Palmas Airport Explained

Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues International Airport
Nativename:Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues|italic=yes
Iata:PMW
Icao:SBPJ
Lid:TO0001
Type:Public
City-Served:Palmas
Timezone:BRT
Metric-Elev:yes
Elevation-F:774
Elevation-M:236
Coordinates:-10.29°N -48.3578°W
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Pushpin Label:PMW
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Metric-Rwy:yes
R1-Number:14/32
R1-Length-F:8,202
R1-Length-M:2,500
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2021
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:444,719 69%
Stat2-Header:Aircraft Operations
Stat2-Data:9,320 35%
Stat3-Header:Metric tonnes of cargo
Stat3-Data:1,631 52%
Footnotes:Statistics: Infraero[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues International Airport is the airport serving Palmas, Brazil. The airport is named after Brigadier Lysias Augusto Rodrigues (1896–1957), one of the founding figures of the Brazilian Air Force and crucial to the integration of Tocantins to Brazil via the passenger air services of the Brazilian Air Force.[5]

It is operated by CCR.

History

The airport was commissioned on October 5, 2001. It has an area of 23,739,952.00 m2 which is enough to future expansions. The terminal has 12,300 m2 and a capacity for 2 100,000 passengers/year.

Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021 CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[6]

Access

The airport is located 20km (10miles) from downtown Palmas.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Estatísticas. Infraero. 14 February 2022. 6 March 2022. pt.
  2. Web site: Palmas. CCR Aeroportos. 31 May 2023. pt.
  3. Web site: Aeródromos. ANAC. 29 June 2020. 5 May 2021. pt.
  4. Web site: Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues (SBPJ). DECEA. 25 August 2023. pt.
  5. Web site: Major-Brigadeiro-do-Ar Lysias Augusto Rodrigues . Incaer . 19 May 2011 . Portuguese . Manuel . Cambeses Júnior . https://web.archive.org/web/20121202064600/http://www.reservaer.com.br/biblioteca/livros/lysias_rodrigues.pdf . 2 December 2012 . dead .
  6. Web site: Governo federal arrecada R$ 3,3 bilhões com leilão de 22 aeroportos . Agência Brasil . 7 April 2021 . pt.