Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek Airport is the primary international airport serving Brasília. Since 1999 the airport is named after Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (1902–1976), the 21st President of Brazil. In 2017 the airport handled 16,5 million passengers.
Brasília was only a project when in 1956 the president landed for the first time in the Central Plateau. However, Vera Cruz Airport, built in 1955 already existed. This facility, however, was only temporary. The relocation to a definitive site had already been identified as a priority and construction works started in November 1956. In April 1957, the presidential aircraft landed for the first time at the site and the official inauguration took place in May 1957.
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