# Santa Maria Airport (RIA / SBSM)

**Santa Maria Airport** (IATA: RIA, ICAO: SBSM) is a medium airport in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,694 m (8,839 ft). It is operated by Brazilian Air Force. In 2022 it handled 32 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RIA / SBSM
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Brazilian Air Force
- Serves: Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Elevation: 88 m / 287 ft
- Coordinates: -29.7114, -53.6882
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,694 m / 8,839 ft
- Passengers: 31,900 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_Airport_(Rio_Grande_do_Sul) (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7419674
- Weather station: SBSM · WMO 83937
- Ident: SBSM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,694 m / 8,839 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete |  | yes |
| 02/20 | 1,414 m / 4,638 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 8,505 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 7,458 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 6,281 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 14,437 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 59,183 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 44,658 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 32,624 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 31,542 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 33,687 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 9,411 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 26,194 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 31,900 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 32K (2022) | #2,268 of 3,974 | #232 in South America | #94 in BR |
| Longest runway | 2,694 m / 8,839 ft | #1,943 of 29,858 | #102 in South America | #21 in BR |
| Elevation | 88 m / 287 ft | =31,676 of 43,403 | #7,268 in South America | #5,035 in BR |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =21 in South America | =4 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 119.350 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [SDF5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sdf5.md) Fazenda Catanduva Airport · 41 km / 25 mi
- [BR-0405](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-0405.md) Fazenda São José Airport · 52 km / 32 mi
- [SNUE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snue.md) Aero Sepé Aviação Agrícola Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [SSEP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ssep.md) São Sepé Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [SSJK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ssjk.md) Júlio de Castilho Airport · 62 km / 39 mi
- [BR-1458](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1458.md) Fazenda Chapadinha Airport · 68 km / 42 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/sbsm/data