Departamento Aeroportuário (RS)

Departamento Aeroportuário (DAP) (English: Department of Airports) is the department of aviation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. DAP is part of the Secretaria de Transportes do Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (English: 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).

It was created on January 30, 1950.^[1]

List of airports administered by DAP

The following airports are administered by DAP:^[2]

• Carazinho
• Caxias do Sul – Hugo Cantergiani Airport (Campo dos Bugres Airport)
• Erechim – Erechim Airport
• Ijuí – João Batista Bos Filho Airport
• Passo Fundo – Lauro Kurtz Airport
• Rio Grande – Rio Grande Airport
• Santa Rosa – Luís Alberto Lehr Airport
• Santo Ângelo – Sepé Tiaraju Airport
• 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:^[3]

• Bagé – Comte. Gustavo Kraemer International Airport
• Pelotas – Pelotas International Airport
• Porto Alegre – Salgado Filho International Airport
• Uruguaiana – Ruben Berta International Airport

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.

• Santa Maria – Santa Maria Airport

Further information: List of airports in Brazil

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Brazil

References

1. ^ "Departamento Aeroportuário: Apresentação" (in Portuguese). Secretaria dos Transportes. http://www.st.rs.gov.br/novosite/estrutura/detalhe.php?id=42&idcategoria=9. Retrieved 22 September 2010. 
2. ^ "Mapa Aeroportuário" (in Portuguese). Secretaria dos Transportes. http://www.st.rs.gov.br/novosite/estrutura/detalhe.php?id=279&idcategoria=9. Retrieved 22 September 2010. 
3. ^ List of Infraero Airports in Rio Grande do Sul

External links

• DAP website