AirportsRubem Berta Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Uruguaiana, in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is URG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- URG
- ICAO code
- SBUG
- City
- Uruguaiana
- State or region
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Country
- Brazil
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 29.7822° S, 57.0382° W
- Elevation
- 78 m (256 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 1,500 m (4,921 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, URG means Rubem Berta Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SBUG. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 29.7822° S, 57.0382° W. It stands 78 metres (256 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
Rubem Berta Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 1,500 metres (4,921 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 113.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/27 | 1,500 m 4,921 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 4/22 | 800 m 2,625 ft | 50 m | Grass | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido Binational AirportRivera/Santana do Livramento, Uruguay | RVY | 200 km |
| Libertador Gral D Jose De San Martin AirportPosadas, Argentina | PSS | 286 km |
| Teniente Ramon A. Ayub Gonzalez International AirportEncarnación, Paraguay | ENO | 307 km |
| Corrientes AirportCorrientes, Argentina | CNQ | 310 km |
| Luis Alberto Lehr AirportSanta Rosa | SRA | 322 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 15,589 km | 19 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,847 km | 18 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,426 km | 16 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 10,587 km | 13 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 8,018 km | 10 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,576 km | 12 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,271 km | 20 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 18,317 km | 22 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,334 km | 15 h 20 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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