AirportsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport is a large airport serving Salvador, in Bahia, Brazil. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SSA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SSA
- ICAO code
- SBSV
- City
- Salvador
- State or region
- Bahia
- Country
- Brazil
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 12.9086° S, 38.3225° W
- Elevation
- 20 m (64 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,005 m (9,859 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SSA means Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SBSV. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 12.9086° S, 38.3225° W. It stands 20 metres (64 feet) above sea level.
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
Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,005 metres (9,859 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 129 airports of Brazil on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 8.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,005 m 9,859 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 17/35 | 1,520 m 4,987 ft | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Valença AirportValença | VAL | 84 km |
| Bahia - Jorge Amado AirportIlhéus | IOS | 226 km |
| Aracaju - Santa Maria AirportAracaju | AJU | 254 km |
| Una-Comandatuba AirportUna | UNA | 282 km |
| Coronel Horácio de Mattos AirportLençóis | LEC | 324 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,156 km | 16 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,671 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,980 km | 13 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,036 km | 10 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,984 km | 8 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,915 km | 12 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,671 km | 19 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 17,490 km | 21 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,709 km | 18 h 15 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.
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