# Macaé Benedito Lacerda Airport (MEA / SBME)

**Macaé Benedito Lacerda Airport** (IATA: MEA, ICAO: SBME) is a medium airport in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has one runway, 1,200 m (3,937 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 30 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MEA / SBME
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Elevation: 2 m / 8 ft
- Coordinates: -22.3430, -41.7660
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,200 m / 3,937 ft
- Passengers: 29,940 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Website: http://www.infraero.com.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/rio-de-janeiro/aeroporto-de-macae.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maca%C3%A9_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2579289
- Weather station: SBME · WMO 86891
- Ident: SBME

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 6/24 | 1,200 m / 3,937 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 15,154 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 14,650 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 23,999 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 34,272 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 69,793 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 60,181 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 20,595 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 149,622 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 86,551 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 9,388 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 7,926 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 29,940 | 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 · 497 km / 309 mi · LATAM Brasil

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (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 | 30K (2022) | #2,287 of 3,974 | #234 in South America | #96 in BR |
| Longest runway | 1,200 m / 3,937 ft | =10,151 of 29,858 | =1,363 in South America | =850 in BR |
| Elevation | 2 m / 8 ft | =42,741 of 43,403 | =8,801 in South America | #5,578 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 119.200 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.775 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.450 |

## Nearby airports

- [SD3Y](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sd3y.md) Rio Louro Airstrip · 5.6 km / 3.5 mi
- [SNAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snao.md) Trimonte Jorge Mussi Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [BR-3254](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-3254.md) Fazenda Tosana Airstrip · 39 km / 24 mi
- [SDCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sdcu.md) Brigadeiro Francisco Pinto de Moura Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [SSTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sstw.md) Quissamã Airstrip · 43 km / 27 mi
- [BR-0812](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-0812.md) Fly Lagos Airport · 51 km / 32 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: “Macaé Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Macaé_Airport&oldid=1367894395), revision of 5 Aug 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/sbme/data