Campina Grande Airport

Presidente João Suassuna Airport
Aeroporto Presidente João Suassuna
IATA: CPVICAO: SBKG
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Infraero
Serves Campina Grande
Elevation AMSL 502 m / 1,646 ft
Coordinates 07°16′09″S 035°53′42″W / 7.26917°S 35.89500°W / -7.26917; -35.89500Coordinates: 07°16′09″S 035°53′42″W / 7.26917°S 35.89500°W / -7.26917; -35.89500
Website Infraero CPV
Map
CPV

Location in Brazil

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 1,600 5,249 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers 143,766
Aircraft Operations 3,702
Metric tonnes of cargo 257
Statistics: Infraero[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC[3]

Presidente João Suassuna Airport (IATA: CPV, ICAO: SBKG) is the airport serving Campina Grande, Brazil. It is named after João Suassuna (1886-1930), President of the State of Paraíba (at the time in Brazil, State Governors had the title of President) from 1924 to 1928.

It is operated by Infraero.

History

Even though the airport was only inaugurated in 1963, since the 1940s air services operated to the site, using a runway already existent.

Since 1980 the airport is operated by Infraero, which in 1984 and 1998 made large renovation works, which included a new terminal capable of handling 250,000 passengers/year, and the rebuilding of the apron and runway. In 2003 it was re-inaugurated.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Gol Airlines João Pessoa, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo-Congonhas (begins 27 March 2016)[4]

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Accidents and incidents

Access

The airport is located 7 km (4 mi) from downtown Campina Grande.

See also

References

  1. "Movimento operacional da rede Infraero de janeiro a dezembro de 2013" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Infraero. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  2. "Airport Official Website" (in Portuguese). Infraero.
  3. "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC.
  4. http://airlineroute.net/2016/02/17/g3-riosao-feb16/
  5. "HOTRAN ANAC". National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  6. "Accident description PP-LDX". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  7. Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Lima delta xadrez". O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928-1996 (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 169–170. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.

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