Campina Grande Airport

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.

Presidente João Suassuna Airport

Aeroporto Presidente João Suassuna
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAENA
ServesCampina Grande
Time zoneTime in Brazil (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL502 m / 1,646 ft
Coordinates07°16′09″S 035°53′42″W
Websitewww.aenabrasil.com.br/pt/aeroportos/aeroporto-de-campina-grande-presidente-joao-suassuna/index.html
Map
CPV
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 1,600 5,249 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers140,808 16%
Aircraft Operations2,687 22%
Metric tonnes of cargo403 13%
Statistics: Infraero[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC[3]

It is operated by AENA.

History

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

Infraero became the operator of the airport in 1980. In 1984 and 1998 it made existensive renovation works, which included a new terminal capable of handling 250,000 passengers/year, and the renovation of the apron and runway. In 2003 it was re-inaugurated.

Previously operated by Infraero, on March 15, 2019 AENA won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[4]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Recife
Gol Transportes Aéreos São Paulo–Guarulhos

Accidents and incidents
  • 5 September 1958: a Lóide Aéreo Nacional Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando registration PP-LDX operating flight 652 from Recife crashed during approach to Campina Grande. Of a total of 18 people aboard, 2 crew members and 11 passengers died.[5][6]

Access

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

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See also

References
  1. "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 20 February 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. "Aeroporto de Campina Grande-Pres. João Suassuna". AENA Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  4. "Governo obtém R$ 2,377 bilhões em concessão de aeroportos em blocos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 15 March 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  5. "Accident description PP-LDX". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  6. 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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