Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport

Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (IATA: PVH, ICAO: SBPV) also called Belmonte Airport referring to the neighborhood where it is located, is the airport serving Porto Velho, Brazil. Since 3 July 2002, the airport has been named after Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira (1922-1987), the first Governor of the State of Rondônia.[4]

Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte)

Aeroporto Internacional de Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira (Belmonte)
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
OperatorInfraero
ServesPorto Velho
Elevation AMSL88 m / 289 ft
Coordinates08°42′49″S 063°54′10″W
Websitewww4.infraero.gov.br/aeroportos/aeroporto-internacional-de-porto-velho-gov-jorge-teixeira-de-oliveira/
Map
PVH
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers753,305 9.0%
Aircraft operations13,973 26.7%
Metric tonnes of cargo3,360 1.7%
Statistics: Infraero[1]
Sources: Airport website,[2] ANAC[3]

The airport is operated by Infraero.

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

History

The airport was opened on 16 April 1969 as a replacement for Caiari Airport, which was then closed. The airport has been operated by Infraero since 1979 and in 2002 it was granted international status.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Campinas, Cuiabá, Manaus
Gol Transportes Aéreos Brasília, Manaus
LATAM Brasil Brasília, São Paulo–Guarulhos

Access

The airport is located 7 km (4 mi) from downtown Porto Velho.

See also

References
  1. "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 20 February 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. "Aeroporto Internacional Gov. Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  3. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. "Lei n˚10.481, de 3 de julho de 2002" (in Portuguese). Lei Direto. 3 July 2002. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
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