Introduction This article presented on April 7, 2017 and approved on May 3, 2018. Its purpose is to understand the methodology called Data envelopment analysis (DEA), so that used to estimate the relative efficiency of a variable that can be presented, as well as has also become the most popular tool for analysis and measurement of efficiency. in order to determine the economic value of Brazilian airports, financial tools are being used, such as the return on assets, that is, the ROA indicates the contribution of the assets to the generation of profits. Airports such as Guarulhos International (GRU) and Viracopos International Airport (VCP) whose turned out to be efficient because they are maximizing their commercial income by realizing that their passengers are their main source of income, for the proper functioning of an airport. For fasone, maggiore and scuderi (2014) whose they analyzed the structure of 25 Italian airports through an important ratio such as the return on capital roe, that is shows what is the profitability that the shareholders of a company are obtaining , if the business is really good for the owners of a company. AIRPORT KEY ECONOMIC VALUE DRIVERS When using DEA it is very important mainly in the supply chain because it reveals if the decision being analyzed is efficient or not, in addition it is of great help to increase or decrease the resources or activities that are being executed, in order to optimize a good performance in the supply chain network- Conclusion In conclusion Carrying out this study can be very useful, mainly in airports that do not present a good performance in their economy, in addition the DEA can be is very useful because with it it is possible to show the strengths and weaknesses Brazilian airports had in their efficiency economical