AirportsAracaju - Santa Maria Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Aracaju, in Sergipe, Brazil. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is AJU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- AJU
- ICAO code
- SBAR
- City
- Aracaju
- State or region
- Sergipe
- Country
- Brazil
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 10.9839° S, 37.0729° W
- Elevation
- 7 m (23 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,200 m (7,218 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, AJU means Aracaju - Santa Maria Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SBAR. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 10.9839° S, 37.0729° W. It stands 7 metres (23 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Maceio, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Aracaju - Santa Maria Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,200 metres (7,218 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 129 airports of Brazil on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 37.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 2,200 m 7,218 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Zumbi dos Palmares International AirportMaceió | MCZ | 215 km |
| Paulo Afonso AirportPaulo Afonso | PAV | 218 km |
| Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador | SSA | 254 km |
| Caruaru AirportCaruaru | CAU | 322 km |
| Valença AirportValença | VAL | 331 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,939 km | 16 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,482 km | 15 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,768 km | 13 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,785 km | 9 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,868 km | 8 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,904 km | 12 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,586 km | 19 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 17,265 km | 21 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,944 km | 18 h 30 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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