Where is JPA airport?

JPA is a large airport in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, at -7.1487, -34.9506, 66 m above sea level.

What time zone is JPA in?

JPA is in the America/Fortaleza time zone, UTC−3.

How many passengers use JPA?

1,960,350 passengers in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026, according to ANAC, the Brazilian civil aviation agency (scheduled flights).

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JPA — Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport

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Large airport in João Pessoa, Brazil.

IATA code: JPA
ICAO code: SBJP
Size: large; OurAirports class
Passengers: 1,960,350; Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Nonstop routes: 20; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−3; America/Fortaleza
Elevation: 66 m; 217 ft
Runways: 1; Longest 2,515 m

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About JPA

Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport is a large airport serving João Pessoa, Brazil. It is run by Infraero. 1,960,350 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 20 nonstop routes from JPA.

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Busiest nonstop routes from JPA

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
JPA → GRU	Sao Paulo, Brazil	2,183 km	655,696
JPA → BSB	Brasília, Brazil	1,711 km	405,688
JPA → GIG	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1,948 km	278,738
JPA → CGH	Sao Paulo, Brazil	2,211 km	201,455
JPA → CNF	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	1,691 km	128,089
JPA → VCP	Sao Paulo, Brazil	2,187 km	110,097
JPA → SSA	Salvador, Brazil	736 km	105,572
JPA → REC	Recife, Brazil	108 km	39,648
JPA → UDI	Uberlândia, Brazil	1,937 km	18,323
JPA → AEP	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3,873 km	4,685
JPA → SJP	São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	2,171 km	3,629
JPA → GYN	Goiânia, Brazil	1,874 km	2,559
JPA → RAO	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	2,074 km	2,191
JPA → CAC	Cascavel, Brazil	2,793 km	2,026
JPA → PPB	Presidente Prudente, Brazil	2,427 km	1,415
JPA → EZE	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3,902 km	155
JPA → MCZ	Maceió, Brazil	277 km	143
JPA → FEN	Fernando de Noronha, Brazil	459 km	136
JPA → CPV	Campina Grande, Brazil	105 km	98
JPA → NAT	São Gonçalo do Amarante, Brazil	159 km	7

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports, ANAC (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026) for routes in and out of Brazil. Routes outside these are not counted.

Nearest airports

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
CPV	Presidente João Suassuna Airport	Campina Grande, Brazil	105 km
REC	Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport	Recife, Brazil	109 km
NAT	Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport	São Gonçalo do Amarante, Brazil	160 km
CAU	Caruaru Airport	Caruaru, Brazil	172 km
MCZ	Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport	Maceió, Brazil	279 km

Distance from JPA to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
JPA → LHR	London, United Kingdom	7,283 km	—
JPA → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	10,383 km	—
JPA → CDG	Paris, France	7,212 km	—
JPA → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	7,598 km	—
JPA → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	8,400 km	—
JPA → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	7,588 km	—
JPA → JFK	New York, United States	6,617 km	—
JPA → ATL	Atlanta, United States	6,898 km	—
JPA → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	9,854 km	—
JPA → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	15,436 km	—
JPA → HND	Tokyo, Japan	16,814 km	—
JPA → DOH	Doha, Qatar	10,007 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
16/34	2,515 m	45 m	Asphalt	No

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Location

João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil · -7.1487, -34.9506

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Questions

Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport has the IATA code JPA and the ICAO code SBJP. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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