Santos Dumont Airport

Santos Dumont Airport

Aeroporto Santos Dumont
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
Operator
  • ARSA (1973–1987)
  • Infraero (1987–present)
ServesRio de Janeiro
Opened16 October 1936; 88 years ago (1936-10-16)
Focus city for
Time zoneBRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL3 m / 10 ft
Coordinates22°54′36″S 043°09′45″W / 22.91000°S 43.16250°W / -22.91000; -43.16250
Websitewww4.infraero.gov.br/aeroportos/aeroporto-do-rio-de-janeiro-santos-dumont/
Map
SDU is located in Rio de Janeiro
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SDU
Location within greater Rio de Janeiro
SDU is located in Rio de Janeiro (state)
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SDU (Rio de Janeiro (state))
SDU is located in Brazil
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SDU (Brazil)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02R/20L 1,323 4,341 Asphalt
02L/20R 1,260 4,134 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers11,446,012 Increase 12%
Aircraft operations120,888 Increase 11%
Metric tonnes of cargo12,656 Increase 26%
Statistics: Infraero[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

Santos Dumont Airport (IATA: SDU, ICAO: SBRJ) is the second major airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is named after the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos Dumont (1873–1932).

It is operated by Infraero.

  1. ^ "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 15 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Aeroporto Santos Dumont". Infraero (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Santos Dumont (SBRJ)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 August 2023.