Brazil to define construction model for new international airport

Brazil's civil aviation department SAC intends to define a construction model by April for a new US$503 million international airport in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. The 20 de Setembro (20 September) airport, an alternative to the state capital's Salgado Filho international airport, will be situated in Portão some 33km north of Porto Alegre. It is expected to boast two 3,200m x 45m runways, an international cargo terminal and an international passenger terminal with an operational capacity o
February 19, 2014 Read time: 1 min
Brazil's civil aviation department SAC intends to define a construction model by April for a new US$503 million international airport in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.

The 20 de Setembro (20 September) airport, an alternative to the state capital's Salgado Filho international airport, will be situated in Portão some 33km north of Porto Alegre.  It is expected to boast two 3,200m x 45m runways, an international cargo terminal and an international passenger terminal with an operational capacity of 40 million passengers per year. Construction is expected to take 5-8 years.

Currently, SAC is evaluating options such as building the airport through public works or by offering a concession which could involve a public-private partnership (PPP).

Related Content

  • Bogotá sets tentative timeline for metro tender
    February 6, 2015
    Bogotá mayor Gustavo Petro has announced that a tender for the Colombian capital's Line No. 1 metro project, which has been in the planning for a decade, could be issued by July. However, the final timeline for bidding will depend on whether the city is first able to line up financing for the project, the mayor added, according to local press reports. Building the metro line is expected to cost US$7.5 billion, or about double the previous estimates. In its current form, the metro line will extend some
    Read More
  • Inrix expands into Brazil
    June 6, 2012
    Inrix, a leading provider of traffic information and driver services announced an exclusive partnership with MapLink, a leading provider of traffic and location-based services in Brazil. “Traffic congestion is one of Brazil’s biggest problems because the country’s infrastructure has not kept pace with its rapid economic growth,” said Inrix senior VP of business development Kush Parikh. “It’s come to a point where gridlock on the country’s roads is stalling further economic growth at a time when they can lea
    Read More
  • Global mobility study: world on the move
    November 27, 2020
    ERF reviews impact of new mobility on road infrastructure in 20 countries pre-Covid
    Read More
  • Consortium lands Mexico highway concession
    October 1, 2014
    A consortium led by Mota-Engil has won a tender for the construction and operation of a stretch of Mexico's Tuxpan-Tampico highway. The Tuxpan-Tampico highway links two of Mexico's busiest Gulf coast ports and will be the first project in the country to be developed under the public-private partnership (PPP) law's unsolicited proposal provision. The project involves the construction of a highway south of the city of Tuxpan, from the junction with the Tihuatlán-Tuxpan highway to the connection with the
    Read More

Highlighted Content