# Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG)

**Rio Grande Regional Airport** (IATA: RIG) is a small airport in Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It has one runway, 1,500 m (4,921 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Departamento Aeroportuário. In 2020 it handled 440 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RIG / —
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Departamento Aeroportuário
- Serves: Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Elevation: 8 m / 27 ft
- Coordinates: -32.0831, -52.1672
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,500 m / 4,921 ft
- Passengers: 440 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7335208
- Weather station: SBPK · WMO 83985
- Ident: SJRG

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 6/24 | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 044° / 224° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2006 | 1,979 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 8,513 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 11,663 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 13,970 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 10,387 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 14,042 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 15,328 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 12,452 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 440 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 440 (2020) | #3,444 of 3,974 | #427 in South America | #191 in BR |
| Longest runway | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | =6,995 of 29,858 | =632 in South America | =277 in BR |
| Elevation | 8 m / 27 ft | =40,737 of 43,403 | =8,595 in South America | =5,494 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Nearby airports

- [BR-3251](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-3251.md) Cancha da Coxilha Airstrip · 13 km / 7.8 mi
- [BR-3250](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-3250.md) Agropecuária Proteção Airstrip · 24 km / 15 mi
- [SSMH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ssmh.md) Fazenda Santa Maria Airport · 33 km / 20 mi
- [BR-2913](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-2913.md) Estância da Gruta Airport · 33 km / 21 mi
- [BR-3247](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-3247.md) Santa Isabel do Sul Airstrip · 41 km / 26 mi
- [SJ98](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sj98.md) Pedro Zanetti Airport · 42 km / 26 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/sjrg/data