List of airports in Brazil
This is a list of airports in Brazil.
Map of Brazil
On June 4, 2023, the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil[1] listed 494 public and 2,890 private certified aerodromes, and 177 helidecks that were open to the public in Brazil.[2][3][4][5]
Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate that the airport is served by scheduled services.
Note:
a: Since August 14, 2023, SURV is a special case being a binational facility, serving both Brazil and Uruguay.[6][7]
Notable former airports
| City served | State | Airport name | Closure | Notes |
| Manaus | Amazonas | Ponta Pelada Airport | 1976 | Became Manaus Air Force Base |
| Natal / Parnamirim | RN | Augusto Severo International Airport | 2014 | Became exclusively Natal Air Force Base |
| Rio de Janeiro | RJ | Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport | 1942 | Became Santa Cruz Air Force Base |
| Rio de Janeiro | RJ | Campo dos Afonsos Airport | 1941 | Became Afonsos Air Force Base |
Defunct airports
| City served | State | Airport name | Closed | Notes and present use |
| Belém | Pará | Brig. Protásio de Oliveira Airport | 2021 | Present location of the City Park |
| Belo Horizonte | Minas Gerais | Carlos Prates Airport | 2023 | |
| Boa Vista | RR | Old Boa Vista Airport | 1973 | Became an urbanized area |
| Brasília | DF | Vera Cruz Airport[8] | 1957 | Present location of Rodoferroviária Station |
| Cacoal | RO | Old Cacoal Airport | 2009 | |
| Cuiabá | Mato Grosso | Campo de Aviação de Cuiabá[9] | 1960 | Became an urbanized area |
| Feijó | AC | Alcimar Leitão Airport | 2008 | Became an urbanized area |
| Imperatriz | MA | Old Imperatriz Airport | 1973 | |
| Maringá | PR | Dr. Gastão Vidigal Airport[10] | 2001 | Became an urbanized area |
| Palmas | TO | Old Palmas Airport | 2001 | Became an urbanized area |
| Parintins | Amazonas | Old Parintins Airport | 1980 | Present location of Bumbódromo |
| Porto Velho | RO | Caiari Airport | 1969 | Became an urbanized area |
| Rio Branco | AC | Pres. Médici International Airport | 1999 | Demolished; the runway is now Amadeu Barbosa avenue. |
| Rio de Janeiro | RJ | Manguinhos Airport | 1961 | Became the urbanized area known as Maré neighborhood |
| Santarém | Pará | Old Santarém Airport | 1977 | Became an urbanized area |
| São Carlos | São Paulo | Salgado Filho Airport | 2002 | Became an urbanized area |
| Urubupungá (Castilho) | São Paulo | Ernesto Pochler Airport | 2005? | Abandoned |
| Vitória da Conquista | BA | Pedro Otacílio Figueiredo Airport | 2019 |
Air Force and Navy Bases
See also
References
- "Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC)" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- "Aisweb". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- "Aeroportos no Brasil". International Civil Aviation Organization. 17 September 2010.
- "UN Location Codes: Brazil". UN/LOCODE 2011-2. UNECE. 28 February 2012.
- "Uruguay y Brasil declararon binacional al aeropuerto de Rivera". Uruguay Presidencia (in Spanish). 14 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- "Brasil e Uruguai acordam uso compartilhado do aeroporto de Rivera". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- "Aeroporto de Brasília faz 65 anos; relembre a história do local". Correio Braziliense (in Portuguese). 3 May 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- Ferreira dos Santos, Walmir Aparecido (2013). O aeroporto de Cuiabá na História regional: do Campo Velho ao novo aeroporto de Cuiabá em Várzea Grande (1929-1969) (Thesis). Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- "Aeroporto Regional Dr. Gastão Vidigal - Anos 1980". Maringá Histórica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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