# Santos Dumont Airport (SDU / SBRJ)

**Santos Dumont Airport** (IATA: SDU, ICAO: SBRJ) is a large airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It opened in 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,323 m (4,341 ft). It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 10.2 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SDU / SBRJ
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Opened: 1944
- Elevation: 3 m / 11 ft
- Coordinates: -22.9104, -43.1628
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,323 m / 4,341 ft
- Passengers: 10,187,401 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Website: http://www.infraero.com.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/rio-de-janeiro/aeroporto-santos-dumont.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos_Dumont_Airport (26 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q865475
- Weather station: SBRJ · WMO 83755
- Ident: SBRJ

## Timeline

- 13 Aug 1939: 1939 Pan Am Sikorsky S-43 crash. 14 killed.
- 1944: Santos Dumont Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02R/20L | 1,323 m / 4,341 ft | 42 m / 138 ft | Asphalt | 357° / 177° | yes |
| 02L/20R | 1,260 m / 4,134 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 357° / 177° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 8,700,238 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 9,157,940 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 9,297,803 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 9,931,995 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 9,684,158 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 9,017,634 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 9,165,526 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 9,206,059 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 9,142,393 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 5,003,852 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 6,826,379 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 10,187,401 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 343 km / 213 mi · LATAM Brasil
- [CGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsp.md) Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · Brazil · 365 km / 227 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [BSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbbr.md) Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport · Brazil · 928 km / 577 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos

### Seasonal (2)

- [BPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbps.md) Porto Seguro International Airport · Brazil · 837 km / 520 mi · LATAM Brasil
- [SSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsv.md) Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport · Brazil · 1,224 km / 761 mi · LATAM Brasil

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- JJ [LATAM Brasil](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-brasil) · 5
- G3 [Gol Transportes Aéreos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gol-transportes-aereos) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 10.2M (2022) | #209 of 3,974 | #12 in South America | #6 in BR |
| Longest runway | 1,323 m / 4,341 ft | #8,508 of 29,858 | #1,051 in South America | #598 in BR |
| Elevation | 3 m / 11 ft | =42,299 of 43,403 | =8,750 in South America | =5,562 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =34 in South America | =20 in BR |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =21 in South America | =4 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | RIO CON | 119.350 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 132.650 |
| CLD | TFC | 121.050 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| TWR | RIO TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [GIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgl.md) Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport · 14 km / 8.9 mi
- [RRJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbjr.md) Jacarepaguá - Roberto Marinho Airport · 23 km / 14 mi
- [SBAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbaf.md) Campo Délio Jardim de Mattos Airport · 23 km / 14 mi
- [SNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsc.md) Santa Cruz Air Force Base · 57 km / 35 mi
- [BZC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbbz.md) Umberto Modiano Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [JDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbjf.md) Francisco de Assis Airport · 127 km / 79 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: “Santos Dumont Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santos_Dumont_Airport&oldid=1376514501), revision of 24 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/sbrj/data