AviatDataAeroporto Regional do Araripe – Comandante Mairson C. Bezerra JAW / SNAB
Araripina, Pernambuco · Brazil · GRU Airport (Concessionaria do Aeroporto Internacional de Guarulhos S.A.) - AmpliAR regional-airport concession awarded Nov 2025; previously operated by the Governo do Estado de Pernambuco
731pax · 2023
Limited hours
ICAO / IATASNAB / JAW
OperatorGRU Airport (Concessionaria do Aeroporto Internacional de Guarulhos S.A.) - AmpliAR regional-airport concession awarded Nov 2025; previously operated by the Governo do Estado de Pernambuco
Coordinates7.5864°S, 40.5353°W
Elevation2,428 ft · 740 m
Time zoneBRT (UTC-3, no DST)
Passengers / yr731 (2023)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
Fuel—
Bonded—
AIP referenceSNAB — AIP Brasil / DECEA
Operating hoursVFR daylight operations only; no control tower (AFIS/traffic coordination via CINDACTA III / SBRE); night lighting and after-hours ops require PPR with 12h advance notice (4h for medical emergencies)
Terminals1 small passenger terminal building; apron parking only, no jet bridges
Runways (1)
- 13/31 · 1,247 m / 4,091 ft · 27 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Small VFR-only airstrip in Pernambuco's semi-arid, gypsum-producing Araripe region, served since Oct 2022 by subsidized Azul Conecta turboprop flights to Recife under Brazil's regional-aviation program (PAR); no confirmed on-field fuel supply. Concession transferred from the Pernambuco state government to GRU Airport in Nov 2025 under the federal AmpliAR program, with roughly R$19.6 million earmarked for terminal/runway upgrades.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Unconfirmed
Azul Conecta
Self-handled, Azul Conecta: sole scheduled carrier at JAW, flying Recife-Araripina 3x weekly (Mon/Wed/Fri) since 19 Oct 2022, per pt.wikipedia.org's Aeroporto de Araripina entry (confirmed IATA JAW / ICAO SNAB). Aircraft is understood to be a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan turboprop, typical of Azul Conecta's short-runway regional network, though the exact type was not independently reverified for this specific route. No third-party ground-handling company is documented at this small aerodrome (single PPR/ops contact, no dedicated FBO in the DECEA/AISWEB ROTAER entry), so turnarounds are inferred to be handled in-house by the airline's own crew/agents; no named third-party handling contract found.
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Aircraft fuel
Not listed
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Not listed
Aviation security
Not listed
Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
PPR
Governo do Estado de Pernambuco (aerodrome administration)
Aerodrome operations/PPR desk for SNAB (JAW): night runway lighting and any out-of-hours coordination require PPR with 12h notice (4h for medical emergencies), via the aerodrome operational contact ••• / •••, confirmed directly against the DECEA/AISWEB ROTAER entry for Araripina. Per pt.wikipedia.org's Aeroporto de Araripina entry, the airport is administered by the Governo de Pernambuco (state government), not by a private concessionaire. A claimed 27 Nov 2025 federal "AmpliAR" auction transferring this and two other PE airports (Garanhuns, Serra Talhada) to GRU Airport S.A. (Vinci Airports) could not be corroborated in any government, news, or ANAC source checked and should be treated as unverified. · PPR only, 12h notice (4h emergency)
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Hotel & travel
Not listed