AirportsSenador Petrônio Portela Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Teresina, in Piauí, Brazil. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is THE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- THE
- ICAO code
- SBTE
- City
- Teresina
- State or region
- Piauí
- Country
- Brazil
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 5.0602° S, 42.8237° W
- Elevation
- 67 m (219 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,200 m (7,218 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, THE means Senador Petrônio Portela Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SBTE. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 5.0602° S, 42.8237° W. It stands 67 metres (219 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
Senador Petrônio Portela Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,200 metres (7,218 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 40.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/20 | 2,200 m 7,218 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Parnaíba - Prefeito Doutor João Silva Filho International AirportParnaíba | PHB | 270 km |
| Marechal Cunha Machado International AirportSão Luís | SLZ | 317 km |
| Comandante Ariston Pessoa AirportCruz | JJD | 364 km |
| Orlando Bezerra de Menezes AirportJuazeiro do Norte | JDO | 460 km |
| Pinto Martins International AirportFortaleza | FOR | 497 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,187 km | 16 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,888 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,070 km | 13 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,459 km | 9 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,981 km | 7 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,007 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,309 km | 20 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 16,614 km | 20 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,435 km | 19 h 05 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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