# Ponta Pelada Airport / Manaus Air Base (PLL / SBMN)

**Ponta Pelada Airport / Manaus Air Base** (IATA: PLL, ICAO: SBMN) is a medium airport in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. It opened on 20 Jan 1954. It has one runway, 2,170 m (7,119 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PLL / SBMN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
- Opened: 20 Jan 1954 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 81 m / 267 ft
- Coordinates: -3.1460, -59.9863
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,170 m / 7,119 ft
- Time zone: UTC-4 · America/Manaus
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponta_Pelada_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7228049
- Weather station: SBMN · WMO 82332
- Ident: SBMN

## Timeline

- 20 Jan 1954: Ponta Pelada Airport / Manaus Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 9/27 | 2,170 m / 7,119 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,170 m / 7,119 ft | =3,386 of 29,858 | #216 in South America | #53 in BR |
| Elevation | 81 m / 267 ft | =32,163 of 43,403 | =7,382 in South America | =5,095 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1954 | =4,023 of 15,079 | =57 in South America | =30 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | MANAUS APP | 119.700 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.650 |
| TWR | MANAUS TWR | 118.100 |

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- [SNE8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sne8.md) Fazenda Esmeralda do Norte Airstrip · 17 km / 11 mi
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- [BR-1826](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1826.md) Estância Buriti Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
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## 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: “Ponta Pelada Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ponta_Pelada_Airport&oldid=1371414627), revision of 26 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/sbmn/data