# Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport (LEC / SBLE)

**Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport** (IATA: LEC, ICAO: SBLE) is a small airport in Lençóis, Bahia, Brazil. It has one runway, 2,082 m (6,831 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 730 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LEC / SBLE
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Lençóis, Bahia, Brazil
- Elevation: 511 m / 1,676 ft
- Coordinates: -12.4823, -41.2770
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,082 m / 6,831 ft
- Passengers: 730 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Bahia
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len%C3%A7%C3%B3is_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6523467
- Weather station: SBLE
- Ident: SBLE

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 2,082 m / 6,831 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 1,893 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 3,085 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 4,271 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 7,528 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 8,818 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 10,320 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 12,286 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 18,738 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 11,968 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 9,744 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 2,696 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 730 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [SSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsv.md) Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport · Brazil · 324 km / 201 mi · Azul Brazilian Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- AD [Azul Brazilian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azul-brazilian-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 730 (2022) | #3,361 of 3,974 | #385 in South America | #163 in BR |
| Longest runway | 2,082 m / 6,831 ft | =3,664 of 29,858 | #252 in South America | #69 in BR |
| Elevation | 511 m / 1,676 ft | =10,727 of 43,403 | =2,139 in South America | =1,638 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | RDO | 131.750 |

## Nearby airports

- [SIQ8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/siq8.md) Jaboticaba Airport · 23 km / 14 mi
- [BR-2180](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-2180.md) Palmeiras Airport · 33 km / 21 mi
- [SIS3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sis3.md) Portal dos Vales Airstrip · 38 km / 23 mi
- [SNUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snut.md) Utinga Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [BR-1031](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1031.md) Comandante Milton Tosto Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [SNST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snst.md) Souto Soares Airport · 58 km / 36 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: “Lençóis Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lençóis_Airport&oldid=1366853922), revision of 30 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/sble/data