AirportsRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport is a large airport serving Rio De Janeiro, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is GIG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- GIG
- ICAO code
- SBGL
- City
- Rio De Janeiro
- State or region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 22.8100° S, 43.2506° W
- Elevation
- 9 m (28 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 4,000 m (13,123 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, GIG means Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SBGL. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 22.8100° S, 43.2506° W. It stands 9 metres (28 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
Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 4,000 metres (13,123 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 1.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 4,000 m 13,123 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 15/33 | 3,180 m 10,433 ft | 47 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro | SDU | 14 km |
| Francisco de Assis AirportJuiz de Fora | JDF | 114 km |
| Cabo Frio AirportCabo Frio | CFB | 121 km |
| Presidente Itamar Franco AirportJuiz de Fora | IZA | 144 km |
| Bartolomeu Lisandro AirportCampos dos Goytacazes | CAW | 236 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 14,063 km | 17 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,419 km | 16 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,884 km | 14 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,253 km | 11 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,729 km | 9 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,139 km | 12 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,750 km | 19 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 18,568 km | 22 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,522 km | 16 h 45 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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