João Simões Lopes Neto International Airport — Pelotas, Brazil

João Simões Lopes Neto International Airport (PET) serves Pelotas, a historic city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, known for its sweets industry, colonial architecture, and role as a cultural center in Brazil's far south. Named after a celebrated regionalist writer from Pelotas, the airport primarily handles domestic flights connecting to São Paulo and other Brazilian hubs, despite its international designation. Pelotas sits near Lagoa dos Patos, a large coastal lagoon, and serves as an access point for the surrounding wine and agricultural region of the Serra Gaúcha area. PET supports both business travel tied to the city's food processing industry and visitors interested in its well-preserved 19th-century townscape.