# Orlando Bezerra de Menezes Airport (JDO / SBJU)

**Orlando Bezerra de Menezes Airport** (IATA: JDO, ICAO: SBJU) is a small airport in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil. It has one runway, 1,940 m (6,365 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 496 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JDO / SBJU
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
- Elevation: 409 m / 1,342 ft
- Coordinates: -7.2193, -39.2691
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,940 m / 6,365 ft
- Passengers: 496,216 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Fortaleza
- Website: http://www.infraero.gov.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/ceara/aeroporto-de-juazeiro-do-norte.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juazeiro_do_Norte_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2579307
- Weather station: SBJU
- Ident: SBJU

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 1,940 m / 6,365 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 333,530 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 439,671 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 379,815 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 414,736 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 438,201 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 524,260 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 533,181 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 563,895 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 498,818 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 268,698 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 386,989 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 496,216 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [FOR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbfz.md) Pinto Martins International Airport · Brazil · 391 km / 243 mi · LATAM Brasil
- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 1,960 km / 1,218 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- JJ [LATAM Brasil](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-brasil) · 2
- G3 [Gol Transportes Aéreos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gol-transportes-aereos) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 496K (2022) | #1,114 of 3,974 | #96 in South America | #39 in BR |
| Longest runway | 1,940 m / 6,365 ft | =4,206 of 29,858 | =315 in South America | =96 in BR |
| Elevation | 409 m / 1,342 ft | =13,399 of 43,403 | =2,929 in South America | =2,294 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | JUAZEIRO RDO | 131.750 |

## Nearby airports

- [SW2B](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sw2b.md) Fazenda Pedra da Letra Airport · 67 km / 42 mi
- [BR-1115](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1115.md) Evanderto Almeida Airport · 68 km / 43 mi
- [BR-1454](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1454.md) Cedro Airport · 72 km / 45 mi
- [CJZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-0263.md) Pedro Vieira Moreira Airport · 81 km / 50 mi
- [SIM7](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sim7.md) Vila Gadelha Airport · 89 km / 55 mi
- [SIBW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sibw.md) Conceição Airport · 93 km / 58 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: “Juazeiro do Norte Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juazeiro_do_Norte_Airport&oldid=1374393187), revision of 11 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/sbju/data