# Aeroporto Brigadeiro Firmino Ayres (JPO)

**Aeroporto Brigadeiro Firmino Ayres** (IATA: JPO) is a small airport in Patos, Paraíba, Brazil. It opened on 12 Dec 1942. It has one runway, 1,600 m (5,249 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JPO / —
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Patos, Paraíba, Brazil
- Opened: 12 Dec 1942 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 265 m / 869 ft
- Coordinates: -7.0390, -37.2516
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,600 m / 5,249 ft
- Passengers: 2,325 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Fortaleza
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patos_Airport (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12694373
- Ident: SNTS

## Timeline

- 12 Dec 1942: Aeroporto Brigadeiro Firmino Ayres opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,600 m / 5,249 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2020 | 4 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,377 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 2,325 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [REC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbrf.md) Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport · Brazil · 284 km / 176 mi · Azul Conecta

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [Azul Conecta](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azul-conecta) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2K (2022) | #3,117 of 3,974 | #323 in South America | #129 in BR |
| Longest runway | 1,600 m / 5,249 ft | =5,810 of 29,858 | =512 in South America | =188 in BR |
| Elevation | 265 m / 869 ft | =20,080 of 43,403 | =4,616 in South America | =3,639 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =30 in South America | =18 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Nearby airports

- [SI6U](https://dromopedia.com/airports/si6u.md) Aeroguedes Airport · 11 km / 7.0 mi
- [BR-2860](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-2860.md) São José do Egito Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [BR-2533](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-2533.md) Sítio Flor de Lys Airport · 65 km / 40 mi
- [SNKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snkk.md) Rui Mariz Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [SS9Q](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ss9q.md) Aerofrásio Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [BR-0535](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-0535.md) Vitalli Airport · 80 km / 49 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Patos Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patos_Airport&oldid=1364670371), revision of 17 Jul 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/snts/data