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.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

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

832K

1.1M

1.4M

111213141516171819202122

Routes

9 destinations · 2 countries

Year-round7

FORPinto Martins International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil647 km402 mi SSADeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos1,319 km820 mi BSBPresidente Juscelino Kubitschek International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos1,531 km951 mi GIGRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos2,251 km1,399 mi GRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos2,330 km1,448 mi CGHCongonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil2,354 km1,463 mi LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal5,837 km3,627 mi

Seasonal3

FORPinto Martins International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos647 km402 mi CNFTancredo Neves International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos1,896 km1,178 mi CGHCongonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos2,354 km1,463 mi

Cargo2

THESenador Petrônio Portela AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos317 km197 mi GRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos2,330 km1,448 mi

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 BR Longest 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 BR Elevation54 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 BR AgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =30 South America · =18 BR Runways21 · 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