POA

Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport

ICAO SBPA29.9940°S 51.1675°W3 m / 11 ftLarge airport
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Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (IATA: POA, ICAO: SBPA) is a large airport in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It opened on 3 Jul 1940. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 6.7 million passengers.

Timeline

5 events · 1940–2024
03 JUL 1940
OpenedPorto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport opens.
1974
MilestoneInfraero becomes the owner.
2017
MilestoneOwnership changes.
JAN 2018
MilestoneA new operator takes over.
27 MAY 2024
MilestoneReplaced by Nossa Senhora de Fátima Aerodrome.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal 1Antigo Terminal 2
11/29091° / 271° · LIT
LENGTH3,200 m10,499 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
7.7M
8.1M
7.9M
8.3M
8.3M
7.6M
7.9M
8.3M
8.3M
3.6M
4.8M
6.7M
111213141516171819202122

Routes

16 destinations · 7 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miFLN · Hercílio Luz International Airport · 363 km / 226 miCWB · Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport · 534 km / 332 miIGU · Cataratas International Airport · 588 km / 365 miCGH · Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · 837 km / 520 miAEP · Aeroparque Jorge Newbery · 849 km / 528 miGRU · São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · 866 km / 538 miVCP · Viracopos International Airport · 874 km / 543 miGIG · Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport · 1,122 km / 697 miCNF · Tancredo Neves International Airport · 1,361 km / 846 miBSB · Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport · 1,605 km / 997 miSCL · Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · 1,891 km / 1,175 miLIM · Jorge Chávez International Airport · 3,338 km / 2,074 miPTY · Tocumen International Airport · 5,289 km / 3,286 miLIS · Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · 8,800 km / 5,468 miPDP · Capitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport · 654 km / 406 miSSA · Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport · 2,314 km / 1,438 miLISPTYLIMSSASCLBSBCNFAEPCGHIGUFLNGIGPDPCWBVCPPOA
Year-round14
FLNHercílio Luz International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos363 km226 miCWBCuritiba-Afonso Pena International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil534 km332 miIGUCataratas International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos588 km365 miCGHCongonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos837 km520 miAEPAeroparque Jorge NewberyArgentina · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos849 km528 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos866 km538 miVCPViracopos International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil874 km543 miGIGRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos1,122 km697 miCNFTancredo Neves International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil1,361 km846 miBSBPresidente Juscelino Kubitschek International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos1,605 km997 miSCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · LATAM Airlines Chile1,891 km1,175 miLIMJorge Chávez International AirportPeru · LATAM Airlines Peru3,338 km2,074 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines5,289 km3,286 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal8,800 km5,468 mi
Most destinationsLATAM Brasil 10Gol Transportes Aéreos 8LATAM Airlines Chile 1LATAM Airlines Peru 1Copa Airlines 1TAP Air Portugal 1

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers6.7M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#291of 3,974 · #17 South America · #9 BRLongest runway3,200 m10,499 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=819of 29,823 · =34 South America · #7 BRElevation3 m11 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,239of 43,341 · =8,721 South America · =5,544 BRAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =25 South America · =15 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

4 channels
APPPALEGRE APP119.000
ATISATIS127.850
GNDGND121.900
TWRPALEGRE TWR118.100