RAOSBRP

Leite Lopes Airport

Ribeirão Preto, Brazil · Latin America

Latin America America/Sao_Paulo

11direct destinations

3airlines

1runway

2,100 mLongest runway

1939opened

Dr. Leite Lopes State Airport (IATA: RAO, ICAO: SBRP) is an airport serving Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Since December 11, 1956 it is named after José Leite Lopes (1918–2006), a Brazilian scientist. It is operated by Rede Voa.

Location

21.134°S, 47.774°O · 550 m s. n. m. (1.805 ft)

General data

CountryBrazil

CityRibeirão Preto

IATA codeRAO

ICAO codeSBRP

Coordinates21.134°S, 47.774°O

Elevation550 m s. n. m. (1.805 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Sao_Paulo

Runways1

Longest runway2,100 m

OperatorDepartamento Aeroviário del Estado de São Paulo

Opened1939

Direct destinations11

Official website

Runways · 1

18/36

Length2,100 m6,890 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

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

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

118.000RIBEIRAO TWR · INFO

ATIS (automatic information)

127.425

Approach

119.550RIBEIRAO APP

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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

Dr. Leite Lopes State Airport was opened on April 2, 1939, and soon after, in 1940, the runway was extended for the first time.

In 1996 the whole airport complex received its major renovation in which the runway and adjoining taxiway were extended from 1,800m to 2,100m and a new larger apron was built.

In 2006 the width of the runway was enlarged to 45m and finally in July 2010 the renovation and enlargement of the terminal building was completed.

On July 15, 2021 the concession of the airport was auctioned to Rede Voa under the name Consórcio Voa NW e Voa SE. The airport was previously operated by DAESP.

Airlines operating here · 3

Other airlines with direct routes

Azul Brazilian Airlines LATAM Brasil Gol Transportes Aéreos

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

Photo: Anderson Bueno Pereira · Public domain · 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). Leite Lopes Airport (RAO). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RAO

MLA

“Leite Lopes Airport (RAO).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RAO. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Leite Lopes Airport (RAO).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RAO.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Leite Lopes Airport (RAO). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RAO (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_rao,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Leite Lopes Airport (RAO)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RAO},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RAO}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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