AirportsCoronel Horácio de Mattos Airport is a small airport serving Lençóis, in Bahia, Brazil. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LEC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LEC
- ICAO code
- SBLE
- City
- Lençóis
- State or region
- Bahia
- Country
- Brazil
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 12.4823° S, 41.2770° W
- Elevation
- 511 m (1,676 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,082 m (6,831 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LEC means Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SBLE. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 12.4823° S, 41.2770° W. It stands 511 metres (1,676 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Vera Cruz, about 31 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Bahia, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,082 metres (6,831 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 53.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 2,082 m 6,831 ft | 30 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Valença AirportValença | VAL | 264 km |
| Glauber de Andrade Rocha AirportVitória da Conquista | VDC | 273 km |
| Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador | SSA | 324 km |
| Bahia - Jorge Amado AirportIlhéus | IOS | 355 km |
| Senador Nilo Coelho AirportPetrolina | PNZ | 355 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,423 km | 16 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,968 km | 16 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,254 km | 14 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,125 km | 10 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,788 km | 8 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,627 km | 12 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,993 km | 19 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 17,448 km | 21 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,687 km | 18 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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