# Balsas Airport (BSS / SNBS)

**Balsas Airport** (IATA: BSS, ICAO: SNBS) is a small airport in Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil. It has one runway, 1,478 m (4,849 ft) long, asphalt. In 2009 it handled 1 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BSS / SNBS
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
- Elevation: 289 m / 948 ft
- Coordinates: -7.5253, -46.0534
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,478 m / 4,849 ft
- Passengers: 1,206 (2009)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Fortaleza
- Wikipedia: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroporto_de_Balsas (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9585684
- Ident: SNBS

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 1,478 m / 4,849 ft | 25 m / 82 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 326° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 2,955 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 2,726 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 1,206 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1K (2009) | #3,269 of 3,974 | #358 in South America | #147 in BR |
| Longest runway | 1,478 m / 4,849 ft | =7,388 of 29,858 | #817 in South America | #417 in BR |
| Elevation | 289 m / 948 ft | =18,622 of 43,403 | =4,306 in South America | =3,430 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

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## Sources

- [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/snbs/data