Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport

ICAO SBBE1.3793°S 48.4762°W17 m / 54 ftLarge airport

Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport (IATA: BEL, ICAO: SBBE) is a large airport in Belém, Pará, Brazil. It opened in 1959. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,800 m (9,186 ft). It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 3.4 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1959–1959

1959

OpenedVal de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

07/25046° / 226°

LENGTH2,800 m9,186 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

03/21005° / 185°

LENGTH1,830 m6,004 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022

2.9M

3.3M

3.4M

3.8M

3.7M

3.2M

3.5M

3.6M

2.1M

2.7M

3.4M

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Routes

21 destinations · 6 countries

Year-round21

OPPSalinópolis AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta148 km92 mi BVSBreves AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta221 km137 mi JPENagib Demachki AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta223 km139 mi TURTucuruí AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta301 km187 mi MCPMacapá - Alberto Alcolumbre International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos330 km205 mi PTQPorto de Moz AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta420 km261 mi GGFAlmeirim AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta456 km283 mi MEUMonte Dourado - Serra do Areão AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta462 km287 mi CKSCarajás AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta553 km344 mi OIAOurilândia do Norte AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta663 km412 mi STMSantarém - Maestro Wilson Fonseca International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos712 km442 mi CAYCayenne – Félix Eboué AirportFrench Guiana · Air France813 km505 mi PBMJohan Adolf Pengel International AirportSuriname · Surinam Airways, Gol Transportes Aéreos1,064 km661 mi FORPinto Martins International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil1,136 km706 mi MAOEduardo Gomes International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil1,299 km807 mi BSBPresidente Juscelino Kubitschek International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos1,612 km1,002 mi GIGRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos2,449 km1,522 mi GRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos2,462 km1,530 mi BOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Avianca2,931 km1,821 mi MIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Gol Transportes Aéreos4,562 km2,835 mi LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal6,006 km3,732 mi

Most destinationsAzul Conecta 9Gol Transportes Aéreos 7LATAM Brasil 5Air France 1Surinam Airways 1Avianca 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BEL. From the Wikipedia article “Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport” (revision of 28 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers3.4M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#428of 3,974 · #25 South America · #13 BR Longest runway2,800 m9,186 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,614of 29,823 · =78 South America · #13 BR Elevation17 m54 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,965of 43,341 · #8,377 South America · #5,405 BR AgeOpened 19592026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,466of 15,079 · =73 South America · #41 BR Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =21 South America · =4 BR

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

5 channels

APPBELEM APP119.050

ATISBELEM ATIS127.600

GNDGND121.900

OPSBELEM OPS122.500

TWRBELEM TWR118.700