Eduardo Gomes International Airport

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The airport Aeroporto Internacional de Manaus - Eduardo Gomes ( IATA: MAO, ICAO code: SBEG ) serves the city of Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas and the surrounding region. He is a very modern airport and therefore all types of aircraft can fly to him except the A380. It is located 14 kilometers north from the center of Manaus and is only connected by buses or taxis to the city. For Manaus and the surrounding region, the airport is very important, since the city is only accessible by boat otherwise.

  • 4.1 Terminal 1
  • 4.2 Terminal 2

Passenger and freight volumes

Here approximately 1.8 million passengers each year. Thus, the airport is the busiest airport in the north of Brazil. Based on the whole country, he is - in terms of passengers - the fifth largest in terms of cargo even the second largest. Lufthansa operated since January 21, 2011, the Brazilian metropolis of Manaus. With two weekly flights from Frankfurt Manaus is then driven with a MD -11 Lufthansa Cargo. Mondays and Fridays it comes with stops in Dakar and Sao Paulo - Viracopos in the metropolis of the Amazon basin. The return flight on Quito and Bogota with a technical stopover in Curacao leaves Manaus on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

History

On March 31, 1976, the airport was officially opened with a passenger and a cargo terminal. At that time he was the Brazil's most modern airport, as he was the first airport with moving fingers. He was called back then Aeroporto supersonico. In 1980 was added a second cargo terminal, and later yet another passenger terminal. 2004, the third cargo terminal was opened.

Passenger terminal building

Terminal 1

Terminal 1 (TPS - I), with 43 ​​659 square meters, the much larger Terminal of the airport. Here, both the international and major national flights are handled.

Terminal 2

Because the Terminal 2 ( TPS -II) is only 2,607 square feet in size, only the regional and smaller national flights are handled.

Airlines

Terminal 1

  • Panama Copa Airlines
  • Gol Linhas Aéreas Brazil
  • Rico Linhas Aéreas Brazil
  • TAF Linhas Aéreas Brazil
  • Brazil TAM Linhas Aéreas
  • Brazil Varig

Terminal 2

  • Brazil Apuí Taxi Aéreo
  • Brazil Linhas Aéreas META
  • Rico Linhas Aéreas Brazil
  • Total Linhas Aéreas Brazil
  • TRIP Linhas Aéreas Brazil

Swell

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