# Mário de Almeida Franco Airport (UBA / SBUR)

**Mário de Almeida Franco Airport** (IATA: UBA, ICAO: SBUR) is a medium airport in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It opened in 1935. It has one runway, 1,759 m (5,771 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 105 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UBA / SBUR
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Opened: 1935
- Elevation: 809 m / 2,655 ft
- Coordinates: -19.7650, -47.9648
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,759 m / 5,771 ft
- Passengers: 104,849 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Website: http://www.infraero.gov.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/minas-gerais/aeroporto-de-uberaba.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uberaba_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3318057
- Weather station: SBUR · WMO 83576
- Ident: SBUR

## Timeline

- 1935: Mário de Almeida Franco Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,759 m / 5,771 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 116,610 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 164,003 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 130,437 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 141,676 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 124,019 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 92,273 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 67,180 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 77,017 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 76,508 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 25,888 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 44,980 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 104,849 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 436 km / 271 mi · LATAM Brasil

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- JJ [LATAM Brasil](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-brasil) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 105K (2022) | #1,796 of 3,974 | #168 in South America | #61 in BR |
| Longest runway | 1,759 m / 5,771 ft | #5,056 of 29,858 | #427 in South America | #145 in BR |
| Elevation | 809 m / 2,655 ft | =6,410 of 43,403 | #748 in South America | #448 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1935 | =593 of 15,079 | =12 in South America | =5 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 120.800 |
| RDO | RDO | 120.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [UDI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbul.md) Ten. Cel. Aviador César Bombonato Airport · 102 km / 63 mi
- [AAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbax.md) Romeu Zema Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [BAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbbt.md) Chafei Amsei Airport · 112 km / 70 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: “Uberaba Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uberaba_Airport&oldid=1363084507), revision of 7 Jul 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/sbur/data