Palmas Airport
Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues International Airport is the airport serving Palmas, Brazil. The airport is named after Brigadier Lysias Augusto Rodrigues, one of the founding figures of the Brazilian Air Force and crucial to the integration of Tocantins to Brazil via the passenger air services of the Brazilian Air Force.
It is operated by CCR.
History
The airport was built as a replacement for the provisory Palmas Airport.It was commissioned on October 5, 2001. It has an area of 23,739,952.00 m2 which is enough to future expansions. The terminal has 12,300 m2 and a capacity for 2 100,000 passengers/year.
Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021 CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.
Statistics
Following is the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to Infraero and CCR reports:| Year | Passenger | Aircraft | Cargo |
| 2024 | 656,040 4% | 9,497 14% | |
| 2023 | 682,238 | 11,104 | 1,554 |
| 2022 | 516,414 | 9,389 | 1,307 |
| 2021 | 444,719 69% | 9,320 35% | 1,631 52% |
| 2020 | 263,819 55% | 6,927 38% | 1,076 64% |
| 2019 | 588,198 13% | 11,144 14% | 2,979 3% |
| 2018 | 675,971 3% | 12,914 2% | 2,887 28% |
| 2017 | 654,397 6% | 12,631 3% | 2,260 19% |
| 2016 | 617,703 4% | 12,219 18% | 1,899 9% |
| 2015 | 644,199 14% | 14,916 13% | 2,097 1% |
| 2014 | 634,128 10% | 17,242 10% | 2,127 7% |
| 2013 | 576,633 | 19,172 5% | 2,295 26% |
| 2012 | 579,395 15% | 18,266 4% | 3,102 27% |
| 2011 | 503,408 29% | 17,534 2% | 4,225 27% |
| 2010 | 389,217 30% | 17,161 48% | 3,331 20% |
| 2009 | 298,484 15% | 11,603 4% | 2,775 10% |
| 2008 | 259,362 11% | 12,104 19% | 2,526 24% |
| 2007 | 232,885 | 10,192 | 2,043 |
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