# Comandante Gustavo Kraemer Airport (BGX / SBBG)

**Comandante Gustavo Kraemer Airport** (IATA: BGX, ICAO: SBBG) is a medium airport in Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It opened on 5 Jul 1946. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,500 m (4,921 ft). It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BGX / SBBG
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Opened: 5 Jul 1946 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 183 m / 600 ft
- Coordinates: -31.3905, -54.1122
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,500 m / 4,921 ft
- Passengers: 1,767 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Website: http://www.infraero.com.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/rio-grande-do-sul/aeroporto-internacional-comandante-gustavo-kraemer.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comandante_Gustavo_Kraemer_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1658147
- Weather station: SBBG · WMO 83981
- Ident: SBBG

## Timeline

- 5 Jul 1946: Comandante Gustavo Kraemer Airport opens.
- 7 Apr 1957: Varig C-46 crash. 40 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 6/24 | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Concrete | 046° / 226° | yes |
| 14/32 | 1,149 m / 3,770 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Grass |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2000 | 200 | Wikidata |
| 2004 | 123 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 208 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 149 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 33 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 8 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,446 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,795 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,774 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 971 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,767 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2K (2022) | =3,193 of 3,974 | #341 in South America | #139 in BR |
| Longest runway | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | =6,995 of 29,858 | =632 in South America | =277 in BR |
| Elevation | 183 m / 600 ft | =25,286 of 43,403 | =5,678 in South America | =4,267 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1946 | =2,744 of 15,079 | =41 in South America | #23 in BR |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =21 in South America | =4 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | BAGE RDO | 125.850 |

## Nearby airports

- [SSCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ssce.md) Aeroclube de Bagé · 7.3 km / 4.5 mi
- [BR-2738](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-2738.md) Aeromis Airport · 12 km / 7.3 mi
- [SIAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/siap.md) Roso Airport · 38 km / 24 mi
- [BR-2938](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-2938.md) Candiota Airport · 42 km / 26 mi
- [SIK7](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sik7.md) Estância Bela Vista Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [UY-0023](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uy-0023.md) Los Alamos Airport · 48 km / 30 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: “Comandante Gustavo Kraemer Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comandante_Gustavo_Kraemer_Airport&oldid=1372706921), revision of 1 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/sbbg/data