Presidente João Figueiredo Airport is the airport serving
Sinop Sinop can refer to:
* Sinop, Turkey, a city on the Black Sea
** Sinop Nuclear Power Plant, was planned in 2013, but cancelled in 2018
** Battle of Sinop, 1853 naval battle in the Sinop port
*** Russian ship ''Sinop'', Russian ships named after the ...
,
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
João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo
João is the Portuguese language, Portuguese equivalent of the given name John (given name), John. The diminutive is Joãozinho (disambiguation), Joãozinho and the Feminine (grammar), feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking c ...
, the 30th
President of Brazil
The president of Brazil ( pt, Presidente do Brasil), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil ( pt, Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil) or simply the ''President of the Republic'', is the head of state and head o ...
.
It is operated by Aeroeste.
History
On March 15, 2019 Aeroeste won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
*26 August 1993: a
TAM Meridionais Cessna 208A Caravan I registration PT-OGN was hijacked and set on fire after landing at Sinop. There were no victims.
Access
The airport is located from downtown Sinop.
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 Mato Grosso