Brasília International Airport

Coordinates: 15°52′16″S 047°55′07″W / 15.87111°S 47.91861°W / -15.87111; -47.91861
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Brasília–President Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport

Aeroporto Internacional de Brasília–Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek
Summary
Airport typePublic/military
Operator
  • Infraero (1973–2012)
  • Inframérica (2012–present)
ServesBrasília
OpenedMay 3, 1957 (1957-05-03)
Hub for
Time zoneBRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL1,066 m / 3,498 ft
Coordinates15°52′16″S 047°55′07″W / 15.87111°S 47.91861°W / -15.87111; -47.91861
Websitewww.bsb.aero
Map
BSB is located in Brasília
BSB
BSB
Location in the Federal District
BSB is located in Brazil
BSB
BSB
BSB (Brazil)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11R/29L 3,300 10,827 Asphalt
11L/29R 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers14,860,880 Increase 10%
Aircraft Operations140,321 Increase 11%
Metric tonnes of cargo49,390 Increase 10%
Statistics: Inframérica[1]
Sources: Airport website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

Brasília–President Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (IATA: BSB, ICAO: SBBR) is the international airport serving Brasília. Since April 20, 1999, the airport is named after Juscelino Kubitschek (1902–1976), the 21st President of Brazil.[5]

It is operated by Inframerica.[6]

The airport site covers an area of about 2,900 hectares (7,165 acres) of airport property.[7]

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

Airport diagram
Airport in 1959
South Concourse of BSB. The concourse is connected to BSB's main terminal and opened in April 2014.
Terminal interior
The apron before the expansion
LATAM Brasil aircraft with the Rio 2016 Olympic Torch arriving in Brazil

History[edit]

Brasília was only a project when in 1956 President Juscelino Kubitschek landed for the first time in the Central Plateau. Vera Cruz Airport, built in 1955 by the then Deputy-Governor of Goiás, Bernardo Sayão, at the request of the chairman of the location of the New Federal Capital, Marechal José Pessoa, already existed. On 2 October 1955, the airport received the first crew of workers that would build the new capital. This facility was located where today is the Integrated Bus and Train Terminal of Brasília. It had a dirt runway of 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) and a passenger terminal in a makeshift, cob-wall shack covered with buriti-leaves.[8] This facility, however, was only temporary. The relocation to a definitive site had already been identified as a priority and construction work started on 6 November 1956. The work lasted for over six months and required the clearing of an area of 1,334 million square metres (14,360×10^6 sq ft), 178,500 square metres (1,921,000 sq ft) of earthwork, base-stabilized 40,900 square metres (440,000 sq ft), covering 73,500 square metres (791,000 sq ft), topographical services, positioning and leveling. The runway was designed to have a length of 3,300 metres (10,800 ft) but initially it had only 324 metres (1,063 ft), and was 45 metres (148 ft) wide. The passenger terminal was built of wood. On 2 April 1957, the presidential aircraft landed for the first time at the site, and the official inauguration took place on 3 May 1957. That year, at the same location the Brasília Air Force Base was also commissioned.[8]

In 1965, Oscar Niemeyer proposed a visionary project for Brasília Airport to replace the wooden terminal: circular, with similar outside pillars of Alvorada Palace and subway tunnels to the satellite apron.[9] However, he lost the concession, and due to the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état, the military-government chose to build the project of Tércio Fontana Pacheco, an architect of the Brazilian Air Force Ministry. The airport is thus one of the few important buildings in Brasília that is not related to Niemeyer.[10] This building was opened in 1971.

In 1990, Brasília International Airport underwent its first major renovation and began to gain its present form with a central body and two satellites initially planned, but only one concluded, the west wing. Since 1990, it has been under renovation and expansions, constructed by Camargo Côrrea, following an architectural concept of the architect Sérgio Roberto Parada, with conclusion between 2000 until 2004.[11] The first phase included the construction of an access-viaduct to the passenger terminal and metal cover inaugurated in 1992 and the first circular satellite, inaugurated in 1994, in which its form resembles an ovni disc. In the second phase, the main body of the passenger terminal was refitted to include a shopping-mall and the satellite received nine jetways. In 2005, a second runway was opened.[8]

The former terminal for general aviation originally built in 1988 was again reviewed and transformed into Passenger Terminal 2. It was opened for traffic on 2 August 2010.[12]

On 31 August 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL514.8 million (US$306.06 million; EUR224.76 million) investment plan[13] to renovate President Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport, focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brasília being one of the venue cities, and the Summer Olympics in 2016 which were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:

  • Enlargement of apron and taxiways (BRL 34.5 million). Completed in April 2013
  • Renovation of the existing passenger terminal (BRL 22.5 million). Completed in November 2015
  • Enlargement of the passenger terminal (BRL 439 million). Completed in April 2015
  • Parking (BRL 18 million). Completed in April 2014

Responding to critiques to the situation of its airports, on May 18, 2011, Infraero released a list evaluating some of its most important airports according to its saturation levels. According to the list, Brasília was considered to be critically saturated, operating above 85% of its capacity.[14]

Following a decision made on 26 April 2011 by the Federal Government for private companies being granted concessions to operate some Infraero airports,[15] on 6 February 2012, the administration of the airport was granted for 25 years to the Consortium Inframérica, formed by the Brazilian Engineering Group Engevix (50 %) and the Argentinean Group Corporación América (50 %).[16] Infraero, the state-run organization, retains 49% of the shares of the company incorporated for the administration.[17][18]

Between 2012 and 2014, the consortium INFRAMERICA invested R$ 1.2 billion:[19] remodeling the terminal, increasing the number of jetways from 13 to 29 and 40 to 70 airplane positions. In April 2014, the South Concourse, which serves domestic flights, was opened. Until April 2014, the terminal was capable of handling 9 million passengers per year, but actually handled around 14 million. With numbers constantly increasing until 2015, with a decline afterwards.

For 2016 until 2022, there were planned investments for the international area, new parking construction, four new hotels in the vicinity, a new business area and other facilities, like a Shopping Mall, but none was realized until middle 2022.[20]

The Brazilian Integrated Air Traffic Control and Air Defense Center section 1 (Cindacta I) is located in the vicinity of the airport.[21]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Passenger[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires–Aeroparque
Azul Brazilian Airlines Belém, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Campinas, Cuiabá, Recife, São Paulo–Congonhas
Seasonal: Maceió, Natal, Salvador da Bahia
Copa Airlines Panama City–Tocumen
Gol Transportes Aéreos Aracaju, Belém, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Boa Vista, Campinas, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Goiânia, João Pessoa, Juazeiro do Norte, Maceió, Manaus, Marabá, Miami, Natal, Orlando, Palmas, Porto Alegre, Porto Velho, Recife, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Rio de Janeiro–Santos Dumont, Salvador da Bahia, São Luís, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Teresina, Vitória
Seasonal: Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Jericoacoara, Porto Seguro
LATAM Brasil Aracaju, Belém, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Boa Vista, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Goiânia, Imperatriz, João Pessoa, Macapá, Maceió, Manaus, Marabá, Natal, Palmas, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Porto Velho, Recife, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Rio de Janeiro–Santos Dumont, Salvador da Bahia, Santarém, Santiago de Chile (resumes 1 June 2024),[22] São Luís, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Sinop, Teresina, Vitória
Seasonal: Navegantes, Uberlândia
LATAM Perú Lima
Sky Airline Seasonal: Santiago de Chile (begins 16 June 2024)[23]
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Voepass Linhas Aéreas Araguaína, Barreiras, Ribeirão Preto
Seasonal charter: Ilhéus, Porto Seguro

Cargo[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
LATAM Cargo Brasil Manaus, São Paulo-Guarulhos
Modern Logistics Campinas, Manaus, Recife

Statistics[edit]

Annual Passenger Traffic
Passengers Aircraft Movements Cargo (tons) Mail (kg)
Year Domestic International Total Domestic International Total Domestic International Total Total
2023 14,303,933 556,947 14,860,880 136,283 4,038 140,321 49,390 9,887
2022 13,064,730 407,067 13,471,797 123,588 2,844 126,432 45,064 9,177
2021 10,408,651 90,446 10,499,097 102,897 42,203 13,479
2020 7,678,383 169,914 7,906,696 79,415 25,167 4,126
2019 16,109,562 617,615 16,727,177 138,976 4,796 143,772 66,777 4,558 71,335 5,600
2018 17,335,008 520,075 17,855,163 150,251 3,546 153,796 48,743 5,336 54,079 1,635
2017 16,447,183 465,497 16,912,680 145,259 3,360 148,619 43,800 5,236 49,036 6,344
2016 17,328,213 618,940 17,947,153 156,685 4,482 161,167 39,481 4,461 44,398 24,995
2015 19,110,040 711,756 19,821,796 180,972 5,405 186,377 41,158 5,179 46,337 12,560
2014 17,516,090 630,315 18,146,405 178,658 5,216 183,874 43,065 4,715 47,780 9,291
2013 15,967,191 522,796 16,489,987 175,280 4,376 179,656 46,213 5,773 51,986 15,644
2012 15,480,033 411,497 15,891,530 183,361 5,167 188,528
2011 15,015,205 383,532 15,398,737 185,676 3,894 189,570
2010 14,145,379 201,682 14,347,061 174,327 1,999 176,326
2009 12,056,634 157,191 12,213,825 160,595 1,754 160,349
2008 10,273,998 169,395 10,443,393 139,060 2,417 141,477
2007 11,047,041 72,831 11,119,872 125,706 1,147 126,853
2006 9,666,701 33,210 9,699,911 125,545 882 126,427

Busiest international routes[edit]

Rank[24] City Passengers 2019 Passengers 2020 airlines
1 United States Miami, USA 164.744 35.561 Gol Linhas Aéreas
2 Portugal Lisbon, Portugal 133.952 37.648 TAP Portugal
3 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina 108.757 18.491 Gol Linhas Aéreas
4 United States Orlando, USA 99.117 21.260 Gol Linhas Aéreas
5 Panama Panama City, Panama 96.183 22.778 Copa
6 MexicoCancún, Mexico 20.565 10.138 Gol Linhas Aéreas
7 Dominican RepublicPunta Cana, Dominican Republic 9.452 LATAM Chile
8 ChileSantiago, Chile 7.982 8.930 LATAM
9 PeruLima, Peru 5.557 7.194 LATAM Peru

Busiest domestic routes (2019)[edit]

Rank[24] Airport Passengers City State
1 Congonhas Airport 2.065.854 São Paulo  São Paulo
2 Guarulhos – Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport 1.349.650 São Paulo  São Paulo
3 Santos Dumont Airport 1.106.342 Rio de Janeiro  Rio de Janeiro
4 Confins – Tancredo Neves International Airport 927.263 Belo Horizonte  Minas Gerais
5 Viracopos International Airport 787.064 Campinas  São Paulo
6 Galeão – Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport 732.718 Rio de Janeiro  Rio de Janeiro
7 Pinto Martins International Airport 718.193 Fortaleza  Ceará
8 Guararapes – Gilberto Freyre International Airport 614.853 Recife  Pernambuco
9 Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport 614.439 Salvador  Bahia
10 Salgado Filho International Airport 583.571 Porto Alegre  Rio Grande do Sul
11 Eduardo Gomes International Airport 538.448 Manaus  Amazonas
12 Val de Cães International Airport 465.283 Belém  Pará
13 Marechal Rondon International Airport 436.000 Cuiabá  Mato Grosso
14 Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport 431.845 Maceió  Alagoas
15 Afonso Pena International Airport 415.680 Curitiba  Paraná

Accidents and incidents[edit]

  • 22 December 1962: a Varig Convair CV-240-2 registration PP-VCQ flying from Belo Horizonte-Pampulha to Brasília descended below the prescribed altitude while on final approach to Brasília, struck trees, skidded and fell to one side. One crew member died.[25]
  • 25 April 1970: a VASP Boeing 737-2A1 in route from Brasília to Manaus-Ponta Pelada was hijacked by a person who demanded to be flown to Cuba. The hijack lasted a day.[26]
  • 14 May 1970: a VASP Boeing 737-2A1 in route from Brasília to Manaus-Ponta Pelada was hijacked by a person who demanded to be flown to Cuba. Duration was one day.[27]
  • 22 February 1975: a VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMU in route from Goiânia to Brasília was hijacked by a person who demanded ransom. The hijacker was taken down.[28]
  • 25 May 1982: a VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMY made a hard landing with nose gear first at Brasília during rainy weather. The gear collapsed and the aircraft skidded off the runway breaking in two. Two passengers out of 118 occupants died.[29]
  • 18 March 1991: an Air Conesul Táxi Aéreo Learjet 25 crashed during a nighttime approach 8km (5mls) from the airport. All four occupants were killed.[30]

Access[edit]

The airport is located 11 km (7 mi) from downtown Brasília, in the administrative region of Lago Sul. Regular buses, numbers 102 and 102.1, are frequent and link the airport to the main bus terminal at Rodoviária, from where travelers can catch buses or the subway to other parts of the city. The airport is also served by taxis.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  22. ^ "Após SKY programar voos entre Brasília e Santiago, LATAM também anuncia volta das operações na rota". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
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  26. ^ "Incident description Vasp April 25, 1970". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  27. ^ "Incident description Vasp May 14, 1970". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  28. ^ "Incident description PP-SMU". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  29. ^ "Accident description PP-SMY". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  30. ^ "Accident description PT-LLL". Aviation Safety Network. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.

External links[edit]

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