: | 5,525 |
Stat3-Header: | Metric tonnes of cargo |
Stat3-Data: | 0 |
Footnotes: | Statistics: Infraero[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4] |
Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport, also called Serrinha Airport, is an airport in Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Since December 29, 1952, the airport is named after the entrepreneur Francisco Álvares de Assis.[5]
It is managed by contract by Infraero.
The airport was officially commissioned on September 17, 1958.
The Flying club of Juiz de Fora is based at the airport.
On 2 April 2014 the airport ceased to receive regular commercial flights. These flights were transferred to the new and larger Pres. Itamar Franco Airport located 35km (22miles) from downtown Juiz de Fora.[6]
No scheduled flights operate at this airport.
The airport is located 8km (05miles) from the centre of Juiz de Fora.