AirportsLeite Lopes Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Ribeirão Preto, in São Paulo, Brazil. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is RAO.
Key facts
- IATA code
- RAO
- ICAO code
- SBRP
- City
- Ribeirão Preto
- State or region
- São Paulo
- Country
- Brazil
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 21.1343° S, 47.7741° W
- Elevation
- 550 m (1,805 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,100 m (6,890 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, RAO means Leite Lopes Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SBRP. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 21.1343° S, 47.7741° W. It stands 550 metres (1,805 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
Leite Lopes Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,100 metres (6,890 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 51.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,100 m 6,890 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Araraquara AirportAraraquara | AQA | 84 km |
| Mário de Almeida Franco AirportUberaba | UBA | 154 km |
| Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State AirportSão José do Rio Preto | SJP | 173 km |
| Bauru/Arealva–Moussa Nakhal Tobias State AirportBauru | JTC | 176 km |
| Romeu Zema AirportAraxá | AAX | 194 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 14,438 km | 17 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,850 km | 17 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,256 km | 15 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,293 km | 11 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,377 km | 9 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,655 km | 12 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,246 km | 20 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 18,251 km | 22 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,570 km | 16 h 50 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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