Júlio Belém Airport is the airport serving
Parintins
Parintins is a municipality in the far east of the Amazonas state of Brazil. It is part of a microregion also named Parintins. The population for the entire municipality was 115,363 (IBGE 2020) and its area is 5,952 km2. The city is located ...
,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. It is named after Júlio Furtado Belém (1911–1971), a local politician and member of the Amazonas State Assembly.
It is operated by the municipality of Parintins.
History
The airport was inaugurated in the 1980s as a replacement to an older facility located closer to the city center.
Every June, during the
Parintins Folklore Festival
Parintins Folklore Festival (''Festival Folclórico de Parintins''), or often also called ''Festival do Boi-Bumbá'', Bumba Meu Boi, or simply ''Festival'', is a popular annual celebration during three days in late June held in the Brazilian city ...
, its traffic is greatly increased by charter and extra flights.
Airlines and destinations
Access
The airport is located from downtown Parintins.
See also
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List of airports in Brazil
This is a list of airports in Brazil, sorted by location.
The National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil lists on March 10, 2022, 491 public and 2,677 private aerodromes in Brazil.
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Airports
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References
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Airports in Amazonas (Brazilian state)