CNF

Tancredo Neves International Airport

ICAO SBCF19.6357°S 43.9669°W829 m / 2,721 ftLarge airport
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Tancredo Neves International Airport (IATA: CNF, ICAO: SBCF) is a large airport in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It opened in 1984. It has one runway, 3,600 m (11,811 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 9.4 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1984–1984
1984
OpenedTancredo Neves International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
16/34139° / 319° · LIT
LENGTH3,600 m11,811 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
9.6M
10.6M
10.4M
11.0M
11.2M
9.6M
10.1M
10.3M
11.0M
4.8M
6.8M
9.4M
111213141516171819202122

Routes

24 destinations · 5 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miDIQ · Brigadeiro Cabral Airport · 112 km / 70 miDTI · Diamantina Airport · 160 km / 99 miJDR · Prefeito Octávio de Almeida Neves Airport · 163 km / 101 miJMA · Aeroporto Elias Breder Airport · 199 km / 124 miVAG · Major Brigadeiro Trompowsky Airport · 268 km / 167 miAAX · Romeu Zema Airport · 314 km / 195 miGIG · Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport · 361 km / 224 miRRJ · Jacarepaguá - Roberto Marinho Airport · 378 km / 235 miPYT · Pedro Rabelo de Souza Airport · 407 km / 253 miLHN · Linhares Municipal Airport · 410 km / 255 miGRU · São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · 495 km / 308 miCGH · Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · 524 km / 326 miBSB · Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport · 592 km / 368 miBPS · Porto Seguro International Airport · 627 km / 390 miSSA · Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport · 960 km / 597 miPOA · Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport · 1,361 km / 846 miMCZ · Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport · 1,428 km / 887 miCKS · Carajás Airport · 1,639 km / 1,018 miFOR · Pinto Martins International Airport · 1,859 km / 1,155 miAEP · Aeroparque Jorge Newbery · 2,185 km / 1,358 miSCL · Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · 3,062 km / 1,903 miPTY · Tocumen International Airport · 5,023 km / 3,121 miLIS · Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · 7,440 km / 4,623 miSLZ · Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport · 1,896 km / 1,178 miLISPTYSCLAEPSLZFORCKSMCZPOASSABPSBSBCGHAAXLHNRRJVAGDTIPYTJMADIQJDRCNF
Year-round23
DIQBrigadeiro Cabral AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta112 km70 miDTIDiamantina AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta160 km99 miJDRPrefeito Octávio de Almeida Neves AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta163 km101 miJMAAeroporto Elias Breder AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta199 km124 miVAGMajor Brigadeiro Trompowsky AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta268 km167 miAAXRomeu Zema AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta314 km195 miGIGRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos361 km224 miRRJJacarepaguá - Roberto Marinho AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta378 km235 miPYTPedro Rabelo de Souza AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta407 km253 miLHNLinhares Municipal AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta410 km255 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos495 km308 miCGHCongonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos524 km326 miBSBPresidente Juscelino Kubitschek International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos592 km368 miBPSPorto Seguro International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos627 km390 miSSADeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos960 km597 miPOAPorto Alegre-Salgado Filho International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil1,361 km846 miMCZZumbi dos Palmares International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos1,428 km887 miCKSCarajás AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos1,639 km1,018 miFORPinto Martins International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil1,859 km1,155 miAEPAeroparque Jorge NewberyArgentina · Gol Transportes Aéreos2,185 km1,358 miSCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · LATAM Airlines Chile3,062 km1,903 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines5,023 km3,121 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal7,440 km4,623 mi
Most destinationsGol Transportes Aéreos 11Azul Conecta 9LATAM Brasil 5LATAM Airlines Chile 1Copa Airlines 1TAP Air Portugal 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CNF. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Belo Horizonte International Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers9.4M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#231of 3,974 · #13 South America · #7 BRLongest runway3,600 m11,811 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=383of 29,823 · =12 South America · #3 BRElevation829 m2,721 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=6,224of 43,341 · #694 South America · #399 BRAgeOpened 19842026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=8,725of 15,079 · =130 South America · #71 BRRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =181 South America · =31 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

6 channels
APPBELO HORIZONTE APP120.200
ATISBELO HORIZONTE ATIS127.450
CLDCONFINS CLNC DEL121.000
GNDGND121.900
OPSBELO HORIZONTE OPS122.500
TWRCONFINS TWR118.200