Greater Natal International Airport

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 serving Natal and its metropolitan area.[4]

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)
Coordinates05°46′05″S 035°22′34″W
Websitewww.natal.aero/br/
Map
NAT
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,000 9,842 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers2,330,725 4.1%
Aircraft Operations17,854 5.1%
Metric tonnes of cargo12,981 15.8%
Statistics: Inframérica[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC[3]

The airport is administrated by Consortium Inframérica.

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] The airport is the first airport in Brazil operated by a private sector company.[14]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Belo Horizonte–Confins (resumes 4 July 2020), Campinas (resumes 2 July 2020), Fernando de Noronha (resumes 1 July 2020), Recife
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam
Gol Transportes Aéreos Brasília (resumes 1 July 2020), João Pessoa, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Salvador da Bahia (resumes 1 July 2020), São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM Brasil Brasília (resumes 1 August 2020), Fortaleza (resumes 1 August 2020), Rio de Janeiro–Galeão (resumes 1 August 2020), São Paulo–Guarulhos
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon (resumes 1 September 2020)
Voepass Fortaleza (resumes 1 August 2020)

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Lufthansa Cargo Dakar–Diass, Frankfurt

Statistics
Busiest domestic routes from NAT (2019)[15]
Rank City Passengers Change 2018/2019 Carriers
1 São Paulo-Guarulhos, SP 441,319 04.30% Avianca Brazil, Azul Brazilian Airlines, GOL Airlines, LATAM Brazil
2 Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, RJ 183,112 010.71% GOL Airlines, LATAM Brazil
3 Brasília, DF 146,829 018.53% Avianca Brazil, GOL Airlines, LATAM Brazil
4 Fortaleza, CE 132,835 016.69% GOL Airlines, LATAM Brazil
5 Recife, PE 87,017 05.71% Azul Brazilian Airlines
6 Salvador, BA 40,572 04.35% GOL Airlines
7 Belo Horizonte-Confins, MG 29,385 017.80% Azul Brazilian Airlines, GOL Airlines
8 Campinas, SP 23,822 04.93% Azul Brazilian Airlines, GOL Airlines
9 São Paulo-Congonhas, SP 9,135 063.25% GOL Airlines
10 Fernando de Noronha, PE 5,269 00.35% Azul Brazilian Airlines
Busiest international routes from NAT (2019)[15]
Rank Airport Passengers Change 2018/2019 Carriers
1 Lisbon, Portugal 35,253 06.10% TAP Portugal, Hi Fly
2 Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Argentina 6,959 021.05% GOL Airlines
3 Amsterdam, Países Baixos 1,248 - Corendon Dutch Airlines

Access

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

See also

References
  1. "Estatísticas". Inframérica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. "Aeroporto de Natal". Inframérica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. "Lista de aeródromos públicos". ANAC (in Portuguese).
  4. "Lei n 12.920 de 24 de dezembro de 2013" (in Portuguese). Presidência da República. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 13 June 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. "Primeiro aeroporto privado está em Natal" (in Portuguese). Estadão. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  15. "Dados Estatísticos".
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