Rio Branco–Plácido de Castro International Airport | |
Nativename: | Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Rio Branco–Plácido de Castro|italic=yes |
Iata: | RBR |
Icao: | SBRB |
Lid: | AC0001 |
Type: | Public |
City-Served: | Rio Branco |
Timezone: | BRT−2 |
Metric-Elev: | yes |
Elevation-F: | 633 |
Elevation-M: | 193 |
Coordinates: | -9.8683°N -67.8981°W |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Label: | RBR |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Metric-Rwy: | yes |
R1-Number: | 06/24 |
R1-Length-F: | 7,080 |
R1-Length-M: | 2,158 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2021 |
Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
Stat1-Data: | 293,750 54% |
Stat2-Header: | Aircraft Operations |
Stat2-Data: | 6,895 27% |
Stat3-Header: | Metric tonnes of cargo |
Stat3-Data: | 1,290 98% |
Footnotes: | Statistics: Infraero[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4] |
Rio Branco–Plácido de Castro International Airport is an airport serving Rio Branco, Brazil. Since April 13, 2009 the airport is named after José Plácido de Castro (1873–1908) a politician leader of the Acrean Revolution.[5]
It is operated by Vinci SA.
The airport was commissioned on November 22, 1999, as a replacement to Presidente Médici International Airport, which was then closed.
Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021 Vinci SA won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[6]
The airport is located 25km (16miles) from downtown Rio Branco.