Palmas Airport
Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
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| Serves | Palmas | ||||||||||
| Opened | 5 October 2001 | ||||||||||
| Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 236 m / 774 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 10°17′24″S 048°21′28″W / 10.29000°S 48.35778°W | ||||||||||
| Website | aeroportos | ||||||||||
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| Statistics: Motiva[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4] | |||||||||||
Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues International Airport (IATA: PMW, ICAO: SBPJ) is the airport serving Palmas, Brazil. The airport is named after Brigadier Lysias Augusto Rodrigues (1896–1957), one of the founding figures of the Brazilian Air Force and crucial to the integration of Tocantins to Brazil via the passenger air services of the Brazilian Air Force.[5]
It is operated by Motiva.
History
The airport was built as a replacement for the provisory Old Palmas Airport.
It was commissioned on October 5, 2001. It has an area of 23,739,952.00 m2 which is enough to future expansions. The terminal has 12,300 m2 and a capacity for 2 100,000 passengers/year.
Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021 CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[6] On April 26, 2025 CCR was rebranded as Motiva.[7]
On November 18, 2025 the entire airports portfolio of Motiva was sold to the Mexican airport operator ASUR. Motiva will cease to operate airports.[8] On February 10, 2026 the transaction was still pending government approval.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Azul Brazilian Airlines | Belo Horizonte–Confins, Campinas, Goiânia Seasonal: Recife |
| Gol Linhas Aéreas | Araguaína, Brasília Seasonal: Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo–Guarulhos |
| LATAM Brasil | Brasília, São Paulo–Guarulhos |
Statistics
Following are the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to Infraero (2007-2021) and Motiva (2022-2025) reports:[9][10][1]
| Year | Passenger | Aircraft | Cargo (t) |
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| 2025 | 747,178  14% |
12,109 28% |
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| 2024 | 656,040  4% |
9,497 14% |
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| 2023 | 682,238 | 11,104 | 1,554 |
| 2022a | 516,414 | 9,389 | 1,307 |
| 2021 | 444,719 69% |
9,320 35% |
1,631 52%
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| 2020 | 263,819 55% |
6,927 38% |
1,076 64%
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| 2019 | 588,198 13% |
11,144 14% |
2,979 3%
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| 2018 | 675,971 3% |
12,914 2% |
2,887 28%
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| 2017 | 654,397 6% |
12,631 3% |
2,260 19%
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| 2016 | 617,703 4% |
12,219 18% |
1,899 9%
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| 2015 | 644,199 14% |
14,916 13% |
2,097 1%
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| 2014 | 634,128 10% |
17,242 10% |
2,127 7%
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| 2013 | 576,633  |
19,172 5% |
2,295 26%
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| 2012 | 579,395 15% |
18,266 4% |
3,102 27%
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| 2011 | 503,408 29% |
17,534 2% |
4,225 27%
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| 2010 | 389,217 30% |
17,161 48% |
3,331 20%
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| 2009 | 298,484 15% |
11,603 4% |
2,775 10%
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| 2008 | 259,362 11% |
12,104 19% |
2,526 24%
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| 2007 | 232,885 | 10,192 | 2,043 |
Note:
a: 2022 series provided by CCR is incomplete, lacking data for the months of January, February and part of March.
Access
The airport is located 20 km (12 mi) south of downtown Palmas.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Informações operacionais-movimentação aeroportuária". Motiva (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 February 2026.
- ^ "Palmas". Motiva (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 February 2026.
- ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues (SBPJ)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ Cambeses Júnior, Manuel. "Major-Brigadeiro-do-Ar Lysias Augusto Rodrigues" (PDF). Incaer (in Portuguese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ "Governo federal arrecada R$ 3,3 bilhões com leilão de 22 aeroportos". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "CCR agora é Motiva". Neofeed (in Portuguese). 14 July 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
- ^ "Motiva (MOTV3) vende aeroportos para Asur por R$ 11,5 bilhões". Infomoney (in Portuguese). 19 November 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Anuário Estatístico Operacional" (PDF). Infraero (in Portuguese). 12 April 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 December 2024.
External links
- Airport information for SBPJ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for SBPJ at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for PMW at Aviation Safety Network
