Porto Alegre International Airport - Salgado Filho (IATA: POA, ICAO: SBPA) is an international airport in the municipality of Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul. It is the largest and busiest airport in Rio Grande do Sul and the ninth most Brazil's number of passengers transported.
The airport complex was granted to the private sector on March 16, 2017. In an international bidding process, in which the Federal Government granted four Brazilian airports to the private sector, Fraport AG w... Porto Alegre International Airport - Salgado Filho (IATA: POA, ICAO: SBPA) is an international airport in the municipality of Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul. It is the largest and busiest airport in Rio Grande do Sul and the ninth most Brazil's number of passengers transported.
The airport complex was granted to the private sector on March 16, 2017. In an international bidding process, in which the Federal Government granted four Brazilian airports to the private sector, Fraport AG won the concession for the airports of Fortaleza and Porto Alegre for the next 30 and 25 years, respectively. Since then, Fraport Brasil - Fortaleza and Fraport Brasil - Porto Alegre were established in the country with the objective of creating two modern, efficient and customer-focused airports. The company took over the management of the airport on July 28, 2017 and has agreed on a concession contract for several improvements to the Passenger Terminal infrastructure.
Covering a total area of 850,000 m² in the north of Porto Alegre, the airport complex has its own road access system. Avenida Severo Dullius, the access road to the airport, connects with Avenida dos Estados, complement of BR-116. The entire structure is divided into a passenger terminal and an administrative building.
It was the first airport managed by Infraero to have an integrated check-in system. The airport has an Instrument Landing System (ILS) Category II at head 11 (west), allowing landings with a minimum horizontal visibility of 400 meters. The system is very useful in the periods between June and August, when a huge number of morning arrivals are delayed or canceled due to fog.
