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Lauro Kurtz Airport

Passo Fundo, Brazil · Latin America

Latin America America/Sao_Paulo

2direct destinations

3airlines

1runway

1,680 mLongest runway

Lauro Kurtz Airport (IATA: PFB, ICAO: SBPF) is the airport serving Passo Fundo, Brazil. Since June 5, 1959 it is named after Lauro Ignacio Kurtz (1917-1949), sometimes also written Kortz, a pilot of the airline SAVAG, killed on an air-crash in 1949. It is managed by ON8.

Location

28.244°S, 52.328°O · 725 m s. n. m. (2.380 ft)

General data

CountryBrazil

CityPasso Fundo

IATA codePFB

ICAO codeSBPF

Coordinates28.244°S, 52.328°O

Elevation725 m s. n. m. (2.380 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Sao_Paulo

Runways1

Longest runway1,680 m

OperatorDepartamento Aeroportuário

Direct destinations2

Runways · 1

09/27

Length1,680 m5,512 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Flight information

131.250PASSO FUNDO RDO

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

The airport was renovated in 2007. In January 2021 the airport was closed for the renovation of the runway and construction of a new terminal. It was re-opened on April 8, 2022.

On April 4, 2022, the State of Rio Grande do Sul signed a contract of operation with Infraero. Previously the airport was operated by DAP.

On September 26, 2025 ON8 (part of ECB Group) won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.

Airlines operating here · 3

Other airlines with direct routes

Azul Brazilian Airlines Gol Transportes Aéreos LATAM Brasil

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Sintegrity · CC BY-SA 4.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB). Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PFB

MLA

“Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PFB. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PFB.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PFB (Accessed: 25 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_pfb,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PFB},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PFB}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-25},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-25}
}

Wikipedia

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