# Carlos Prates Airport, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

**Carlos Prates Airport** is a small airport in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It opened in 1944. It closed on 31 Mar 2023. It has one runway, 928 m (3,045 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 8 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Opened: 1944
- Closed: 31 Mar 2023 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 928 m / 3,044 ft
- Coordinates: -19.9096, -43.9892
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 928 m / 3,045 ft
- Passengers: 7,684 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Website: http://www.infraero.com.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/minas-gerais/aeroporto-carlos-prates.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Prates_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3536519
- Weather station: SBPR
- Ident: SBPR

## Timeline

- 1944: Carlos Prates Airport opens.
- 31 Mar 2023: Carlos Prates Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 9/27 | 928 m / 3,045 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2018 | 21,382 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 22,614 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 19,256 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 7,684 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 8K (2022) | #2,790 of 3,974 | #281 in South America | #112 in BR |
| Longest runway | 928 m / 3,045 ft | =15,652 of 29,858 | #3,344 in South America | #2,548 in BR |
| Elevation | 928 m / 3,044 ft | =5,371 of 43,403 | =428 in South America | #183 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =34 in South America | =20 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | RDO | 125.850 |
| ATIS | BELO HORIZONTE ATIS | 127.450 |

## Nearby airports

- [PLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbbh.md) Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport · 7.7 km / 4.8 mi
- [SBLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbls.md) Lagoa Santa Air Base · 29 km / 18 mi
- [SJQT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sjqt.md) Fazenda Haras RPC Airport · 30 km / 18 mi
- [CNF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbcf.md) Tancredo Neves International Airport · 31 km / 19 mi
- [BR-1543](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1543.md) Palácio dos Leilões Heliport · 42 km / 26 mi
- [SWJX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/swjx.md) Fazenda das Perobas Airport · 49 km / 30 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: “Carlos Prates Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carlos_Prates_Airport&oldid=1363025331), revision of 7 Jul 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/sbpr/data