DAESP - Departamento Aeroviário do Estado de São Paulo (English: Airports Department of the State of São Paulo) is the department of aviation of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. DAESP is part of the Secretaria de Transportes do Governo do Estado de São Paulo (English: Transportation Secretariat of the State of São Paulo), and is responsible for the operation of 26 public airports within the state, in accordance to directives from the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC).
It was created in 1963 as the Diretoria de Aeroportos (English: Directorate of Airports) of the Secretaria de Viação e Obras Públicas (English: Public Buildings and Transit Secretariat). This Directorate gave origin to DAESP in 1966.
The following airports are administered by DAESP:
Andradina
Araçatuba – Dario Guarita Airport
Araraquara – Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport
Assis – Marcelo Pires Halzhausen Airport
Avaré / Arandu – Comte. Luiz Gonzaga Luth Airport
Bauru / Arealva – Moussa Nakhl Tobias Airport
Bragança Paulista – Arthur Siqueira Airport
Campinas – Campo dos Amarais Airport
Dracena
Franca – Ten. Lund Presotto Airport
Itanhaém
Jundiaí – Comte. Rolim Adolfo Amaro Airport
Marília – Frank Miloye Milenkowichi Airport
Ourinhos – Jornalista Benedito Pimentel Airport
Penápolis
Presidente Epitácio
Presidente Prudente – Presidente Prudente Airport
Registro
Ribeirão Preto – Dr. Leite Lopes Airport
São Carlos – Mário Pereira Lopes Airport
São José do Rio Preto – Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino Airport
São Manuel
Sorocaba – Bertram Luiz Leupolz Airport
Tupã
Ubatuba
Votuporanga
In 2015 those were the top 5 airports according to number of transported passengers, metric tonnes of cargo handled, and number of aircraft operations:
1 - Ribeirão Preto – Dr. Leite Lopes Airport – 1,109,809
2 - São José do Rio Preto – Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino Airport – 691,559
3 - Presidente Prudente – Presidente Prudente Airport – 272,204
4 - Bauru/Arealva – Moussa Nakhl Tobias Airport – 143,015
5 - Araçatuba – Dario Guarita Airport – 108,993
Metric tonnes of cargo handled
1 - Bauru/Arealva – Moussa Nakhl Tobias Airport – 1,502
2 - Ribeirão Preto – Dr. Leite Lopes Airport – 1,057
3 - Marília – Frank Miloye Milenkowichi Airport – 735
4 - Sorocaba – Bertram Luiz Leupolz Airport – 368
5 - Jundiaí – Comte. Rolim Adolfo Amaro Airport – 357
1 - Jundiaí – Comte. Rolim Adolfo Amaro Airport – 81,211
2 - Sorocaba – Bertram Luiz Leupolz Airport – 61,846
3 - Campinas – Campo dos Amarais Airport – 49,385
4 - Ribeirão Preto – Dr. Leite Lopes Airport – 46,360
5 - Bragança Paulista – Arthur Siqueira Airport – 37,121
Three of the most important airports of the State of São Paulo are operated by Infraero:
São José dos Campos – Prof. Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport
São Paulo
Campo de Marte Airport
Congonhas Airport
Two of the most important airports of the State of São Paulo are operated by concessionaries:
Campinas – Viracopos International Airport
São Paulo – Guarulhos-Gov. André Franco Montoro International Airport
