Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport

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Porto Alegre–Salgado Filho International Airport

Aeroporto Internacional de Porto Alegre–Salgado Filho
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator
ServesPorto Alegre
Focus city forAzul Brazilian Airlines
Time zoneBRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL9 m / 30 ft
Coordinates29°59′41″S 051°10′16″W / 29.99472°S 51.17111°W / -29.99472; -51.17111
Websiteportoalegre-airport.com.br/en/
Map
POA is located in Rio Grande do Sul
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Location in Brazil
POA is located in Brazil
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POA (Brazil)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers7,480,641 Increase 13%
Aircraft Operations72,639 Increase 9%
Metric tonnes of cargo38,840 Increase 45%
Statistics: Fraport[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

Porto Alegre–Salgado Filho International Airport (IATA: POA, ICAO: SBPA) is the airport serving Porto Alegre and the region of Greater Porto Alegre, Brazil. Since October 12, 1951, it is named after the Senator and first Minister of the Brazilian Air Force Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho (1888–1950).[5]

It is operated by Fraport Brasil.

  1. ^ "Movimentação Aeroportuária". Porto Alegre Airport (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Porto Alegre Airport". Fraport. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Salgado Filho (SBPA)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Lei n˚ 1.457, de 12 de outubro de 1951". Presidência da República (in Portuguese). 12 October 1951. Retrieved 15 November 2023.