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Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (IATA: GIG, ICAO: SBGL), popularly known by its original name Galeão International Airport, is the main international airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The airport was originally named after the neighborhood of Galeão: [5] Praia do Galeão (Galleon Beach) is located in ...
Map of Brazil. This is a list of airports in Brazil. On April 12, 2024, the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil [1] listed 493 public and 4,789 private certified aerodromes, and 511 helidecks and helipads that were open to the public in Brazil. [2] [3] [4] [5]
The yacare caiman (Caiman yacare), also known commonly as the jacare caiman, Paraguayan caiman, piranha caiman, red caiman, [5] and southern spectacled caiman, [6] is a species of caiman, a crocodilian in the family Alligatoridae. The species is endemic to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.
Guasdualito Airport (Vare Maria Airport) Guasdualito, Venezuela: UTC−04:00: GDP: SNGD: Guadalupe Airport: Guadalupe, Piauí, Brazil: UTC−03:00: GDQ: HAGN: Gondar Airport (Atse Tewodros Airport) Gondar, Ethiopia: UTC+03:00: GDT: MBGT: JAGS McCartney International Airport (Grand Turk Int'l) Grand Turk Island, British Overseas Territory of ...
The following is a list of the busiest airports in Brazil by aircraft movements (how busy the runways are) and passengers traffic (how busy the terminals are). For each airport, the lists cite the principal city associated with the airport, not (necessarily) the municipality where the airport is physically located.
Galeão Air Force Base – ALA11 (IATA: GIG, ICAO: SBGL) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is named after nearby Praia do Galeão (Galleon Beach), where in 1663 the galleon Padre Eterno was built. It shares some facilities with Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport.
The airport is the busiest in Brazil in terms of transported passengers, aircraft operations, and cargo handled, placing it as the second busiest airport in Latin America by passenger traffic (41.307.915 in 2023) [8] after Mexico City International Airport, making it one of the fifty busiest on the planet.
On March 10, 2021, it was announced that the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil had approved a new concession process for the airport, as per request from Consortium Inframérica made on March 5, 2020. [16] On May 19, 2023, Zurich Airport Brasil won a 30-year concession to operate the airport. [17]