Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport
João Pessoa–Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de João Pessoa–Presidente Castro Pinto | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
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| Serves | João Pessoa | ||||||||||
| Location | Santa Rita, Brazil | ||||||||||
| Opened | 20 August 1957 | ||||||||||
| Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 66 m / 217 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 07°08′54″S 034°57′01″W / 7.14833°S 34.95028°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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João Pessoa–Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport (IATA: JPA, ICAO: SBJP) is the international airport serving João Pessoa, located in the municipality of Santa Rita, in the state of Paraíba. Since August 2, 1960 the airport is named after João Pereira de Castro Pinto (1863-1944), a lawyer, writer and President of the State of Paraíba (at the time State Governors had the title of President) from 1912 to 1915.
It is operated by AENA.