# João Simões Lopes Neto International Airport (PET / SBPK)

**João Simões Lopes Neto International Airport** (IATA: PET, ICAO: SBPK) is a medium airport in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It has one runway, 1,980 m (6,496 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 63 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PET / SBPK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Elevation: 18 m / 59 ft
- Coordinates: -31.7172, -52.3278
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,980 m / 6,496 ft
- Passengers: 62,995 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Website: http://www.infraero.com.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/rio-grande-do-sul/aeroporto-internacional-de-pelotas.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelotas_International_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2395917
- Weather station: SBPK · WMO 83985
- Ident: SBPK

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,980 m / 6,496 ft | 42 m / 138 ft | Concrete | 051° / 231° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 5,244 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 4,478 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 33,690 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 53,899 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 46,665 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 37,307 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 28,652 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 33,893 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 31,770 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 10,107 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 24,921 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 62,995 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [CGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsp.md) Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · Brazil · 1,058 km / 657 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 1,087 km / 675 mi · LATAM Brasil

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from PET, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- G3 [Gol Transportes Aéreos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gol-transportes-aereos) · 1
- JJ [LATAM Brasil](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-brasil) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 63K (2022) | #1,994 of 3,974 | #188 in South America | #71 in BR |
| Longest runway | 1,980 m / 6,496 ft | =4,131 of 29,858 | =308 in South America | #93 in BR |
| Elevation | 18 m / 59 ft | =38,756 of 43,403 | =8,367 in South America | =5,411 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | RDO | 125.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [BR-3252](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-3252.md) Granja Mangueira Agropecuária Airstrip · 12 km / 7.3 mi
- [SSCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ssco.md) Comandante Marilda Zaiden de Mesquita Airport · 13 km / 8.3 mi
- [SJEC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sjec.md) Eduardo Cordeiro de Araújo Airport · 14 km / 8.5 mi
- [SSMH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ssmh.md) Fazenda Santa Maria Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [BR-2913](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-2913.md) Estância da Gruta Airport · 29 km / 18 mi
- [BR-3251](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-3251.md) Cancha da Coxilha Airstrip · 41 km / 25 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: “Pelotas International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pelotas_International_Airport&oldid=1373231815), revision of 4 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/sbpk/data