Belém International Airport - Júlio Cezar Ribeiro (IATA: BEL, ICAO: SBBE) is an international airport in the municipality of Belém, Pará. It is the busiest airport in the Northern Region of Brazil in terms of number of passengers transported, occupying the fourteenth ranking in the airports of Brazil by movement.
It was the first airport in Brazil, still in the 1990s, to adopt the current construction standard for INFRAERO airports, undergoing a complete reformulation and modernization, ... Belém International Airport - Júlio Cezar Ribeiro (IATA: BEL, ICAO: SBBE) is an international airport in the municipality of Belém, Pará. It is the busiest airport in the Northern Region of Brazil in terms of number of passengers transported, occupying the fourteenth ranking in the airports of Brazil by movement.
It was the first airport in Brazil, still in the 1990s, to adopt the current construction standard for INFRAERO airports, undergoing a complete reformulation and modernization, carried out in two phases through joint investments between the Federal Government and the State Government of Pará. The first stage of the project was delivered to the population in 1999, consisting of a completely new and refrigerated building that introduced the use of jetbridges / fingers (4) in the state of Pará, previously unheard of for airport passengers. Inaugurated the first phase of the project, the old passenger terminal was demolished to make way for an extension of the new building, housing a new arrival hall, more stores, expansion of the departure lounge, addition of 2 more fingers, as well as a terrace widescreen. In 2001, the 2nd stage of the works was inaugurated and the project for the new Belém International Airport was completed, representing an investment of approximately R $ 78 million, only in the passenger terminal, an amount equivalent to more than 41 million dollars considering the quotation of time.
In all, the passenger terminal at Belém International Airport is one of the largest and most modern in Brazil and is located in an area of 33 thousand m². The site has an international departure lounge and six departure and arrival bridges, one reversible, one international and four domestic, offering its users a structure with 30 check-in counters, four baggage claim mats, electronic information system flight, commercial establishments, in addition to a panoramic terrace, the latter installed in an air-conditioned space, allowing the viewing of passengers boarding and disembarking without the inconvenience of noise pollution.
Managed by INFRAERO, the complex has a control tower, approach control and two airstrips, the largest of which is 2,800m.
Security is a constant concern at the International Airport of Belém. Inspection has been intensified and all employees are attentive to any attitude that may be considered suspicious. In addition, surveillance at the terminal is enhanced with TV cameras.
