Orlando Bezerra de Menezes Airport is a small airport serving Juazeiro do Norte, in Ceará, Brazil. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is JDO.
Key facts
- IATA code
- JDO
- ICAO code
- SBJU
- City
- Juazeiro do Norte
- State or region
- Ceará
- Country
- Brazil
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 7.2193° S, 39.2691° W
- Elevation
- 409 m (1,342 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,940 m (6,365 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, JDO means Orlando Bezerra de Menezes Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SBJU. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 7.2193° S, 39.2691° W. It stands 409 metres (1,342 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Fortaleza, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Orlando Bezerra de Menezes Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,940 metres (6,365 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 70.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 1,940 m 6,365 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pedro Vieira Moreira AirportCajazeiras | CJZ | 81 km |
| Santa Magalhães AirportSerra Talhada | SET | 140 km |
| Paulo Afonso AirportPaulo Afonso | PAV | 267 km |
| Senador Nilo Coelho AirportPetrolina | PNZ | 278 km |
| Dix-Sept Rosado AirportMossoró | MVF | 308 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,960 km | 16 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,590 km | 15 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,814 km | 13 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,502 km | 9 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,385 km | 8 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,466 km | 11 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,892 km | 19 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 16,863 km | 20 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,307 km | 18 h 55 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
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.