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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||||||
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| Serves | Belém | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 17 m / 56 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 01°23′05″S048°28′44″W / 1.38472°S 48.47889°W /-1.38472; -48.47889 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | noa-airports | ||||||||||||||
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| Statistics: NOA[1] Sources:ANAC,[2]DECEA[3] | |||||||||||||||
Val-de-Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport (IATA:BEL,ICAO:SBBE), operated by Norte da Amazônia, and located 12 km (7 mi) from downtown, is the main airport servingBelém, Brazil. Val de Cans (sometimes spelled Val de Cães) is the name of the neighborhood where the airport is located. On 13 April 2010, the airport was named after Júlio Cezar Ribeiro de Souza (1837–1887), a researcher ofballoons.[4][5] Some of its facilities are shared withBelém Air Force Base of theBrazilian Air Force.
In 1934,General Eurico Gaspar Dutra, then the Director of Military Aviation, appointed Lieutenant Armando Sierra de Menezes to choose a site in Val de Cans where an airport was to be built. The Directorate of Civil Aeronautics, an agency of the Ministry of Traffic and Public Works, would be in charge of the project. Val de Cans began its history as a land track running along the east–west axis with 1,200m. The facility comprised a courtyard, a hangar, and a parking structure of concrete for military aircraft, which later became known as "Yellow Hangar."
With the outbreak ofWorld War II, airbases and airports located on the Brazilian coast became immensely important in the support of transportation of aircraft, personnel, and equipment across the SouthAtlantic Ocean toSierra Leone in West Africa. These facilities provided the necessary logistical support for the thousands of planes that, manufactured in Canada and the United States, were moved to North Africa and Europe. After protracted negotiations between Brazil and the United States, airstrips were built atBelém for theAir Transport Command with two runways measuring 1,500 x 45 meters on a basis of concrete and asphalt and comprising modern airport facilities, able to meet efficiently civil aviation and military needs. Val de Cans and other airbases used by the Americans during World War II were returned to the Ministry of Aeronautics in 1945.
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Panair do Brasil,Pan American, andNAB – Navegação Aérea Brasileira began their activities at Val de Cans building their stations and providing services to passengers. In 1958, the Ministry of Aeronautics began building the first passenger terminal for general airline use, which was opened on 24 January 1959. It was then administered by the Department of Civil Aviation. In 1974, its administration was transferred toInfraero.
The original passenger terminal complex underwent major renovation and expansion, which was completed in 2001. In 1999, a brand-new passenger terminal located at the side of the old terminal was built and, after its opening, the old terminal was demolished to give place for an extension to the new terminal. This newly extended terminal greatly increased the comfort and area available to passengers by adding six jetways.
Previously operated byInfraero, on August 18, 2022, the consortium Novo Norte formed by the Brazilian companies Socicam and Dix won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[6]
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Following is the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according toInfraero (2007-August 2023) and NOA (September 2023-2024) reports:[10][11][1]
| Year | Passenger | Aircraft | Cargo (t) |
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| 2024 | 3,347,827 7% | 27,418 44% | |
| 2023 | 3,594,104 6% | 49,121 2% | |
| 2022 | 3,393,936 23% | 48,333 31% | 24,285 24% |
| 2021 | 2,764,751 33% | 36,912 24% | 19,656 42% |
| 2020 | 2,079,240 43% | 29,740 23% | 13,840 29% |
| 2019 | 3,628,807 3% | 38,519 1% | 19,565 10% |
| 2018 | 3,520,803 6% | 38,856 3% | 21,811 8% |
| 2017 | 3,311,817 1% | 37,760 7% | 20,216 11% |
| 2016 | 3,282,513 12% | 40,421 22% | 18,172 26% |
| 2015 | 3,714,761 5% | 51,639 6% | 24,459 23% |
| 2014 | 3,890,791 12% | 55,218 2% | 31,699 4% |
| 2013 | 3,475,611 4% | 54,008 2% | 33,009 6% |
| 2012 | 3,342,711 12% | 54,836 6% | 31,218 47% |
| 2011 | 2,996,328 15% | 51,749 14% | 21,266 9% |
| 2010 | 2,605,467 18% | 45,302 14% | 19,460 8% |
| 2009 | 2,203,653 2% | 39,824 | 21,087 4% |
| 2008 | 2,153,727 2% | 39,922 1% | 22,012 13% |
| 2007 | 2,119,552 | 40,124 | 19,444 |
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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