| Dr. Leite Lopes State Airport Aeroporto Estadual Dr. Leite Lopes |
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| IATA: RAO – ICAO: SBRP | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | DAESP | ||
| Serves | Ribeirão Preto | ||
| Hub for | Passaredo Linhas Aéreas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 549 m / 1,802 ft | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 18/36 | 2,100 | 6,890 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 677,768 | ||
| Aircraft Operations | 43,691 | ||
| Metric tonnes of cargo | 597 | ||
| Statistics: DAESP [1] Sources: Airport Website[2] |
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Dr. Leite Lopes State Airport (IATA: RAO, ICAO: SBRP) is the airport serving Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
It is operated by DAESP.
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Dr. Leite Lopes State Airport was opened on April 2, 1939 and soon after, in 1940, the runway was extended for the first time.
In 1996 the whole airport complex received its major major renovation in which the runway and adjoining taxiway were extended from 1,800m to 2,100m and a new larger apron was built.
In 2006 the width of the runway was enlarged to 45m and finally in July 2010 the renovation and enlargement of the terminal building was completed.[3]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Azul Brazilian Airlines | Campinas-Viracopos |
| Passaredo Linhas Aéreas | Alta Floresta, Barreiras, Belo Horizonte-Pampulha, Brasília, Cuiabá, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Goiânia, Ji-Paraná, Londrina, Palmas, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rondonópolis, Salvador da Bahia, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Sinop, Uberlândia |
| TAM Airlines | São Paulo-Guarulhos |
| TAM Airlines operated by Pantanal Linhas Aéreas | São Paulo-Congonhas |
| TRIP Linhas Aéreas | Belo Horizonte-Confins |
| Webjet | Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasília, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Navegantes, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo-Guarulhos |
The airport is located 18 km (11 mi) from downtown Ribeirão Preto.
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