AirportsSantos Dumont Airport is a large airport serving Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SDU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SDU
- ICAO code
- SBRJ
- City
- Rio de Janeiro
- State or region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 22.9104° S, 43.1628° W
- Elevation
- 3 m (11 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 1,323 m (4,341 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SDU means Santos Dumont Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SBRJ. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 22.9104° S, 43.1628° W. It stands 3 metres (11 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
Santos Dumont Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 1,323 metres (4,341 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 129 airports of Brazil on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 116.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02R/20L | 1,323 m 4,341 ft | 42 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 02L/20R | 1,260 m 4,134 ft | 30 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportRio De Janeiro | GIG | 14 km |
| Cabo Frio AirportCabo Frio | CFB | 112 km |
| Francisco de Assis AirportJuiz de Fora | JDF | 127 km |
| Presidente Itamar Franco AirportJuiz de Fora | IZA | 155 km |
| Bartolomeu Lisandro AirportCampos dos Goytacazes | CAW | 234 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 14,058 km | 17 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,412 km | 16 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,880 km | 14 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,260 km | 11 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,743 km | 9 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,152 km | 12 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,736 km | 19 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 18,581 km | 22 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,513 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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