Departamento Aeroportuário (RS)
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Departamento Aeroportuário (DAP) (Department of Airports) is the department of aviation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...

 in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. DAP is part of the Secretaria de Transportes do Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Transportation Secretariat of the State of Rio Grande do Sul), and is responsible for the operation of 9 public airports within the state, in accordance to directives from the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC)
National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil
The National Civil Aviation Agency , also known as ANAC, is the Brazilian civil aviation authority, created in 2006...

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It was created on January 30, 1950.

List of airports administered by DAP

The following airports are administered by DAP:
  • Carazinho
    Carazinho
    Carazinho is a city located 246 km from Porto Alegre, in the northwest portion of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Carazinho-RS was founded on 1931 and today has a population of 59,857. Carazinho's primary economy is focused on agriculture...

  • Caxias do Sul
    Caxias do Sul
    Caxias do Sul is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil, situated in the state's mountainous Serra Gaúcha region. Coordinates: 29°10′0″ S, 51°11′0″ W....

     – Hugo Cantergiani Airport (Campo dos Bugres Airport)
    Caxias do Sul Airport
    Hugo Cantergiani Airport , formerly called Campo dos Bugres Airport, is the airport serving Caxias do Sul, Brazil.It is operated by DAP.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:*...

  • Erechim
    Erechim
    Erechim is a Brazilian city located in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. A regional center in the northern portion of the state, it is the second most populous city in the region with 97,916 inhabitants, second only to the city of Passo Fundo...

     – Erechim Airport
    Erechim Airport
    Erechim Airport is the airport serving Erechim, Brazil.It is operated by DAP.-History:In 2010 the whole airport complex received major investments, including renovation of the runway and of the terminal building.-Airlines and destinations:...

  • Ijuí
    Ijuí
    Ijuí is a municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.With 79,412 inhabitants.- Famous natives :Ijuí is where the Brazilian national soccer team ex-coach, Dunga, was born.-See also:*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul...

     – João Batista Bos Filho Airport
  • Passo Fundo
    Passo Fundo
    Passo Fundo - RS is a city in the north of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is named after its river. It's the twelfth largest city in the state with an estimated population of 188,302 inhabitants living in a total municipal area of 780 km2.-Communications:The following...

     – Lauro Kurtz Airport
    Lauro Kurtz Airport
    Lauro Kurtz Airport is the airport serving Passo Fundo, Brazil.It is operated by DAP.-Airlines and destinations:-Accidents and incidents:...

  • Rio Grande
    Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul
    Rio Grande is the oldest city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and also the former state capital from 1835 to 1845...

     – Rio Grande Airport
    Rio Grande Airport
    Rio Grande Airport , also known as Gustavo Cramer Airport is the airport serving Rio Grande, Brazil.It is operated by DAP.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:...

  • Santa Rosa
    Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul
    Santa Rosa is a town in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, located at latitude 27º52'15" and longitude 54º28'53" at a height of 277 meters above sea level. It has an area of 488.42 km²...

     – Luís Alberto Lehr Airport
    Santa Rosa Airport (Brazil)
    Luís Alberto Lehr Airport is the airport serving Santa Rosa, Brazil.It is operated by DAP.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:...

  • Santo Ângelo
    Santo Ângelo
    Santo Ângelo is a city located in northwestern Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. City population is about 76,304 inhabitants and the total area of the municipality is about 677 km²...

     – Sepé Tiaraju Airport
    Santo Ângelo Airport
    Sepé Tiaraju Airport is the airport serving Santo Ângelo, Brazil. It is named after Sepé Tiaraju , a Guaraní warrior who led the Guaraní forces in the Guaraní War in Misiones Orientales.It is operated by DAP.-Airlines and destinations:...

  • Torres

Other Airports in the State of Rio Grande do Sul

Four of the most important airports of the State of Rio Grande do Sul are operated by Infraero
Infraero
Empresa Brasileira de Infraestrutura Aeroportuária, Infraero in short, is a Brazilian government corporation created in 1972 and responsible for operating the main Brazilian commercial airports. In 2009, Infraero's airports carried 128,135,616 passengers and 1,114,754 tons of cargo and operated...

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  • Bagé
    Bagé
    Bagé is a city and a municipality in the south of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In 2007 its population was 112,550 in a total area of 4,096 km2. It was the tenth largest city in the state in 2007 -Location:...

     – Comte. Gustavo Kraemer International Airport
    Comandante Gustavo Kraemer Airport
    Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport is the airport serving Bagé, Brazil. It is named after Captain Gustavo Kraemer, founder and pilot of the airline SAVAG, killed on an air-crash in 1950.It is operated by Infraero.-History:...

  • Pelotas
    Pelotas
    Pelotas is a Brazilian city and municipality , the third most populous in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Pelotas is located 270 km from Porto Alegre, the capital city of the state, and 130 km from the Uruguayan border...

     – Pelotas International Airport
    Pelotas International Airport
    Pelotas International Airport is the airport serving Pelotas, Brazil.It is operated by Infraero.-History:On June 22, 1927 the city of Pelotas received the first official commercial passenger flight operated by the first Brazilian airline, Varig, founded only a month earlier...

  • Porto Alegre
    Porto Alegre
    Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...

     – Salgado Filho International Airport
    Salgado Filho International Airport
    Salgado Filho International Airport is the airport serving Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is named after the Senator and first Minister of the Brazilian Air Force Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho , killed on June 20, 1950 in an accident with an aircraft which departed from Porto Alegre.In 2010 the airport...

  • Uruguaiana
    Uruguaiana
    Uruguaiana is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located on the left-hand shore of the Uruguay River that forms the border with Argentina. Opposite Uruguaiana, and joined to it by a road/railway bridge, lies the Argentine city of Paso de los Libres, Corrientes...

     – Ruben Berta International Airport
    Ruben Berta International Airport
    Ruben Berta International Airport is the airport serving Uruguaiana, Brazil. It is named after Ruben Martin Berta , the 3rd Manager-Director of Varig...



One airport in the State of Rio Grande do Sul has civil operations within the compounds of a Military airbase of the Brazilian Air Force
Brazilian Air Force
The Brazilian Air Force is the air branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces and one of the three national uniformed services. The FAB was formed when the Army and Navy air branch were merged into a single military force initially called "National Air Forces"...

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  • Santa Maria
    Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
    Santa Maria is a municipality in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil. In 2007, its population was 263,403 inhabitants in a total area of 1,823 km2.-Importance:...

     – Santa Maria Airport
    Santa Maria Airport (Rio Grande do Sul)
    Santa Maria Airport is the airport serving Santa Maria, Brazil.It is operated by the Brazilian Air Force.Some of its facilities are shared with the Santa Maria Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.-History:...


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