Boa Vista International Airport

Boa Vista-Atlas Brasil Cantanhede International Airport (IATA: BVB, ICAO: SBBV) is the airport serving Boa Vista, Brazil. Since April 13, 2009 the airport is named after Atlas Brasil Cantanhede (1917-1973), a pilot and politician who in the 1950s pioneered aviation in Roraima state.[4] It is the northernmost Brazilian airport served by scheduled flights.

For the airport serving the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde, see Aristides Pereira International Airport.
For other places with the same name, see Boa Vista.
Boa Vista-Atlas Brasil Cantanhede International Airport

Aeroporto International de Boa Vista-Atlas Brasil Cantanhede
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorInfraero
ServesBoa Vista
Time zoneTime in Brazil (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL84 m / 276 ft
Coordinates02°50′29″N 060°41′32″W
Websitewww4.infraero.gov.br/aeroportos/aeroporto-internacional-de-boa-vista-atlas-brasil-cantanhede/
Map
BVB
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,700 8,858 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers349,916 13%
Aircraft Operations6,125 17%
Metric tonnes of cargo1,418 15%
Statistics: Infraero[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC[3]

It is operated by Infraero.

Some of its facilities are shared with the Boa Vista Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.

History

The airport was opened on February 19, 1973, and underwent its first renovation in 1998. The runway, terminal and the apron were then enlarged. On September 14, 2009 a second major renovation was completed increasing the capacity of the airport to handle 330,000 passengers/year, the terminal area to 7,000 square metres (75,300 sq ft), parking space and installing two jetways.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Belém, Manaus
Gol Transportes Aéreos Brasília
LATAM Brasil Brasília
Trans Guyana Airways Georgetown–Ogle[5]

Access

The airport is located 4 km (2 mi) from downtown Boa Vista.

See also

References
  1. "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 20 February 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. "Aeroporto Internacional Atlas Brasil Cantanhede". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. "Lei n˚ 11.920, de 9 de abril de 2009" (in Portuguese). Lei Direto. April 9, 2009. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  5. "Trans Guyana anuncia que iniciará voos ao Brasil na próxima segunda-feira". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 19 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
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