Orlando Bezerra de Menezes Airport is the airport serving Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil. It is named after a local politician and entrepreneur. The airport serves southern Ceará, southeastern PiauÃÂ, northeastern Pernambuco, and the sertão of ParaÃÂba.
The airport is operated by AENA.
The airport was inaugurated on September 15, 1954 as Cariri Regional Airport. It was administrated by the municipal government of Juazeiro do Norte for several years until it was transferred to the State Government.
Since the eighties it has regularly received flights, starting commercial operations with the airlines VARIG and VASP.
The airport had been operated by Infraero from 2002 until 2019. On March 15, 2019, AENA won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.
The airport is located from downtown Juazeiro do Norte.