Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport information

João Pessoa–Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport

*Aeroporto Internacional de João Pessoa–Presidente Castro Pinto*
João Pessoa–Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport; Aeroporto Internacional de João Pessoa–Presidente Castro Pinto
	IATA: JPA; ICAO: SBJP; LID: PB0001;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Infraero (1979–2019); AENA (2019–present);
Serves	João Pessoa
Location	Santa Rita, Brazil
Opened	20 August 1957
Time zone	BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	66 m / 217 ft
Coordinates	07°08′54″S 034°57′01″W / 7.14833°S 34.95028°W
Website	www.aenabrasil.com.br/pt/aeroportos/aeroporto-internacional-de-joao-pessoa-presidente-castro-pinto/index.html
Map
	JPA Location in Brazil
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Passengers
Passengers	1,431,433 16%
Aircraft Operations	13,302 12%
Metric tonnes of cargo	2,818 3%
	Statistics: AENA; Sources: Airport Website, ANAC, DECEA

João Pessoa–Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport (IATA: JPA, ICAO: SBJP) is the airport serving João Pessoa, Brazil located in the adjoining municipality of Santa Rita.^[5] 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.^[6]

It is operated by AENA.

^ "Estatísticas". Aena Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ "Aeroporto Internacional de João Pessoa-Presidente Castro Pinto". AENA Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 May 2022.
^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "PRESIDENTE CASTRO PINTO (SBJP)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ "Aeroporto Castro Pinto volta a pertencer ao município de Santa Rita, na PB, decide STF". G1 (in Portuguese). 11 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
^ "Lei nº 3.795, de 2 de agosto de 1960". Presidência da República (in Portuguese). 2 August 1960. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[Estatísticas-1] "Estatísticas". Aena Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[2] "Aeroporto Internacional de João Pessoa-Presidente Castro Pinto". AENA Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 May 2022.

[3] "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[4] "PRESIDENTE CASTRO PINTO (SBJP)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 August 2023.

[G1-5] "Aeroporto Castro Pinto volta a pertencer ao município de Santa Rita, na PB, decide STF". G1 (in Portuguese). 11 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

[6] "Lei nº 3.795, de 2 de agosto de 1960". Presidência da República (in Portuguese). 2 August 1960. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

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