# Araçatuba Airport (ARU / SBAU)

**Araçatuba Airport** (IATA: ARU, ICAO: SBAU) is a medium airport in Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. It opened in 1991. It has one runway, 2,120 m (6,955 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by DAESP. In 2022 it handled 100 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ARU / SBAU
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: DAESP
- Serves: Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
- Opened: 1991
- Elevation: 414 m / 1,358 ft
- Coordinates: -21.1415, -50.4246
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,120 m / 6,955 ft
- Passengers: 100,435 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Website: http://www.daesp.sp.gov.br/aeroporto-detalhe/?id=841
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara%C3%A7atuba_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4784580
- Weather station: SBAU
- Ident: SBAU

## Timeline

- 1991: Araçatuba Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5/23 | 2,120 m / 6,955 ft | 35 m / 115 ft | Asphalt | 028° / 208° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 71,943 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 120,765 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 151,381 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 163,901 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 118,832 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 98,508 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 101,481 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 85,285 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 110,709 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 75,410 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 83,362 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 100,435 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [VCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbkp.md) Viracopos International Airport · Brazil · 397 km / 247 mi · Azul Brazilian Airlines
- [CGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsp.md) Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · Brazil · 476 km / 296 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos

### Seasonal (1)

- [MCZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbmo.md) Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport · Brazil · 2,031 km / 1,262 mi · Azul Brazilian Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ARU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- AD [Azul Brazilian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azul-brazilian-airlines) · 2
- G3 [Gol Transportes Aéreos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gol-transportes-aereos) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 100K (2022) | #1,818 of 3,974 | #170 in South America | #63 in BR |
| Longest runway | 2,120 m / 6,955 ft | =3,544 of 29,858 | #227 in South America | #57 in BR |
| Elevation | 414 m / 1,358 ft | =13,235 of 43,403 | =2,888 in South America | =2,255 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1991 | =9,835 of 15,079 | #140 in South America | #75 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | RDO | 130.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [LIP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbln.md) Lins Airport · 92 km / 57 mi
- [SJP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsr.md) Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport · 112 km / 69 mi
- [MII](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbml.md) Frank Miloye Milenkowichi–Marília State Airport · 128 km / 80 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: “Araçatuba Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Araçatuba_Airport&oldid=1371770486), revision of 28 Aug 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/sbau/data