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Lauro Kurtz Airport

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Lauro Kurtz Airport

Aeroporto Lauro Kurtz

Terminal landside view in 2023

IATA: PFB

ICAO: SBPF

LID: RS0006

Summary

Airport type

Public

Operator

DAP (?–2022)

Infraero (2022–present)

Serves

Passo Fundo

Time zone

BRT (UTC−03:00)

Elevation AMSL

725 m / 2,380 ft

Coordinates

28°14′39″S 052°19′42″W / 28.24417°S 52.32833°W

Website

www4.infraero.gov.br/aeroporto-passo-fundo/

Map

PFB

Location in Brazil

PFB

PFB (Brazil)

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
09/27	1,680	5,512	Asphalt

Statistics (2023)

Passengers	240,983 187%
Aircraft Operations	4,977 101%
Metric tonnes of cargo	89 1,680%

Statistics: Infraero^[1]
Sources: Airport Website,^[2] ANAC,^[3] DECEA^[4]

Lauro Kurtz Airport (IATA: PFB, ICAO: SBPF) is the airport serving Passo Fundo, Brazil. Since June 5, 1959 it is named after Lauro Ignacio Kurtz (1917-1949), sometimes also written Kortz, a pilot of the airline SAVAG, killed on an air-crash in 1949.^[5]

It is managed by contract by Infraero.

History

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The airport was renovated in 2007. In January 2021 the airport was closed for the renovation of the runway and construction of a new terminal. It was re-opened on April 8, 2022.^[6]

On April 4, 2022, the State of Rio Grande do Sul signed a contract of operation with Infraero.^[7] Previously the airport was operated by DAP.

Airlines and destinations

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Airlines	Destinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines	Campinas
Gol Linhas Aéreas	São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM Brasil	São Paulo–Guarulhos

Accidents and incidents

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1 July 1963: a Varig Douglas C-47B-20-DK registration PP-VBV flying from Porto Alegre and Carazinho to Passo Fundo collided with trees on high ground and crashed shortly before arriving in Passo Fundo. Of the 18 passengers and crew aboard, 15 died.^[8]^[9]

Access

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The airport is located 13 km (8 mi) from downtown Passo Fundo.

References

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^ "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 26 February 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

^ "Aeroporto Passo Fundo-Lauro Kurtz". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 June 2023.

^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

^ "LAURO KURTZ (SBPF)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 September 2023.

^ "Lei n˚ 3.559, de 5 de junho de 1959". Presidência da República (in Portuguese). 5 June 1959. Retrieved 15 November 2023.

^ "Ranolfo participa da entrega". Gov RS (in Portuguese). 8 April 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

^ "Gestão do Aeroporto de Passo Fundo, no Rio Grande do Sul, passa para a Infraero". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 4 April 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

^ "Accident description PP-VBV". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 16 August 2011.

^ Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Circulando na cerração". O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928–1996 (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 239–242. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.