# Aracati Dragão do Mar Regional Airport (ARX / SBAC)

**Aracati Dragão do Mar Regional Airport** (IATA: ARX, ICAO: SBAC) is a medium airport in Aracati, Ceará, Brazil. It opened on 10 Aug 2012. It has one runway, 1,800 m (5,906 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 3 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbac

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ARX / SBAC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Aracati, Ceará, Brazil
- Opened: 10 Aug 2012 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 39 m / 128 ft
- Coordinates: -4.5689, -37.8051
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,800 m / 5,906 ft
- Passengers: 3,432 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Fortaleza
- Website: https://www.ceara.gov.br/2021/06/25/aeroporto-de-aracati-retoma-voos-comerciais-em-julho/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aracati_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4783511
- Weather station: SBAC
- Ident: SBAC

## Timeline

- 10 Aug 2012: Aracati Dragão do Mar Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,800 m / 5,906 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 071° / 251° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2001 | 16 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 3,805 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,431 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 2,859 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 3,432 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3K (2022) | =3,023 of 3,974 | #309 in South America | #122 in BR |
| Longest runway | 1,800 m / 5,906 ft | =4,819 of 29,858 | =368 in South America | =113 in BR |
| Elevation | 39 m / 128 ft | =35,971 of 43,403 | =8,039 in South America | =5,296 in BR |
| Age | Opened 2012 | =12,916 of 15,079 | =160 in South America | =86 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Nearby airports

- [BR-2182](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-2182.md) Russas - João de Deus Regional Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [MVF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbms.md) Dix-Sept Rosado Airport · 86 km / 53 mi
- [FOR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbfz.md) Pinto Martins International Airport · 119 km / 74 mi
- [SNQX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snqx.md) Quixadá Airport · 139 km / 86 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Aracati Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aracati_Airport&oldid=1375750423), revision of 19 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbac/data