| Lauro Kurtz Airport | |
| Nativename: | Portuguese: Aeroporto Lauro Kurtz|italic=yes |
| Iata: | PFB |
| Icao: | SBPF |
| Lid: | RS0006 |
| Type: | Public |
| City-Served: | Passo Fundo |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Metric-Elev: | yes |
| Elevation-F: | 2,380 |
| Elevation-M: | 725 |
| Coordinates: | -28.2442°N -52.3283°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Brazil Rio Grande do Sul#Brazil |
| Pushpin Label: | PFB |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Metric-Rwy: | yes |
| R1-Number: | 09/27 |
| R1-Length-F: | 5,512 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,680 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2023 |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 240,983 187% |
| Stat2-Header: | Aircraft Operations |
| Stat2-Data: | 4,977 101% |
| Stat3-Header: | Metric tonnes of cargo |
| Stat3-Data: | 89 1,680% |
| Footnotes: | Statistics: Infraero[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4] |
Lauro Kurtz Airport is the airport serving Passo Fundo, Brazil. Since June 5, 1959 it is named after Lauro Ignacio Kurtz (1917-1949), sometimes also written Kortz, a pilot of the airline SAVAG, killed on an air-crash in 1949.[5]
It is managed by contract by Infraero.
The airport was renovated in 2007. In January 2021 the airport was closed for the renovation of the runway and construction of a new terminal. It was re-opened on April 8, 2022.[6]
On April 4, 2022, the State of Rio Grande do Sul signed a contract of operation with Infraero.[7] Previously the airport was operated by DAP.
The airport is located 13km (08miles) from downtown Passo Fundo.