Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport

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The Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport is an international airport in Brazil. It is located in the city of São Luís.

History

The airfield was opened in 1942 with approximately 1000 meters long grass runway 09 /27 of the Brazilian armed forces in operation. 1943 completed the U.S. armed forces, which operated the airfield as part of the anti-submarine, the investments to the longer and fortified runway 06 / 24th After the end of World War II, the airfield was in 1946 handed over to the Air Ministry. In the following decades, the airfield was transformed into a major commercial airport. 1974 was the Air Ministry the airport to the newly founded only in 1972 and till now the state-owned airport operator Infraero. Infraero acts still today as the operator of Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport.

Presence

Today's systems have two take-off and landing runways and a terminal, which was inaugurated in 1998 and has three jetways. In 2004, the international status of the airport. A connection is made only by road. Directly in front of the terminal is the central park area; a rail-bound transport to the airport there is not.

Today, the airport is serviced regularly scheduled service by various Brazilian airlines with numerous destinations within Brazil. In 2009, the airport handled 984 756 passengers so.