# Comandante Ariston Pessoa Airport (JJD / SBJE)

**Comandante Ariston Pessoa Airport** (IATA: JJD, ICAO: SBJE) is a medium airport in Cruz, Ceará, Brazil. It opened on 24 Jun 2017. It has one runway, 2,200 m (7,218 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 307 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JJD / SBJE
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Cruz, Ceará, Brazil
- Opened: 24 Jun 2017 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 27 m / 89 ft
- Coordinates: -2.9064, -40.3573
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,200 m / 7,218 ft
- Passengers: 307,168 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Fortaleza
- Website: https://aeroportodejericoacoara.com.br
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comte._Ariston_Pessoa_Regional_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25418977
- Weather station: SBJE
- Ident: SBJE

## Timeline

- 24 Jun 2017: Comandante Ariston Pessoa Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 063° / 243° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2017 | 28,282 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 109,588 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 54,044 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 151,230 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 307,168 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 2,375 km / 1,476 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- G3 [Gol Transportes Aéreos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gol-transportes-aereos) · 1
- JJ [LATAM Brasil](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-brasil) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 307K (2022) | #1,334 of 3,974 | #121 in South America | #47 in BR |
| Longest runway | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | =3,269 of 29,858 | =205 in South America | =48 in BR |
| Elevation | 27 m / 89 ft | =37,354 of 43,403 | =8,207 in South America | =5,353 in BR |
| Age | Opened 2017 | =13,507 of 15,079 | #167 in South America | #91 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Nearby airports

- [SI6S](https://dromopedia.com/airports/si6s.md) Jerileve Airstrip · 17 km / 10 mi
- [BR-1654](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1654.md) Cajucoco Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [CMC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snwc.md) Camocim - Pinto Martins Airport · 56 km / 35 mi
- [SNV6](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snv6.md) Fazenda Vitória Airport · 70 km / 43 mi
- [JSO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sn6l.md) Dr. Luciano de Arruda Coelho Regional Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [BR-1864](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1864.md) Bomar Airport · 80 km / 50 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: “Comte. Ariston Pessoa Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comte._Ariston_Pessoa_Regional_Airport&oldid=1364673036), revision of 17 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/sbje/data