# Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues Airport (PMW / SBPJ)

**Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues Airport** (IATA: PMW, ICAO: SBPJ) is a medium airport in Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil. It opened in 2001. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,500 m (8,202 ft). It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 605 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbpj

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PMW / SBPJ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil
- Opened: 2001
- Elevation: 236 m / 774 ft
- Coordinates: -10.2915, -48.3570
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 604,975 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Araguaina
- Website: http://www.infraero.com.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/tocantins/aeroporto-de-palmas.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmas_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7128160
- Weather station: SBPJ
- Ident: SBPJ

## Timeline

- 2001: Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 491,511 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 560,180 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 560,532 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 618,158 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 625,398 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 603,939 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 639,412 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 675,971 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 576,949 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 263,584 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 436,318 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 604,975 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [AUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/swgn.md) Araguaína Airport · Brazil · 341 km / 212 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [BSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbbr.md) Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport · Brazil · 622 km / 386 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 1,475 km / 917 mi · LATAM Brasil

### Seasonal (1)

- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 1,475 km / 917 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from PMW, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- G3 [Gol Transportes Aéreos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gol-transportes-aereos) · 3
- JJ [LATAM Brasil](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-brasil) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 605K (2022) | #1,033 of 3,974 | #87 in South America | #34 in BR |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =138 in South America | =33 in BR |
| Elevation | 236 m / 774 ft | =21,940 of 43,403 | =4,982 in South America | =3,863 in BR |
| Age | Opened 2001 | =11,465 of 15,079 | =147 in South America | =78 in BR |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =21 in South America | =4 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | PALMAS RDO | 119.000 |
| APP | PALMAS APP | 119.000 |
| TWR | PALMAS TWR | 118.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [SDNT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sdnt.md) Fazenda Terra Prometida Airport · 18 km / 11 mi
- [SIHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sihj.md) Sítio Flyer Airport · 21 km / 13 mi
- [BR-3076](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-3076.md) Fazenda Frigovale I Airport · 22 km / 14 mi
- [BR-0661](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-0661.md) Associação Tocantinense de Aviação Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [BR-1813](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1813.md) Fazenda Nossa Senhora do Carmo Airstrip · 24 km / 15 mi
- [SJC7](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sjc7.md) Fazenda Paraíso Airstrip · 27 km / 17 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Palmas Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palmas_Airport&oldid=1372710085), revision of 1 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbpj/data