Romeu Zema Airport — Araxá, Brazil

Romeu Zema Airport serves Araxá, a city in Brazil's inland Minas Gerais state, where the single runway rests at a relatively high 3,276 feet above sea level, well above the sea-level airports found along Brazil's coast. Minas Gerais is Brazil's second-most-populous state and covers a large mountainous interior, and Araxá's airport gives this part of the state a direct connection to São Paulo and other major Brazilian cities without a long highway drive. Business and regional travel drive most of the traffic here rather than heavy international demand, reflecting Araxá's role as a mid-sized inland city rather than a coastal destination.