# Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ)

**Santa Cruz Air Force Base** (IATA: SNZ) is a medium airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has one runway, 2,739 m (8,986 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Brazilian Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SNZ / —
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Brazilian Air Force
- Serves: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Elevation: 3 m / 10 ft
- Coordinates: -22.9324, -43.7191
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,739 m / 8,986 ft
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Air_Force_Base (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7419397
- Weather station: SBSC · WMO 83741
- Ident: SBSC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5/23 | 2,739 m / 8,986 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,739 m / 8,986 ft | #1,858 of 29,858 | #97 in South America | #17 in BR |
| Elevation | 3 m / 10 ft | =42,364 of 43,403 | =8,753 in South America | =5,564 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 132.500 |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| OPS | OPS | 121.150 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [SBAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbaf.md) Campo Délio Jardim de Mattos Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [RRJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbjr.md) Jacarepaguá - Roberto Marinho Airport · 36 km / 22 mi
- [GIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgl.md) Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [SDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbrj.md) Santos Dumont Airport · 57 km / 35 mi
- [JDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbjf.md) Francisco de Assis Airport · 131 km / 82 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)
- [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/sbsc/data