Salgado Filho International Airport (IATA: POA, ICAO: SBPA) is the airport serving Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is named after the Senator and first Minister of the Brazilian Air Force Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho (1888–1950), killed on June 20, 1950 in an accident with an aircraft which departed from Porto Alegre.
In 2011 the airport was ranked 8th in terms of transported passengers, and 10th in terms of aircraft operations in Brazil, placing it amongst the busiest airports in the country. It is operated by Infraero.
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