# Jacarepaguá - Roberto Marinho Airport (RRJ / SBJR)

**Jacarepaguá - Roberto Marinho Airport** (IATA: RRJ, ICAO: SBJR) is a medium airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It opened on 14 Nov 1927. It has one runway, 900 m (2,952 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 191 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RRJ / SBJR
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Opened: 14 Nov 1927 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 3 m / 10 ft
- Coordinates: -22.9868, -43.3722
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 900 m / 2,952 ft
- Passengers: 191,388 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Website: http://www.infraero.com.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/rio-de-janeiro/aeroporto-de-jacarepagua.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacarepagu%C3%A1_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2625127
- Weather station: SBJR
- Ident: SBJR

## Timeline

- 14 Nov 1927: Jacarepaguá - Roberto Marinho Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 900 m / 2,952 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2004 | 54 | Wikidata |
| 2005 | 100 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 85 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 33 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 12 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 1 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 14 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 1 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 197,345 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 171,256 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 151,417 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 191,388 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [CNF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbcf.md) Tancredo Neves International Airport · Brazil · 378 km / 235 mi · Azul Conecta
- [VCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbkp.md) Viracopos International Airport · Brazil · 385 km / 239 mi · Azul Conecta

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [Azul Conecta](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azul-conecta) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 191K (2022) | #1,551 of 3,974 | #144 in South America | #55 in BR |
| Longest runway | 900 m / 2,952 ft | =17,124 of 29,858 | =3,773 in South America | =2,927 in BR |
| Elevation | 3 m / 10 ft | =42,364 of 43,403 | =8,753 in South America | =5,564 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1927 | =280 of 15,079 | #5 in South America | #2 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Nearby airports

- [SBAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbaf.md) Campo Délio Jardim de Mattos Airport · 12 km / 7.8 mi
- [SDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbrj.md) Santos Dumont Airport · 23 km / 14 mi
- [GIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgl.md) Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport · 23 km / 14 mi
- [SNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsc.md) Santa Cruz Air Force Base · 36 km / 22 mi
- [JDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbjf.md) Francisco de Assis Airport · 133 km / 83 mi
- [BZC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbbz.md) Umberto Modiano Airport · 146 km / 91 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: “Jacarepaguá Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacarepaguá_Airport&oldid=1376514606), revision of 24 Sep 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/sbjr/data