# Forquilhinha - Criciúma Airport (CCM / SSIM)

**Forquilhinha - Criciúma Airport** (IATA: CCM, ICAO: SSIM) is a medium airport in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil. It opened on 17 Dec 1979. It has one runway, 1,488 m (4,882 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Infraero. In 2016 it handled 55 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CCM / SSIM
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Opened: 17 Dec 1979 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 28 m / 92 ft
- Coordinates: -28.7257, -49.4245
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,488 m / 4,882 ft
- Passengers: 55,473 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Website: http://www.infraero.com.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/santa-catarina/aeroporto-diomicio-freitas.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diom%C3%ADcio_Freitas_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959295
- Weather station: SBCM
- Ident: SBCM

## Timeline

- 17 Dec 1979: Forquilhinha - Criciúma Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 9/27 | 1,488 m / 4,882 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2004 | 10,925 | Wikidata |
| 2005 | 7,306 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 10,052 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 4,366 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 2,843 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 15,186 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 19,871 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 33,231 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 63,044 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 69,291 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 73,642 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 55,473 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 55K (2016) | #2,049 of 3,974 | #197 in South America | #76 in BR |
| Longest runway | 1,488 m / 4,882 ft | =7,356 of 29,858 | #808 in South America | #410 in BR |
| Elevation | 28 m / 92 ft | =37,206 of 43,403 | =8,189 in South America | =5,350 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1979 | =7,894 of 15,079 | =114 in South America | =60 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | CRICIUMA RDO | 131.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [BR-0964](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-0964.md) Comandante Nelinho Airport · 28 km / 18 mi
- [JJG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbja.md) Humberto Ghizzo Bortoluzzi Regional Airport · 36 km / 22 mi
- [BR-0958](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-0958.md) Campo Nuic Airport · 41 km / 25 mi
- [BR-0855](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-0855.md) Asa Branca Airport · 51 km / 32 mi
- [SS99](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ss99.md) Fazenda Veronezi Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [BR-3002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-3002.md) Cambará Airport · 70 km / 44 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: “Diomício Freitas Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diomício_Freitas_Airport&oldid=1363033244), revision of 7 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/sbcm/data