Salgado Filho International Airport

Salgado Filho International Airport Aeroporto Internacional Salgado Filho
Salgado Filho International Airport
IATA: POA – ICAO: SBPA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Infreaero
Location		Porto Alegre
Elevation AMSL		11 ft / 3 m
Coordinates		29°59′40″S 51°10′17″W / -29.99444, -51.17139
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
11/29	7,481	2,280	Asphalt

Salgado Filho International Airport (IATA: POA, ICAO: SBPA) is the airport in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

The passenger terminals are 37,600 m² and have 32 check-in counters. The airport is 6 km from downtown.

Salgado Filho International Airport is the first airport in Latin America with a movie theatre and a shopping mall.

In 2007, the airport handled 4,444,748 passengers and 68,827 aircraft movements^[1], placing it 6th busiest Brazilian airport in terms of passengers.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

ABSA - Aerolinhas Brasileiras (cargo)
Aerolíneas Argentinas (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cordoba, Montevideo)
Gol Transportes Aéreos (Montevideo, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Córdoba, Rosário, Rio De Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Salvador, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Manaus, Brasília, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Palmas, Ilhéus, Goiânia, Belém, Campinas)
LAN Cargo (cargo)
NHT Linhas Aéreas (Passo Fundo, Caxias do Sul, Navegantes, Curitiba, Santa Maria, Santa Rosa, Horizontina, Rio Grande, Pelotas, Rivera, Uruguaiana, Bagé)
OceanAir (São Paulo-Guarulhos, São Paulo-Congonhas, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Curitiba, Campinas)
PLUNA (Montevideo)
TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas) (Brasília, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Campinas, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos)
TRIP Linhas Aereas (Cascavel, Londrina)
Varig (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, São Paulo-Congonhas, Rio De Janeiro-Galeão, Florianópolis, Brasília, Salvador, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaus, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Belo Horizonte-Confins)
Varig Logística (cargo)
WebJet Linhas Aéreas (Rio De Janeiro-Galeão, Curitiba, Salvador)

July 17, 2007: TAM Airlines Flight 3054 flew from Salgado Filho to Congonhas Airport and crashed while attempting to land. All of the 187 passengers and crew members died.