Palmas Airport

Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues International Airport

Aeroporto Internacional de Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator
ServesPalmas
Opened5 October 2001 (2001-10-05)
Time zoneBRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL236 m / 774 ft
Coordinates10°17′24″S 048°21′28″W / 10.29000°S 48.35778°W / -10.29000; -48.35778
Websitewww.ccraeroportos.com.br/palmas-to
Map
PMW is located in Brazil
PMW
PMW
Location in Brazil
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers444,719 Increase 69%
Aircraft Operations9,320 Increase 35%
Metric tonnes of cargo1,631 Increase 52%
Statistics: Infraero[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues International Airport (IATA: PMW, ICAO: SBPJ) 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.

  1. ^ "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Palmas". CCR Aeroportos (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues (SBPJ)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  5. ^ Cambeses Júnior, Manuel. "Major-Brigadeiro-do-Ar Lysias Augusto Rodrigues" (PDF). Incaer (in Portuguese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2011.