# Canoas Air Force Base, Porto Alegre, Brazil

**Canoas Air Force Base** is a medium airport in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It opened on 21 Aug 1937. It has one runway, 2,751 m (9,026 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Brazilian Air Force. In 2006 it handled 75 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Brazilian Air Force
- Serves: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Opened: 21 Aug 1937
- Elevation: 8 m / 26 ft
- Coordinates: -29.9459, -51.1444
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,751 m / 9,026 ft
- Passengers: 75 (2006)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Website: http://189.10.238.3/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoas_Air_Force_Base (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3276024
- Weather station: SBCO · WMO 83967
- Ident: SBCO

## Timeline

- 21 Aug 1937: Canoas Air Force Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,751 m / 9,026 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 75 (2006) | =3,666 of 3,974 | =526 in South America | =257 in BR |
| Longest runway | 2,751 m / 9,026 ft | #1,733 of 29,858 | #95 in South America | #16 in BR |
| Elevation | 8 m / 26 ft | =40,786 of 43,403 | =8,600 in South America | =5,497 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =17 in South America | =9 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | PALEGRE APP | 119.000 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.850 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| OPS | OPS | 122.500 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [POA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbpa.md) Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport · 5.8 km / 3.6 mi
- [GCV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gcv.md) Gravatai Airport · 15 km / 9.5 mi
- [SSJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ssjc.md) Fazenda do Jacuí Airport · 16 km / 9.8 mi
- [BR-1094](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1094.md) Berge Vile Airport · 25 km / 15 mi
- [SSBN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ssbn.md) Belém Novo Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [QHV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ssnh.md) Novo Hamburgo Airport · 28 km / 18 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)
- [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/sbco/data