Salvador Bahia Airport – Deputado LuÃs Eduardo Magalhães International Airport is located 28km (17mi) north from downtown Salvador da Bahia. The airport can receive 25,000 to 35,000 passengers daily, it has approximately 7 million square metres (between dunes and native vegetation), the airport has a complete infrastructure and a terminal capable of serving 1 million passengers per year and operating 26 aircraft simultaneously.
The airport, Deputado LuÃs Eduardo Magalhães, was recognised for the second year as the most sustainable in Brazil according to the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac), its terminal achieved the highest score in the category (more than 5 million passengers per year), it was the first in Brazil to install a solar plant and not dispose waste in a sanitary landfill, in addition, it received the “Green Airport” seal from the International Airports Council – Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC ).