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Lauro Kurtz Airport

Passo Fundo, Brazil

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Lauro Kurtz Airport

Passo Fundo, Brazil
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SBPF
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2380 ft
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Regional gateway serving Rio Grande do Sul's agricultural heartland.

Location
Passo Fundo, Brazil
Lauro Kurtz Airport (IATA: PFB, ICAO: SBPF) is a regional public airport serving Passo Fundo, a mid-sized city in the northern part of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It is named after Lauro Kurtz, a former governor of Rio Grande do Sul. The airport primarily handles domestic regional flights connecting Passo Fundo to major Brazilian cities such as São Paulo and Porto Alegre. It serves the economic needs of one of the most important agricultural and commercial centers in the southern region of Brazil.
Terminals
The airport has a single, modest terminal building suited to its regional passenger volumes.
Getting to & from
Ground transport to the city center is primarily via taxi and private vehicle, as the airport is located a short distance from central Passo Fundo.
Airlines here
Azul Brazilian Airlines and GOL Linhas Aéreas have operated services at this airport connecting it to major Brazilian hubs.
Notable facts
  • ›Named after Lauro Kurtz, a governor of Rio Grande do Sul state.
  • ›Serves one of the most economically significant agricultural regions in southern Brazil.
  • ›The airport's IATA code PFB reflects the city's name, Passo Fundo.
  • ›Operates domestic regional routes primarily to São Paulo and Porto Alegre.
  • ›Passo Fundo is known as the 'capital of the north' of Rio Grande do Sul.
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Airlines serving this airport

Air Paradise International
AD
Azul
AD
Oceanair
O6

Routes

PFB → POAAD · AT7
PFB → VCPAD · AT7
PFB → ERMNHG · L4T
PFB → POANHG · L4T
PFB → GRUO6 · 100
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Lauro Kurtz Airport
Encyclopaedia

Lauro Kurtz Airport 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.

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