Brasília International Airport
Brasília–President Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Brasília–Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/military | ||||||||||||||
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| Serves | Brasília | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Lago Sul, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 3, 1957 | ||||||||||||||
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| Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,066 m / 3,498 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 15°52′16″S 047°55′07″W / 15.87111°S 47.91861°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Brasília–President Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Brasília–Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek) (IATA: BSB, ICAO: SBBR), also known as the Brasília International Airport, is the international airport serving Brasília, located in the administrative region of Lago Sul, in the Federal District, 13 kilometers from downtown Brasília. Since April 20, 1999, the airport is named after Juscelino Kubitschek (1902–1976), the 21st President of Brazil. It is operated by Inframerica.
The airport site covers an area of about 2,900 hectares (7,165 acres) of airport property. Some of its facilities are shared with the Brasília Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.