João Pessoa–Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport is the international airport serving João Pessoa, located in the municipality of Santa Rita, in the state of Paraíba in Brazil. Since August 2, 1960 the airport is named after João Pereira de Castro Pinto (1863-1944), a lawyer, writer and President of the State of Paraíba (at the time State Governors had the title of President) from 1912 to 1915.
It is operated by AENA.
History The airport was officially opened on August 20, 1957. Between February 1, 1979 and March 14, 2019 it was administrated by Infraero.
Between 1980 and 1981 Infraero conducted major renovations and enlargements of the runway, taxiways and apron and in 1983 a cargo terminal was opened. In 1985 the new passenger terminal was opened and in 1995 it underwent renovations and enlargements.
Previously operated by Infraero, on March 15, 2019 AENA won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
Following are the numbers of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to Infraero (2007–2019) and AENA (2020–2025) reports:
Year Passengers Aircraft Cargo (t) 2025 1,890,382 18% 16,554 6% 7,460 103% 2024 1,605,805 12% 15,584 17% 3,673 30% 2023 1,431,433 16% 13,302 12% 2,819 3% 2022 1,231,689 19% 11,897 2% 2,897 8% 2021 1,032,908 36% 11,636 40% 2,683 38% 2020 756,992 43% 8,332 35% 1,944 59% 2019 1,336,872 6% 12,797 11 4,695 7% 2018 1,414,896 2% 14,363 7% 4,378 73% 2017 1,387,496 2% 13,373 3% 2,534 14% 2016 1,418,380 3% 13,855 5% 2,930 3% 2015 1,463,315 10% 14,635 10% 3,014 17% 2014 1,327,284 8% 13,292 5% 2,571 16% 2013 1,230,230 2% 12,623 2% 3,044 25% 2012 1,252,559 10% 12,883 3% 4,033 29% 2011 1,142,183 23% 13,332 24% 3,115 29% 2010 926,043 55% 10,743 37% 2,412 25% 2009 598,015 33% 7,831 8% 1,924 1% 2008 448,444 10% 7,277 9% 1,950 19% 2007 500,547 7,976 1,645
Access The airport is located from downtown João Pessoa.
See also
List of airports in Brazil
References
External links
Accident history for JPA at Aviation Safety Network