Comte. Ariston Pessoa Regional Airport

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Comte. Ariston Pessoa Regional Airport

Aeroporto Regional Comte. Ariston Pessoa
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator
  • Socicam (?–2023)
  • Infraero (2023–2025)
  • Dix Empreendimentos (2025-present)
Serves Jijoca de Jericoacoara
Location Cruz, Brazil
Opened24 June 2017 (2017-06-24)
Time zone BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation  AMSL 27 m / 89 ft
Coordinates 02°54′24″S040°21′29″W / 2.90667°S 40.35806°W / -2.90667; -40.35806
Website www4.infraero.gov.br/aeroporto-jericoacoara/
Map
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JJD
Location in Brazil
Comte. Ariston Pessoa Regional Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
08/262,2007,218Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers221,818
Aircraft Operations2,935
Metric tonnes of cargo355
Statistics: Infraero [1]
Sources: Airport Website, [2] ANAC, [3] DECEA [4]

Comte. Ariston Pessoa Regional Airport( IATA : JJD, ICAO : SBJE), is the airport serving Jijoca de Jericoacoara, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of Cruz.

Contents

It is managed under contract by Dix Empreendimentos.

History

The airport was commissioned on June 24, 2017. [5] [6]

Previously operated by Socicam, on August 23, 2023 the State of Ceará signed a contract of operation with Infraero. [7] However, on April 15, 2025 a new one-year contract was signed with Dix Empreendimentos. [8]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Seasonal: Belo Horizonte–Confins (begins 13 December 2025) [9]
Gol Linhas Aéreas São Paulo–Guarulhos
Seasonal: Brasília [ citation needed ]
LATAM Brasil São Paulo–Guarulhos

Access

The airport is located 31 km (19 mi) from Jericoacoara and 23 km (14 mi) from downtown Cruz.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 13 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Aeroporto Regional de Jericoacoara". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Comandante Ariston Pessoa (SBJE)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Aeroporto de Jericoacoara, no litoral oeste cearense, receberá voo comercial vindo de Recife" (in Portuguese). 3 July 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Portaria n. 2.350/SIA, de 12 de julho de 2017" (PDF). ANAC (in Portuguese). 12 July 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Infraero fecha acordo para fazer a gestão de 10 aeroportos do Ceará". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 23 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Definida quem será a nova administradora dos Aeroportos de Jericoacoara e Canoa Quebrada, no Ceará". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 23 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Azul terá 3.600 voos extras no verão com foco em Congonhas". Aeromagazine (in Portuguese). 4 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
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