FLN

Hercílio Luz International Airport

ICAO SBFL27.6703°S 48.5525°W5 m / 16 ftLarge airport
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Hercílio Luz International Airport (IATA: FLN, ICAO: SBFL) is a large airport in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. It opened in 1941. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,400 m (7,874 ft). It is operated by Floripa Airport. In 2022 it handled 3.3 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1941–2018
1941
OpenedHercílio Luz International Airport opens.
03 JAN 2018
MilestoneFloripa Airport becomes the operator.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Destacamento de Controle do Espaço Aéreo de FlorianópolisTerminal de Passageiros do Floripa Airport
14/32159° / 339° · LIT
LENGTH2,400 m7,874 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
03/21012° / 192°
LENGTH1,320 m4,331 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2010–2022
2.6M
3.0M
3.3M
3.8M
3.5M
3.6M
3.5M
3.8M
3.8M
1.8M
2.3M
3.3M
101112131415161719202122

Routes

20 destinations · 9 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miPOA · Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport · 363 km / 226 miXAP · Serafin Enoss Bertaso Airport · 409 km / 254 miCGH · Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · 488 km / 303 miGRU · São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · 516 km / 321 miVCP · Viracopos International Airport · 538 km / 334 miGIG · Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport · 759 km / 472 miCNF · Tancredo Neves International Airport · 1,008 km / 626 miAEP · Aeroparque Jorge Newbery · 1,211 km / 752 miEZE · Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini · 1,237 km / 769 miBSB · Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport · 1,314 km / 816 miSCL · Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · 2,217 km / 1,378 miPTY · Tocumen International Airport · 5,263 km / 3,270 miLIS · Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · 8,447 km / 5,249 miCWB · Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport · 246 km / 153 miASU · Silvio Pettirossi International Airport · 932 km / 579 miMVD · Carrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport · 1,067 km / 663 miROS · Rosario Islas Malvinas International Airport · 1,310 km / 814 miCOR · Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport · 1,567 km / 974 miLIM · Jorge Chávez International Airport · 3,443 km / 2,139 miMIA · Miami International Airport · 6,846 km / 4,254 miLISMIAPTYLIMSCLBSBROSCNFASUGRUMVDXAPPOACOREZEGIGCWBFLN
Year-round13
POAPorto Alegre-Salgado Filho International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos363 km226 miXAPSerafin Enoss Bertaso AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos, Azul Brazilian Airlines409 km254 miCGHCongonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos488 km303 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos516 km321 miVCPViracopos International AirportBrazil · Azul Brazilian Airlines538 km334 miGIGRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos759 km472 miCNFTancredo Neves International AirportBrazil · Azul Brazilian Airlines1,008 km626 miAEPAeroparque Jorge NewberyArgentina · Gol Transportes Aéreos1,211 km752 miEZEEzeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniArgentina · LATAM Airlines Chile, Gol Transportes Aéreos, JetSmart Argentina1,237 km769 miBSBPresidente Juscelino Kubitschek International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos1,314 km816 miSCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · LATAM Airlines Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart2,217 km1,378 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines5,263 km3,270 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal8,447 km5,249 mi
Seasonal8
CWBCuritiba-Afonso Pena International AirportBrazil · Azul Brazilian Airlines246 km153 miGIGRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil759 km472 miASUSilvio Pettirossi International AirportParaguay · Paranair, Gol Transportes Aéreos932 km579 miMVDCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International AirportUruguay · Sky Airline Peru1,067 km663 miEZEEzeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniArgentina · LATAM Brasil1,237 km769 miROSRosario Islas Malvinas International AirportArgentina · Gol Transportes Aéreos1,310 km814 miCORIngeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International AirportArgentina · Gol Transportes Aéreos, JetSmart Argentina1,567 km974 miLIMJorge Chávez International AirportPeru · Sky Airline Peru3,443 km2,139 mi
Most destinationsGol Transportes Aéreos 11LATAM Brasil 6Azul Brazilian Airlines 4LATAM Airlines Chile 2JetSmart Argentina 2Sky Airline Peru 2

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.3M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#430of 3,974 · #26 South America · #14 BRLongest runway2,400 m7,874 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,844of 29,823 · =168 South America · =38 BRElevation5 m16 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,667of 43,341 · =8,660 South America · =5,513 BRAgeOpened 19412026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,548of 15,079 · =28 South America · #17 BRRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =21 South America · =4 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

5 channels
APPFLORIANOPOLIS APP119.650
ATISATIS127.450
GNDGND121.700
OPSFLORIANOPOLIS OPS122.500
TWRFLORIANOPOLIS TWR118.700