# Natal Air Force Base (SBNT)

**Natal Air Force Base** (ICAO: SBNT) is a medium airport in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. It has 3 runways; the longest is 2,600 m (8,530 ft). It is operated by Brazilian Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / SBNT
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Brazilian Air Force
- Serves: Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- Elevation: 52 m / 171 ft
- Coordinates: -5.9114, -35.2477
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 2,600 m / 8,530 ft
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Fortaleza
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natal_Air_Force_Base (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565073
- Weather station: SBNT · WMO 82599
- Ident: SBNT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16L/34R | 2,600 m / 8,530 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 141° / 321° |  |
| 12/30 | 1,825 m / 5,987 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 099° / 279° |  |
| 16R/34L | 1,800 m / 5,905 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 141° / 321° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,600 m / 8,530 ft | =2,041 of 29,858 | =111 in South America | =24 in BR |
| Elevation | 52 m / 171 ft | =34,687 of 43,403 | =7,856 in South America | =5,235 in BR |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =2 in South America | =1 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | NATAL APP | 119.300 |
| ATIS | NATAL ATIS | 132.650 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| OPS | NATAL OPS | 122.500 |
| TWR | NATAL TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [SJBX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sjbx.md) Severino Lopes Airport · 12 km / 7.4 mi
- [BR-1444](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1444.md) Campos de Melo Airport · 12 km / 7.5 mi
- [BR-0464](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-0464.md) Stratus Ale Airport · 20 km / 12 mi
- [NAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsg.md) Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport · 21 km / 13 mi
- [SNOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snog.md) Ceará Mirim Airport · 33 km / 21 mi
- [SIQA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/siqa.md) Senador Antônio Farias Airport · 60 km / 37 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)
- [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/sbnt/data