MCZ

Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport

ICAO SBMO9.5126°S 35.7918°W118 m / 387 ftLarge airport
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Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (IATA: MCZ, ICAO: SBMO) is a large airport in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. It opened on 14 Oct 1928. It has one runway, 2,602 m (8,537 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by ENAIRE. In 2022 it handled 2.3 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1928–1928
14 OCT 1928
OpenedZumbi dos Palmares International Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal de Passageiros 1
12/30100° / 280°
LENGTH2,602 m8,537 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
1.5M
1.7M
1.9M
1.9M
1.9M
2.0M
2.0M
2.2M
2.1M
1.1M
1.9M
2.3M
111213141516171819202122

Routes

9 destinations · 3 countries
Year-round8
SSADeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos468 km291 miCNFTancredo Neves International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos1,428 km887 miBSBPresidente Juscelino Kubitschek International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos1,493 km928 miGIGRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos1,678 km1,043 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos1,919 km1,192 miCGHCongonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos1,948 km1,210 miEZEEzeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniArgentina · Gol Transportes Aéreos, JetSmart Argentina3,641 km2,262 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal6,037 km3,751 mi
Most destinationsGol Transportes Aéreos 7LATAM Brasil 6JetSmart Argentina 1TAP Air Portugal 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MCZ. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport” (revision of 14 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.3M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#538of 3,974 · #41 South America · #20 BRLongest runway2,602 m8,537 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,037of 29,823 · #110 South America · #23 BRElevation118 m387 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=29,311of 43,341 · =6,678 South America · =4,766 BRAgeOpened 19282026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=323of 15,079 · #6 South America · #3 BRRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =181 South America · =31 BR
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
APPMACEIO APP119.250
TWRMACEIO TWR118.250