# Caruaru Airport (CAU / SNRU)

**Caruaru Airport** (IATA: CAU, ICAO: SNRU) is a small airport in Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil. It has one runway, 1,800 m (5,906 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CAU / SNRU
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
- Elevation: 576 m / 1,891 ft
- Coordinates: -8.2824, -36.0135
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,800 m / 5,906 ft
- Passengers: 1,770 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Recife
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruaru_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1962787
- Ident: SNRU

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 1,800 m / 5,906 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2000 | 603 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 3,740 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 9,138 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 650 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 336 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 35 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 687 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 4,151 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,770 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [REC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbrf.md) Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport · Brazil · 121 km / 75 mi · Azul Conecta

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [Azul Conecta](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azul-conecta) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2K (2022) | #3,192 of 3,974 | #340 in South America | #138 in BR |
| Longest runway | 1,800 m / 5,906 ft | =4,819 of 29,858 | =368 in South America | =113 in BR |
| Elevation | 576 m / 1,891 ft | #9,445 of 43,403 | #1,685 in South America | #1,248 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Nearby airports

- [SJCH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sjch.md) Fernando João Pereira dos Santos Filho Airport · 23 km / 14 mi
- [SDWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sdwi.md) Fazenda Lagoa do Cavalo Airport · 44 km / 27 mi
- [SJH2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sjh2.md) Severino Farias Airstrip · 45 km / 28 mi
- [SJ3B](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sj3b.md) Fazenda Alto do Cruzeiro Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [SJZC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sjzc.md) Destilaria São Luiz Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [SNPQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snpq.md) Pesqueira Airport · 69 km / 43 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Caruaru Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caruaru_Airport&oldid=1366893561), revision of 30 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/snru/data