📋 Tender Overview
The air sector in the Midwest region of Brazil is still expanding, driven by economic development and the expansion of regional connectivity. More than 9 million passengers passed the four terminals in the first quarter of the year.
In 2025, Brasilia Airport (BSB) remained as the main air center in the region, registering approximately 7.5 million passengers in the first quarter of the year alone, which signals higher performance than the same period of 2024, when 5.645 million shipments and landings were recorded, a growth of 32.8%.
Other airports also presented relevant evolution. Goiania (GYN) exceeded 760,000 passengers until April 2025, compared to the 627,000 registered in 2024, resulting in a growth of 21.2%. Cuiaba Airport (CGB) moved about 555 thousand passengers in the first four months of the year, compared to the 492,000 of the previous year, a growth of 12.8%. Campo Grande (CGR) also showed evolution, from 355 thousand passengers in 2024 to 407 thousand in 2025, representing 14.6% more users.
The economic growth observed this year in the region is also reflected in air movement. Another proof that Brazil is growing and civil aviation has been contributing to this development, said National Secretary of Substitute Civil Aviation, Thairyne Oliveira.
In the air load segment, Cuiaba and Campo Grande airports remain in the lead in 2025. Until April, Cuiaba moved more than 7,000 tons of cargo, and Campo Grande, about 5,000 tons, reinforcing the logistics of aviation for agribusiness production and regional industry.
The Midwest region represents approximately 15% of the air load carried in the country, and continues to consolidate its strategic importance in the sector. The performance of 2025 reinforces the leadership of the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, with Cuiaba and Campo Grande as the main logistics hubs for cargo, especially of agroindustrial origin.
Flight offer
The offer of domestic flights also remained robust. By 2025, Brasilia already accounted for more than 51,000 operations in the first quarter, indicating a possible overcoming of the 150,000 operations recorded in 2024. Goiania, Cuiaba and Campo Grande totaled more than 33,000 flights until April, especially the gradual expansion of the Regional Air Air network.
The average rate of flight occupation (Load Factor) remains stable, ranging from 78% to 82%, reflecting good use of the capacity offered by airlines.
Strategic infrastructure
With about 12% of the total passengers and 15% of the busy air load in Brazil, the Midwest region reinforces its strategic role in national aviation. Agribusiness remains the main engine of this dynamic, with the production of soy, corn, beef and other commodities requiring agile and efficient logistics. Cuiaba and Campo Grande, with their increasing volumes of cargo transported, are essential in this process.
In addition to agribusiness, regional agribusiness has gained prominence, promoting the increase in cargo and passenger traffic. The presence of local industries, the strengthening of the service sector and the growth of regional tourism, both leisure and corporate, contribute to the opening of new routes and the strengthening of the regions connectivity.
Brasilia, in turn, maintains its relevance as the countrys administrative and political center, attracting a large volume of passengers to business and official commitments, while benefiting from the growth of the national air network.
Special Advisory of Social Communication Ministry of Ports and Airports
