NAT

Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport

ICAO SBSG5.7698°S 35.3666°W83 m / 273 ftLarge airport
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Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport (IATA: NAT, ICAO: SBSG) is a large airport in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. It opened on 31 May 2014. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 2.3 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2014–2014
31 MAY 2014
OpenedRio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal de Cargas
12/30099° / 279° · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,843 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2022
4K
1.6M
2.6M
2.3M
2.4M
2.3M
1.2M
1.8M
2.3M
131415161719202122

Routes

11 destinations · 4 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 miFOR · Pinto Martins International Airport · 415 km / 258 miSSA · Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport · 857 km / 533 miBSB · Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport · 1,771 km / 1,100 miGIG · Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport · 2,075 km / 1,289 miGRU · São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · 2,296 km / 1,427 miCGH · Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · 2,324 km / 1,444 miAEP · Aeroparque Jorge Newbery · 3,982 km / 2,474 miLIS · Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · 5,643 km / 3,506 miMVD · Carrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport · 3,865 km / 2,402 miEZE · Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini · 4,011 km / 2,492 miROS · Rosario Islas Malvinas International Airport · 4,002 km / 2,487 miLISEZECGHBSBSSAFORROSGIGMVDNAT
Year-round8
FORPinto Martins International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil415 km258 miSSADeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos857 km533 miBSBPresidente Juscelino Kubitschek International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos1,771 km1,100 miGIGRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos2,075 km1,289 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos2,296 km1,427 miCGHCongonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos2,324 km1,444 miAEPAeroparque Jorge NewberyArgentina · Gol Transportes Aéreos, JetSmart Argentina3,982 km2,474 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal5,643 km3,506 mi
Most destinationsGol Transportes Aéreos 7LATAM Brasil 6JetSmart Argentina 1TAP Air Portugal 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from NAT. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Greater Natal International Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.3M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#536of 3,974 · #40 South America · #19 BRLongest runway3,000 m9,843 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,196of 29,823 · =52 South America · =10 BRElevation83 m273 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,954of 43,341 · =7,312 South America · =5,060 BRAgeOpened 20142026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=13,103of 15,079 · #163 South America · #88 BRRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =181 South America · =31 BR
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
ATIS127.600
TWR118.200
ILS109.700