Aeroporto Regional de Patos - Brigadeiro Firmino Ayres JPO / SNTS

Aerodrome is operated by the Prefeitura Municipal de Patos under a 35-year municipal delegation agreement dated Nov 19, 2013 (confirmed via public sources). DER-PB (Departamento de Estradas de Rodagem da Paraiba) is a real state infrastructure agency but its specific role at this field could not be independently confirmed and should be treated as unverified. Per the official AISWEB/ROTAER (SNTS) entry the field operates HN (daylight) O/R (on request) via tel ••• / •••, confirmed verbatim against AISWEB. No third-party ground handler identified; basic airfield operations are provided by the operator itself. · HN (daylight), on request

Sole scheduled operator at JPO, flying 9-seat Cessna 208B Grand Caravans; confirmed as the airport's scheduled carrier since its first commercial operation on Aug 8, 2021, with Patos-Recife the currently listed route (one third-party flight-data source also lists a Patos-Cajazeiras route not otherwise corroborated). The ~4 weekly round trips and March-2025 resumption date could not be independently confirmed. No third-party ground handler is documented for this station, consistent with Azul Conecta's typical self-handled turnarounds at its small regional Caravan outstations - unconfirmed specifically for Patos (in-house, Azul Conecta).

Belly cargo/mail carried on scheduled Caravan flights; ANAC traffic data cited publicly for this airport records 32,826 kg of paid cargo, matching this figure exactly, though the specific year (2022) could not be confirmed from the source. No separate cargo-terminal operator identified - freight appears to be handled directly by Azul Conecta as part of its own flight operation (in-house, Azul Conecta).

PPR/ops coordination is required for arriving flights given the field's confirmed O/R (on-request) operating status. Public sources report airport infrastructure/runway works around 2024, consistent with an O/R regime, but the specific NOTAM number and Sep-2026 closure date cited in an earlier draft could not be verified against a live NOTAM feed (AISWEB and REDEMET NOTAM panels are session-rendered and were inaccessible) and should be re-checked before publishing. A coordination email attributed to the operator likewise could not be independently corroborated by any public source found; the only confirmed contact channel is the operator's phone lines above. No dedicated FBO or trip-support desk found beyond operator-run coordination.