Manaus / Eduardo Gomes International Airport (IATA: MAO, ICAO: SBEG) is an international airport located in the municipality of Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas. It is the largest airport in the northern region of Brazil, with an annual capacity for 13. 5 million passengers, and the busiest in the Infraero network in the transportation of goods, accounting for 28. 71% of all cargo movement managed by the state-owned company in the country. in 2018. [4] In 2019, it handled 2 971 583 passe... Manaus / Eduardo Gomes International Airport (IATA: MAO, ICAO: SBEG) is an international airport located in the municipality of Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas. It is the largest airport in the northern region of Brazil, with an annual capacity for 13. 5 million passengers, and the busiest in the Infraero network in the transportation of goods, accounting for 28. 71% of all cargo movement managed by the state-owned company in the country. in 2018. [4] In 2019, it handled 2 971 583 passengers, making it the 17th busiest airport in the country. Currently, eight airlines operate at the airport, connecting Manaus to several countries, in addition to domestic routes. It is located in the western region of the city, more precisely in the Tarumã district, 14 km away from the Historic Center.
Inaugurated in 1976, it was the first airport in the Infraero chain to have boarding bridges and an automated system, making it the most modern in the country at the time. With an area of 14 square kilometers, the airport complex has two passenger terminals, one to serve regular aviation and the other, regional aviation. It also has a cargo logistics complex, which was implemented in three stages, the Logistics Terminal 1, opened in 1976, the Logistics Terminal 2, in 1980 and the Logistics Terminal 3, in 2004.
It was named after Eduardo Gomes, air marshal and patron of the Brazilian Air Force. In 2012, a decree from the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) changed and renewed the registration of the aerodrome in its registration. From then on, it became known as Manaus International Airport / Eduardo Gomes.
In 2019, the airport won a direct weekly flight to Orlando, in the United States, operated by Gol Linhas Aéreas. The new route added to the list of international routes available from the Manauara terminal, such as Buenos Aires, Caracas, Panama City and Miami, operated by Avior, Copa Airlines, Gol Linhas Aéreas, American Airlines and LATAM Airlines. The creation of direct flights to Europe is also being studied. In the same year, the airport was voted the second best in the country in terms of “general passenger satisfaction”. This is the evaluation of users heard in the Passenger Satisfaction Survey, carried out by the National Civil Aviation Secretariat of the Ministry of Transport, Ports and Civil Aviation (MTPA).
