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São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport

Aeroporto Internacional de São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorInframérica
ServesNatal
LocationSão Gonçalo do Amarante, Brazil
OpenedMay 31, 2014 (2014-05-31)
WebsiteInframérica Natal
Map
NAT is located in Brazil
NAT
NAT
Location in Brazil
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,000 9,842 Asphalt
Sources: Airport Website,[1] ANAC[2]

Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport (IATA: NAT, ICAO: SBSG) is an airport in São Gonçalo do Amarante, Brazil. It serves Natal and its metropolitan area.[3]

The airport is administrated by Consortium Inframérica. It is the first airport in Brazil operated by a private sector company.[4]

History

Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport, is a new airport complex in São Gonçalo do Amarante near Natal, Brazil,[5] built to replace Augusto Severo International Airport. Planning for the airport started in 2007 envisioning concepts of an intermodal airport, focusing both on passenger and cargo transportation.[6] The complex is expected to have the highest aircraft traffic in the Northeast.[7]

On May 12, 2011, the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC) released a document opening the concession of the airport to private entrepreneurs.[8] The auction to choose the winner took place on August 22, 2011.[9] The winner was an Inframérica Consortium, formed by the Brazilian Engineering Group Engevix (50%) and the Argentinean Group Corporación América (50%).[10][11]

After the signature of the contract of concession, works of the passenger and cargo terminals started. Inframérica Consortium had 3 years to build the terminals and is authorized to commercially explore the facility for 25 years (with one possible 5-year extension). Differently from other Infraero airports in process of privatization, in which Infraero retains 49% of the shares, in the case of Natal Consórcio Inframérica got 100% of the shares.

On February 6, 2012 Consortium Inframérica also won the concession of Brasília–Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport.[12] The airport was opened for operations on May 31, 2014, when airlines moved their domestic operations to this facility. International operations were moved a few days later.[13]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Avianca Brazil Brasília, São Paulo-Guarulhos
Azul Brazilian Airlines Aracaju, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Campinas, Fernando de Noronha, Maceió, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Congonhas (begins 27 March 2016)
Gol Airlines Brasília, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Congonhas (begins 1 May 2016), São Paulo-Guarulhos
Meridiana Milan–Malpensa
TACV Sal1
TAM Airlines Brasília, Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Guarulhos
TAP PortugalLisbon

Note:

  • ^1 TACV's flight from Natal to Sal makes a stop in Recife. However, the airline does not have traffic rights to transport passengers solely between Natal and Recife.

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Lufthansa Cargo Dakar, Frankfurt

Statistics

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes from NAT (2015)[14]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 São Paulo-Guarulhos, SP 386,172 Avianca Brazil, Azul Brazilian Airlines, GOL Airlines, TAM Airlines
2 Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, RJ 267,445 Azul Brazilian Airlines, GOL Airlines, TAM Airlines
3 Brasília, DF 241,188 Avianca Brazil, Azul Brazilian Airlines, GOL Airlines, TAM Airlines
4 Fortaleza, CE 101,765 Azul Brazilian Airlines, GOL Airlines, TAM Airlines
5 Recife, PE 73,740 Azul Brazilian Airlines, GOL Airlines
6 Campinas, SP 61,126 Azul Brazilian Airlines, GOL Airlines, TAM Airlines
7 Salvador, BA 47,141 Azul Brazilian Airlines, GOL Airlines
8 Belo Horizonte-Confins, MG 35,901 Azul Brazilian Airlines, GOL Airlines, TAM Airlines
9 Fernando de Noronha, PE 15,466 Azul Brazilian Airlines
10 Belém, PA 8,105 Azul Brazilian Airlines, GOL Airlines
Busiest international routes from NAT (2015)[15]
Rank Airport Passengers Carriers
1 Lisbon, Portugal 31,556 TAP Portugal, Hi Fly
2 Milan-Malpensa, Italy 2,957 Meridiana
3 Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Argentina 2,288 GOL Airlines
4 Sal, Cape Verde 187 TACV

Access

The airport is located 25 km (16 mi) from downtown Natal.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Airport Official Website" (in Portuguese). Inframérica.
  2. ^ "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC.
  3. ^ "Lei n 12.920 de 24 de dezembro de 2013" (in Portuguese). Presidência da República. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Primeiro aeroporto privado está em Natal" (in Portuguese). Estadão. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Nelson Tavares diz que aeroporto de São Gonçalo fica pronto até 2014" (in Portuguese). Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  6. ^ Larissa, Karla (July 15, 2007). "ZPE: desenvolvimento econômico do agronegócio a alta tecnologia" (in Portuguese). Nominuto.com. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  7. ^ "Estudo de viablidade do aeroporto será concluído em 6 meses" (in Portuguese). Nominuto.com. January 12, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  8. ^ "Regulatory Model: Concession of São Gonçalo do Amarante International Airport" (PDF). ANAC. June 7, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  9. ^ "Comissão de licitação: Comunicado n. 20/2011" (PDF) (in Portuguese). ANAC. July 7, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  10. ^ Guimarães, Ligia (August 22, 2011). "Consórcio Inframérica vence leilão de aeroporto São Gonçalo do Amarante" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  11. ^ Pupo, Fábio (August 23, 2011). "Engevix leva aeroporto e já olha novos terminais" (in Portuguese). ValorOnline. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
  12. ^ Rittner, Daniel (February 7, 2012). "Cumbica, Viracopos e Brasília são privatizados" (in Portuguese). Valor Econômico. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  13. ^ "Veja fotos do aeroporto de São Gonçalo do Amarante" (in Portuguese). Panrotas. June 4, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  14. ^ http://www2.anac.gov.br/Estatistica/DadosEstatisticos/dadosestatisticos.asp
  15. ^ http://www2.anac.gov.br/Estatistica/DadosEstatisticos/dadosestatisticos.asp
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