# Carajás Airport (CKS / SBCJ)

**Carajás Airport** (IATA: CKS, ICAO: SBCJ) is a medium airport in Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil. It opened in 1982. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,562 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 146 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CKS / SBCJ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil
- Opened: 1982
- Elevation: 629 m / 2,064 ft
- Coordinates: -6.1178, -50.0034
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,562 ft
- Passengers: 146,019 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Belem
- Website: http://www.infraero.gov.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/para/aeroporto-de-carajas.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caraj%C3%A1s_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3536490
- Weather station: SBCJ · WMO 82567
- Ident: SBCJ

## Timeline

- 1982: Carajás Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 083° / 263° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 85,525 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 125,537 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 112,543 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 132,419 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 205,054 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 155,254 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 121,425 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 124,933 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 138,519 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 66,154 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 106,790 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 146,019 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [OIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sdow.md) Ourilândia do Norte Airport · Brazil · 136 km / 85 mi · Azul Conecta
- [BEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbbe.md) Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport · Brazil · 553 km / 344 mi · Azul Conecta
- [CNF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbcf.md) Tancredo Neves International Airport · Brazil · 1,639 km / 1,018 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- [Azul Conecta](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azul-conecta) · 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 | 146K (2022) | #1,671 of 3,974 | #152 in South America | #56 in BR |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | =3,840 of 29,858 | =276 in South America | =78 in BR |
| Elevation | 629 m / 2,064 ft | =8,603 of 43,403 | =1,428 in South America | =1,030 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1982 | =8,372 of 15,079 | =125 in South America | =67 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | RDO | 131.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [SNQE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snqe.md) Fazenda Serra Grande Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [SDR2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sdr2.md) Fazenda Monte Alegre Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [SNLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snla.md) Fazenda Lagoa das Antas Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [BR-2156](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-2156.md) Igarapé Bahia Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [BR-1583](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1583.md) Mina de Buritirama Airport · 70 km / 44 mi
- [BR-0835](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-0835.md) Fazenda Apucarana · 77 km / 48 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: “Carajás Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carajás_Airport&oldid=1370166718), revision of 19 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/sbcj/data