Lauro Kurtz Airport

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Lauro Kurtz Airport

Aeroporto Lauro Kurtz
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Terminal landside view in 2023
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator
Serves Passo Fundo
Time zone BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation  AMSL 725 m / 2,380 ft
Coordinates 28°14′39″S052°19′42″W / 28.24417°S 52.32833°W / -28.24417; -52.32833
Website www4.infraero.gov.br/aeroporto-passo-fundo/
Map
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PFB
Location in Brazil
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PFB
PFB (Brazil)
Lauro Kurtz Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
09/271,6805,512 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers284,551 Increase2.svg 18%
Aircraft Operations5,187 Increase2.svg 4%
Metric tonnes of cargo519 Increase2.svg 483%
Statistics: Infraero [1]
Sources: Airport Website, [2] ANAC, [3] DECEA [4]

Lauro Kurtz Airport( IATA : PFB, ICAO : SBPF) is the airport serving Passo Fundo, Brazil. Since June 5, 1959 it is named after Lauro Ignacio Kurtz (1917-1949), sometimes also written Kortz, a pilot of the airline SAVAG, killed on an air-crash in 1949. [5]

Contents

It is managed by contract by Infraero.

History

The airport was renovated in 2007. In January 2021 the airport was closed for the renovation of the runway and construction of a new terminal. It was re-opened on April 8, 2022. [6]

On April 4, 2022, the State of Rio Grande do Sul signed a contract of operation with Infraero. [7] Previously the airport was operated by DAP.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Campinas
Gol Linhas Aéreas São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM Brasil São Paulo–Guarulhos

Accidents and incidents

Access

The airport is located 13 km (8 mi) from downtown Passo Fundo.

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References

  1. ↑ "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 13 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Aeroporto Passo Fundo-Lauro Kurtz". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "LAURO KURTZ (SBPF)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Lei n˚ 3.559, de 5 de junho de 1959". Presidência da República (in Portuguese). 5 June 1959. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Ranolfo participa da entrega". Gov RS (in Portuguese). 8 April 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Gestão do Aeroporto de Passo Fundo, no Rio Grande do Sul, passa para a Infraero". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 4 April 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Accident description PP-VBV". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  9. ↑ Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Circulando na cerração". 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. 239–242. ISBN   978-85-7430-760-2.
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