# Mário Ribeiro Airport (MOC / SBMK)

**Mário Ribeiro Airport** (IATA: MOC, ICAO: SBMK) is a medium airport in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It opened on 18 Dec 1939. It has one runway, 2,100 m (6,890 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 251 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MOC / SBMK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Opened: 18 Dec 1939 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 668 m / 2,191 ft
- Coordinates: -16.7069, -43.8189
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,100 m / 6,890 ft
- Passengers: 251,495 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Website: http://www.infraero.gov.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/minas-gerais/aeroporto-de-montes-claros.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montes_Claros_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3612811
- Weather station: SBMK · WMO 83437
- Ident: SBMK

## Timeline

- 18 Dec 1939: Mário Ribeiro Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 2,100 m / 6,890 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 221,958 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 314,779 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 328,687 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 354,740 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 375,979 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 280,422 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 274,797 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 225,052 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 225,948 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 106,102 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 141,333 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 251,495 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [CNF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbcf.md) Tancredo Neves International Airport · Brazil · 326 km / 203 mi · Azul Brazilian Airlines
- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 797 km / 495 mi · LATAM Brasil
- [CGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsp.md) Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · Brazil · 824 km / 512 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- AD [Azul Brazilian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azul-brazilian-airlines) · 1
- 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 | 251K (2022) | #1,425 of 3,974 | #133 in South America | #50 in BR |
| Longest runway | 2,100 m / 6,890 ft | =3,582 of 29,858 | =232 in South America | =60 in BR |
| Elevation | 668 m / 2,191 ft | #8,053 of 43,403 | #1,257 in South America | #890 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1939 | =1,029 of 15,079 | =21 in South America | =12 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | RDO | 131.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [SIVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sivn.md) Fazenda Sansara Airport · 13 km / 7.9 mi
- [BR-0168](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-0168.md) Ermidinha Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [BR-0169](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-0169.md) Capitão Enéas Airfield · 45 km / 28 mi
- [SIL9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sil9.md) Fazenda São Francisco Airstrip · 52 km / 32 mi
- [BR-0170](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-0170.md) Coração de Jesus Airport · 57 km / 36 mi
- [BR-1219](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1219.md) Fazenda Novo Horizonte Airport · 63 km / 39 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: “Montes Claros Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montes_Claros_Airport&oldid=1376162952), revision of 22 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/sbmk/data