# Romeu Zema Airport (AAX / SBAX)

**Romeu Zema Airport** (IATA: AAX, ICAO: SBAX) is a medium airport in Araxá, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It has one runway, 1,900 m (6,234 ft) long, asphalt. In 2020 it handled 597 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AAX / SBAX
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Araxá, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Elevation: 999 m / 3,276 ft
- Coordinates: -19.5632, -46.9604
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,900 m / 6,234 ft
- Passengers: 597 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arax%C3%A1_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4784547
- Weather station: SBAX
- Ident: SBAX

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 1,900 m / 6,234 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 31,368 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 23,305 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 11,829 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 30,654 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 37,969 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 39,453 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 13,982 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 16,659 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 3,783 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 3,052 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 2,016 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 597 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [CNF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbcf.md) Tancredo Neves International Airport · Brazil · 314 km / 195 mi · Azul Conecta

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [Azul Conecta](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azul-conecta) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 597 (2020) | =3,390 of 3,974 | =400 in South America | =175 in BR |
| Longest runway | 1,900 m / 6,234 ft | =4,284 of 29,858 | =323 in South America | =98 in BR |
| Elevation | 999 m / 3,276 ft | =4,831 of 43,403 | #309 in South America | #97 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | RDO | 130.350 |

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## 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: “Araxá Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Araxá_Airport&oldid=1367018165), revision of 31 Jul 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/sbax/data