{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Canoas Air Force Base","iataCode":"QNS","icaoCode":null,"city":"Porto Alegre","country":"BR","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":-29.945928,"longitude":-51.144413},"elevationMeters":8,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"For a little over five months in 2024 — from 9 May to 21 October — airline passengers bound for Porto Alegre landed on a Brazilian Air Force runway. Canoas Air Force Base (IATA: QNS) took over scheduled Latam and Azul services after record floods in Rio Grande do Sul submerged Salgado Filho Airport, with Fraport running a makeshift terminal in a nearby shopping centre. Cargo was never part of that arrangement: the base has no commercial freight terminal, no scheduled freighter service and no cus","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/canoas-air-force-base-airport-qns","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/canoas-air-force-base-airport-qns","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Canoas Air Force Base · (IATA: QNS) · Porto Alegre, BR · 8 m"}