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SITRAER Proceedings – XXII SITRAER (2025)

Aerotrópole no Brasil: eficiência ecológica aeroportuária como prova de conceito

  • Fabiano Rocha
  • Giovanna Miceli Ronzani Borille
  • Fabio Rocha Barbosa
  • Wilson Cabral de Sousa Junior
  • Paulo Sinisgalli
  • Luiz Fernando Monteiro Bittencourt

Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica · Universidade de São Paulo · Universidade Federal do Piauí

Event
XXII SITRAER – Brasília, DF, Brasil, October 22–24, 2025
Volume
Anais do XXII Simpósio de Transporte Aéreo – SITRAER 2025 · ISBN 978-65-272-2024-4 · DOI 10.29327/9786527220244
Publisher
Even3 Publicações
Editors
Fabiana Serra de Arruda, Camila Lucena, Giovanna Miceli Ronzani Borille, Evandro José da Silva

Resumo

Aerotropolis is a proposal for cities organized around airports and their potential connections. However, its consolidation in Brazil remains a matter of debate. This paper proposes a proof-ofconcept application of the aerotropolis model, taking as a starting point an analysis of the ecological efficiency of six Brazilian airports: Guarulhos (GRU), Viracopos (VCP), Brasília (BSB), Fortaleza (FOR), Florianópolis (FLN), and Confins (CNF). The calculations were based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the output-oriented BCC model, and considered indicators aligned with environmental sustainability, such as energy consumption, water use, CO2 emissions, percentage of recycled waste, installed solar energy, carbon offsets, and environmental certifications (LEED, ACA). The results indicate that airports such as Fortaleza, Florianópolis, and Viracopos operate efficiently according to the adopted environmental criteria, while Brasília and Guarulhos show gaps where opportunities for improvement were observed. The study corroborates the viability of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as a consistent tool for analyzing sustainable policies in the airport scenario, as well as contributing to the discussion on more integrated urban paradigms, with greater potential for strategic connectivity based on the centrality of the airport and environmentally efficient.

Palavras-chave: Aerotropolis; Sustainability; DEA; Airports; Ecological Efficiency

How to cite

ABNT

ROCHA, Fabiano; BORILLE, Giovanna Miceli Ronzani; BARBOSA, Fabio Rocha; SOUSA JUNIOR, Wilson Cabral de; SINISGALLI, Paulo; BITTENCOURT, Luiz Fernando Monteiro. Aerotrópole no Brasil: eficiência ecológica aeroportuária como prova de conceito. In: SIMPÓSIO DE TRANSPORTE AÉREO, 22., 2025, Brasília. Anais [...]. Recife: Even3, 2026. ISBN 978-65-272-2024-4. DOI: 10.29327/9786527220244.1241624. Disponível em: https://sitraer-sbta.org/anais-2025-1241624.html.

APA

Rocha, F., Borille, G. M. R., Barbosa, F. R., Sousa Junior, W. C., Sinisgalli, P., & Bittencourt, L. F. M. (2025). Aerotrópole no Brasil: eficiência ecológica aeroportuária como prova de conceito. In F. S. Arruda, C. Lucena, G. M. R. Borille, & E. J. Silva (Eds.), Anais do XXII Simpósio de Transporte Aéreo – SITRAER 2025. Even3. https://doi.org/10.29327/9786527220244.1241624

BibTeX
@inproceedings{rocha2025aerotropole,
  author = {Rocha, Fabiano and Borille, Giovanna Miceli Ronzani and Barbosa, Fabio Rocha and Sousa Junior, Wilson Cabral de and Sinisgalli, Paulo and Bittencourt, Luiz Fernando Monteiro},
  title = {{Aerotrópole no Brasil: eficiência ecológica aeroportuária como prova de conceito}},
  booktitle = {Anais do XXII Simpósio de Transporte Aéreo – SITRAER 2025},
  editor = {Arruda, Fabiana Serra de and Lucena, Camila and Borille, Giovanna Miceli Ronzani and Silva, Evandro José da},
  year = {2025},
  address = {Brasília, DF, Brasil},
  publisher = {Even3 Publicações},
  isbn = {978-65-272-2024-4},
  doi = {10.29327/9786527220244.1241624},
  url = {https://sitraer-sbta.org/anais-2025-1241624.html}
}