# Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (POA / SBPA) **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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbpa ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: POA / SBPA - Type: Large airport - Operator: Infraero - Serves: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Opened: 3 Jul 1940 - Elevation: 3 m / 11 ft - Coordinates: -29.9940, -51.1675 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 3,200 m / 10,499 ft - Passengers: 6,654,062 (2022) - Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo - Website: https://www.portoalegre-airport.com.br/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salgado_Filho_Porto_Alegre_International_Airport (23 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432702 - Weather station: SBPA · WMO 83971 - Ident: SBPA ## Timeline - 3 Jul 1940: Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport opens. - 1974: Infraero becomes the owner. - 2017: Ownership changes. - Jan 2018: A new operator takes over. - 27 May 2024: Replaced by Nossa Senhora de Fátima Aerodrome. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 11/29 | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 091° / 271° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2011 | 7,691,181 | Wikidata | | 2012 | 8,092,723 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 7,877,788 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 8,347,316 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 8,261,297 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 7,568,426 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 7,931,116 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 8,301,172 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 8,308,361 | Wikidata | | 2020 | 3,561,630 | Wikidata | | 2021 | 4,839,594 | Wikidata | | 2022 | 6,654,062 | Wikidata | ## Routes 16 destinations in 7 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (14) - [FLN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbfl.md) Hercílio Luz International Airport · Brazil · 363 km / 226 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos - [CWB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbct.md) Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport · Brazil · 534 km / 332 mi · LATAM Brasil - [IGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbfi.md) Cataratas International Airport · Brazil · 588 km / 365 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos - [CGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsp.md) Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · Brazil · 837 km / 520 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos - [AEP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sabe.md) Aeroparque Jorge Newbery · Argentina · 849 km / 528 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos - [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 866 km / 538 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos - [VCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbkp.md) Viracopos International Airport · Brazil · 874 km / 543 mi · LATAM Brasil - [GIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgl.md) Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport · Brazil · 1,122 km / 697 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos - [CNF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbcf.md) Tancredo Neves International Airport · Brazil · 1,361 km / 846 mi · LATAM Brasil - [BSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbbr.md) Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport · Brazil · 1,605 km / 997 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos - [SCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scel.md) Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · Chile · 1,891 km / 1,175 mi · LATAM Airlines Chile - [LIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spim.md) Jorge Chávez International Airport · Peru · 3,338 km / 2,074 mi · LATAM Airlines Peru - [PTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpto.md) Tocumen International Airport · Panama · 5,289 km / 3,286 mi · Copa Airlines - [LIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppt.md) Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · Portugal · 8,800 km / 5,468 mi · TAP Air Portugal ### Seasonal (2) - [PDP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/suls.md) Capitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport · Uruguay · 654 km / 406 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos - [SSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsv.md) Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport · Brazil · 2,314 km / 1,438 mi · LATAM Brasil ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from POA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (6) - JJ [LATAM Brasil](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-brasil) · 10 - G3 [Gol Transportes Aéreos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gol-transportes-aereos) · 8 - CM [Copa Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/copa-airlines) · 1 - LP [LATAM Airlines Peru](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-airlines-peru) · 1 - [LATAM Chile](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-chile) · 1 - TP [TAP Air Portugal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tap-air-portugal) · 1 Former hub of [Brava Linhas Aéreas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/brava-linhas-aereas). ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 6.7M (2022) | #291 of 3,974 | #17 in South America | #9 in BR | | Longest runway | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | =818 of 29,858 | =34 in South America | #7 in BR | | Elevation | 3 m / 11 ft | =42,299 of 43,403 | =8,750 in South America | =5,562 in BR | | Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =25 in South America | =15 in BR | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | APP | PALEGRE APP | 119.000 | | ATIS | ATIS | 127.850 | | GND | GND | 121.900 | | TWR | PALEGRE TWR | 118.100 | ## Nearby airports - [SBCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbco.md) Canoas Air Force Base · 5.8 km / 3.6 mi - [SSJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ssjc.md) Fazenda do Jacuí Airport · 13 km / 8.1 mi - [GCV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gcv.md) Gravatai Airport · 18 km / 11 mi - [SSBN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ssbn.md) Belém Novo Airport · 22 km / 14 mi - [SSMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ssmk.md) El Dorado Airport · 25 km / 15 mi - [BR-2927](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-2927.md) Astral Airport · 27 km / 17 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: “Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salgado_Filho_Porto_Alegre_International_Airport&oldid=1374927063), revision of 14 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/sbpa/data