# Paulo Afonso Airport (PAV / SBUF)

**Paulo Afonso Airport** (IATA: PAV, ICAO: SBUF) is a medium airport in Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil. It opened in 1972. It has one runway, 1,800 m (5,906 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 1 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PAV / SBUF
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil
- Opened: 1972
- Elevation: 269 m / 883 ft
- Coordinates: -9.4009, -38.2506
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,800 m / 5,906 ft
- Passengers: 1,493 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Bahia
- Website: http://www.infraero.gov.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/bahia/aeroporto-de-paulo-afonso.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Afonso_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2578898
- Weather station: SBUF · WMO 82986
- Ident: SBUF

## Timeline

- 1972: Paulo Afonso Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 1,800 m / 5,906 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 13,652 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 267 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 336 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 891 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 25,564 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 21,129 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 10,564 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 10,930 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 13,161 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 11,246 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 3,767 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,493 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1K (2022) | #3,228 of 3,974 | #349 in South America | #143 in BR |
| Longest runway | 1,800 m / 5,906 ft | =4,819 of 29,858 | =368 in South America | =113 in BR |
| Elevation | 269 m / 883 ft | =19,813 of 43,403 | =4,567 in South America | =3,606 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1972 | =6,630 of 15,079 | =94 in South America | =49 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | RDO | 125.500 |

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## 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/sbuf/data