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]
Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
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Serves | Palmas | ||||||||||
Opened | 5 October 2001 | ||||||||||
Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 236 m / 774 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 10°17′24″S 048°21′28″W / 10.29000°S 48.35778°W | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
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It is operated by CCR.
The airport was commissioned on October 5, 2001. It has an area of 23,739,952.00 m2 which is enough to future expansions. The terminal has 12,300 m2 and a capacity for 2 100,000 passengers/year.
Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021 CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[6]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Azul Brazilian Airlines | Belo Horizonte–Confins, Campinas, Goiânia |
Gol Transportes Aéreos | Brasília, São Paulo–Guarulhos Seasonal: Goiânia, Salvador da Bahia |
LATAM Brasil | Brasília, São Paulo–Guarulhos |
The airport is located 20 km (12 mi) from downtown Palmas.