Leite Lopes Airport (IATA: RAO, ICAO: SBRP) is the airport serving Ribeirão Preto, Brazil - a municipality and a metropolitan area located in the northeastern region of São Paulo state, Brazil. Ribeirão Preto is the eighth-largest municipality in the State with 650. 9 km2. It has an estimated population of 674,534 in 2018 and a metropolitan area of 1,178,910. It is located 313 km (194 mi) from the city of São Paulo and 706 km (439 mi) from Brasília, the federal capital. Its mean altitude is 526.... Leite Lopes Airport (IATA: RAO, ICAO: SBRP) is the airport serving Ribeirão Preto, Brazil - a municipality and a metropolitan area located in the northeastern region of São Paulo state, Brazil. Ribeirão Preto is the eighth-largest municipality in the State with 650. 9 km2. It has an estimated population of 674,534 in 2018 and a metropolitan area of 1,178,910. It is located 313 km (194 mi) from the city of São Paulo and 706 km (439 mi) from Brasília, the federal capital. Its mean altitude is 526. 8 meters (1,728 feet) high.
Ribeirão Preto State Airport - Doutor Leite Lopes (IATA: RAO - ICAO: SBRP) is a Brazilian airport located in the municipality of Ribeirão Preto, in the northeast region of the state of São Paulo. It offers support and infrastructure compatible with airports in large centers. It operates full time and, in 2019, received more than 34 thousand flights and 923 thousand passengers, making it one of the busiest airports in Brazil, even, with a movement higher than several Brazilian capitals. The airpo... Ribeirão Preto State Airport - Doutor Leite Lopes (IATA: RAO - ICAO: SBRP) is a Brazilian airport located in the municipality of Ribeirão Preto, in the northeast region of the state of São Paulo. It offers support and infrastructure compatible with airports in large centers. It operates full time and, in 2019, received more than 34 thousand flights and 923 thousand passengers, making it one of the busiest airports in Brazil, even, with a movement higher than several Brazilian capitals. The airport is the headquarters and hub of Passaredo, a regional airline in Brazil.
Currently, the Leite Lopes Airport is the fourth largest in the state of São Paulo, being surpassed only by SP / Guarulhos, SP / Congonhas and Viracopos. With 6 airways and more than 100 aircraft a day, Leite Lopes airport is the most relevant in the interior. The lower airways, with a width of 30 kilometers, are at a minimum altitude of 15 thousand feet (each thousand feet corresponds to 300 meters) and a maximum of 24 thousand feet. They take the letter W as initials and are called Whiskey. They are the W-13, W-19, W-30, W-32 and W-51. They can be one-way or two-way. The only upper airway is the UP (Upper Zulu), which passes 24,500 feet - minimum height. The pilot has autonomy, depending on the device, to fly higher. The UP is 80 kilometers wide.
According to a study released by the Market Intelligence company Urban Systems, Leite Lopes Airport is the second regional airport terminal with the greatest potential for economic development in the country, due to factors such as infrastructure and location, passenger transportation, cargo transportation, accommodation and retail. and education. The Market Quality Index (IQM) was created, a methodology that takes into account aspects such as commercial, urban, economic and infrastructural information on the impacts of port activity in the studied region, aiming to measure the performance of each equipment.
