FIFA World Cup 2014: analysis of the accessibility of airports Aurélio Ferreira Braga <aurelio.braga@antt.gov.br> National Land Transport Agency - (ANTT) Belo Horizonte –MG– Brazil Phone/fax: +55 31 3287-7054 Erivelton Pires Guedes <erivelton.guedes@ipea.gov.br> Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) Brasília – DF – Brazil Phone/fax: +55 61 3315-5237 Rogério Pecci Filho <rogerio.pecci@anac.gov.br National Civil Aviation Agency - Brazil (ANAC) Brasília – DF – Brazil Phone/fax: +55 61 3441-8482
ABSTRACT
Airports that can fit the demand for air travel is a basic condition for the development of a nation. However, being able to arrive at airports is also equally important. This study applied the methodology proposed by Braga, Guedes and Pecci (2009) for the calculation of accessibility in airports at 12 cities that will host the FIFA World Cup in 2014 in Brazil. The methodology is based on the geographical location of the population served and the land transport infrastructure available for each airport. The data were analyzed with a geographic information system applied to transport (Transcad). The necessary data for each city were collected and updated, in particular: population, highways, railroads and location of airports. Special attention was given to the average speed of road, because there were several changes since 2006 (reference date of the work of Braga et all, 2009). The proposed indicators were calculated for each airport: sum of distances of highways (contained in the area reachable within 2 hours of land travel), population and GDP. Some considerations are made about some airports, such as some comparisons with the previous study. Improvements to the methodology are also proposed. KEYWORDS Air transport and the environment Air transport, land use and agglomeration Geography