# Leite Lopes Airport (RAO / SBRP)

**Leite Lopes Airport** (IATA: RAO, ICAO: SBRP) is a medium airport in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. It opened in 1939. It has one runway, 2,100 m (6,890 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by DAESP. In 2022 it handled 549 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RAO / SBRP
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: DAESP
- Serves: Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
- Opened: 1939
- Elevation: 550 m / 1,805 ft
- Coordinates: -21.1343, -47.7741
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,100 m / 6,890 ft
- Passengers: 549,160 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Website: http://www.daesp.sp.gov.br/aeroporto-detalhe/?id=883
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leite_Lopes_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2572959
- Weather station: SBRP · WMO 83652
- Ident: SBRP

## Timeline

- 1939: Leite Lopes Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,100 m / 6,890 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 160° / 340° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 689,490 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 1,170,617 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,122,522 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,159,224 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,131,158 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,240,343 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,031,639 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 924,478 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 908,605 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 335,228 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 416,250 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 549,160 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 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 · 289 km / 180 mi · LATAM Brasil
- [CGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsp.md) Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · Brazil · 300 km / 186 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [BSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbbr.md) Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport · Brazil · 586 km / 364 mi · LATAM Brasil

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- JJ [LATAM Brasil](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-brasil) · 3
- G3 [Gol Transportes Aéreos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gol-transportes-aereos) · 1

Former hub of [Voepass Linhas Aéreas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/voepass-linhas-aereas).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 549K (2022) | #1,075 of 3,974 | #93 in South America | #37 in BR |
| Longest runway | 2,100 m / 6,890 ft | =3,582 of 29,858 | =232 in South America | =60 in BR |
| Elevation | 550 m / 1,805 ft | =9,880 of 43,403 | =1,847 in South America | =1,390 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1939 | =1,029 of 15,079 | =21 in South America | =12 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | RIBEIRAO RDO | 118.000 |
| APP | RIBEIRAO APP | 119.550 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.425 |
| TWR | RIBEIRAO TWR | 118.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [AQA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbaq.md) Araraquara Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [SBYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbys.md) Campo Fontenelle · 105 km / 65 mi
- [BAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbbt.md) Chafei Amsei Airport · 105 km / 65 mi
- [POO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbpc.md) Poços de Caldas - Embaixador Walther Moreira Salles Airport · 147 km / 92 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: “Leite Lopes Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leite_Lopes_Airport&oldid=1373056720), revision of 3 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/sbrp/data