Time zone: GMT - 3 hours
Location: eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean
Capital: Brasilia
Currency: real (currency code BRL)
Language: Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French.
Airport authority contact information: Civil Aviation Institute IAC, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Telephone: +55 (014)21 2210 1393
Airports: In 2005 Brazil had 3803 airports, only 677 of which have paved runways, the most significant of which are:
Belem International Airport
Belo Horizonte Pampulha Airport
Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves International Airport
Boa Vista International Airport
Brasilia International Airport - Presidente Juscelino Kubi
Campo Grande International Airport
Corumba Airport
Cruzeiro do Sul International Airport
Cuiaba Marechal Rondon Airport
Curitiba Afonso Pena Airport
Florianópolis Hercilio Luz International Airport
Fortaleza Airport
Foz do Iguaçu Cataratas Internationall Airport
Goiania Santa Genoveva Airport
Maceio Zumbi dos Palmares Airport
Manaus Eduardo Gomes International Airport
Natal Augusto Severo Airport
Navegantes Ministro Victor Konder Airport
Ponta Pora International Airport
Porto Alegre Salgado Filho International Airport
Recife Guararapes Gilberto Freyre International Airport
Ribeirao Preto Leita Lopes Airport
Rio Branco Presidente Medici Airport
Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport
Rio de Janeiro-Galeao - Antonio Carlos Jobim International
Salvador Aeroporto International Deputado Luis Eduardo Mag
Santarém International Airport
Sao Paulo - Congonhas International Airport
Sao Paulo - Guarulhos International Airport
Sao Paulo - Viracopos Airport
Vitoria - Goiabeiras Airport
