AirportsCanela Airport is a small airport serving Canela, in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is CEL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- CEL
- ICAO code
- SSCN
- City
- Canela
- State or region
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Country
- Brazil
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 29.3701° S, 50.8317° W
- Elevation
- 837 m (2,746 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,260 m (4,134 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, CEL means Canela Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SSCN. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 29.3701° S, 50.8317° W. It stands 837 metres (2,746 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Caxias do Sul, about 41 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Sao Paulo, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Canela Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,260 metres (4,134 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 129 airports of Brazil on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 121.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 1,260 m 4,134 ft | 18 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hugo Cantergiani Regional AirportCaxias Do Sul | CXJ | 40 km |
| Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre | POA | 77 km |
| Lages AirportLages | LAJ | 185 km |
| Humberto Ghizzo Bortoluzzi Regional AirportJaguaruna | JJG | 189 km |
| Lauro Kurtz AirportPasso Fundo | PFB | 192 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 14,992 km | 18 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,246 km | 17 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,833 km | 16 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 10,246 km | 12 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 8,136 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,995 km | 12 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,916 km | 19 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 18,806 km | 23 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,604 km | 15 h 40 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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