SLZ

Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport

ICAO SBSL2.5864°S 44.2350°W54 m / 178 ftLarge airport
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Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (IATA: SLZ, ICAO: SBSL) is a large airport in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. It opened in 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,386 m (7,828 ft). It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 1.4 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942
1942
OpenedMarechal Cunha Machado International Airport opens.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Aeroporto Internacional Marechal Cunha Machado
06/24039° / 219° · LIT
LENGTH2,386 m7,828 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
09/27070° / 250° · LIT
LENGTH1,464 m4,803 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
1.8M
1.9M
1.7M
1.8M
1.7M
1.6M
1.6M
1.6M
1.6M
832K
1.1M
1.4M
111213141516171819202122

Routes

9 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsGol Transportes Aéreos 8LATAM Brasil 5TAP Air Portugal 1

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.4M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#711of 3,974 · #56 South America · #24 BRLongest runway2,386 m7,828 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,944of 29,823 · #178 South America · #42 BRElevation54 m178 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,484of 43,341 · =7,799 South America · #5,208 BRAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =30 South America · =18 BRRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =21 South America · =4 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
APPSAO LUIS APP119.100
OPSSAO LUIS OPS122.050
TWRSAO LUIS TWR118.700