João PessoaâÂÂPresidente Castro Pinto International Airport is the international airport serving João Pessoa, located in the municipality of Santa Rita, in the state of ParaÃÂba. 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 ParaÃÂba (at the time State Governors had the title of President) from 1912 to 1915.
It is operated by AENA.
The airport was officially opened on August 20, 1957. Between February 1, 1979 and March 14, 2019 it was administrated by Infraero.
Between 1980 and 1981 Infraero conducted major renovations and enlargements of the runway, taxiways and apron and in 1983 a cargo terminal was opened. In 1985 the new passenger terminal was opened and in 1995 it underwent renovations and enlargements.
Previously operated by Infraero, on March 15, 2019 AENA won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.
Following are the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to Infraero (2007-2019) and AENA (2020-2025) reports:
The airport is located from downtown João Pessoa.