# Senador Petrônio Portela Airport (THE / SBTE)

**Senador Petrônio Portela Airport** (IATA: THE, ICAO: SBTE) is a medium airport in Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. It opened on 30 Sep 1967. It has one runway, 2,200 m (7,218 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 919 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: THE / SBTE
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
- Opened: 30 Sep 1967 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 67 m / 219 ft
- Coordinates: -5.0602, -42.8237
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,200 m / 7,218 ft
- Passengers: 919,232 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Fortaleza
- Website: http://www4.infraero.gov.br/aeroportos/aeroporto-de-teresina-senador-petronio-portella/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresina_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3312799
- Weather station: SBTE · WMO 82579
- Ident: SBTE

## Timeline

- 30 Sep 1967: Senador Petrônio Portela Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2/20 | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 1,026,141 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 999,314 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,052,373 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,126,333 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,176,129 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,059,239 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,081,356 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,073,570 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,167,606 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 607,965 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 802,619 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 919,232 | Wikidata |

## Routes

7 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [FOR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbfz.md) Pinto Martins International Airport · Brazil · 497 km / 309 mi · LATAM Brasil
- [SSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsv.md) Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport · Brazil · 1,003 km / 623 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [BSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbbr.md) Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport · Brazil · 1,324 km / 823 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [GIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgl.md) Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport · Brazil · 1,974 km / 1,227 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 2,080 km / 1,292 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [CGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsp.md) Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · Brazil · 2,105 km / 1,308 mi · LATAM Brasil

### Cargo (2)

- [SLZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsl.md) Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport · Brazil · 317 km / 197 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 2,080 km / 1,292 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from THE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- G3 [Gol Transportes Aéreos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gol-transportes-aereos) · 5
- JJ [LATAM Brasil](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-brasil) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 919K (2022) | #856 of 3,974 | #68 in South America | #28 in BR |
| Longest runway | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | =3,269 of 29,858 | =205 in South America | =48 in BR |
| Elevation | 67 m / 219 ft | =33,440 of 43,403 | =7,641 in South America | #5,176 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1967 | =5,747 of 15,079 | =85 in South America | =45 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | TERESINA APP | 119.600 |
| ATIS | TERESINA ATIS | 127.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [SNDR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sndr.md) Domingos Rego Airport · 5.9 km / 3.7 mi
- [SD7E](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sd7e.md) Fazenda Canaã Airport · 12 km / 7.2 mi
- [BR-1269](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1269.md) Clube de Ultraleves do Piauí Airport · 12 km / 7.5 mi
- [SNNF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snnf.md) Nossa Senhora de Fátima Airport · 13 km / 8.3 mi
- [BR-2848](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-2848.md) Tambori Airport · 16 km / 9.9 mi
- [BR-1825](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1825.md) Aero Park Airport · 17 km / 10 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Teresina Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teresina_Airport&oldid=1374902238), revision of 14 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/sbte/data