AirportsTancredo Neves International Airport is a large airport serving Belo Horizonte, in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is CNF.
Key facts
- IATA code
- CNF
- ICAO code
- SBCF
- City
- Belo Horizonte
- State or region
- Minas Gerais
- Country
- Brazil
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 19.6357° S, 43.9669° W
- Elevation
- 829 m (2,721 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,600 m (11,811 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, CNF means Tancredo Neves International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SBCF. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 19.6357° S, 43.9669° W. It stands 829 metres (2,721 feet) above sea level.
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
Tancredo Neves International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,600 metres (11,811 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 129 airports of Brazil on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 3.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,600 m 11,811 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Usiminas AirportIpatinga | IPN | 156 km |
| Coronel Altino Machado AirportGovernador Valadares | GVR | 224 km |
| Presidente Itamar Franco AirportJuiz de Fora | IZA | 225 km |
| Francisco de Assis AirportJuiz de Fora | JDF | 247 km |
| Romeu Zema AirportAraxá | AAX | 314 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 14,008 km | 17 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,430 km | 16 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,826 km | 14 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,967 km | 11 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,377 km | 9 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,868 km | 12 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,980 km | 19 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 18,208 km | 22 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,845 km | 17 h 10 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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