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Brazil: airports in numbers

Brazil totals 28 large airports, 110 medium ones and 5,502 small fields in the open OurAirports register. The pair at the top of the table, Atlas Brasil Cantanhede International Airport (BVB) and Cataratas International Airport (IGU), sits 3,232.2 km apart in a straight line, with the second one south of the first. With no traffic data in the source, the "main airport" title is a declared proxy: large ahead of medium, scheduled service ahead of the rest.

The airports, one by one

#AirportIATAICAOCitySizeElevation
1Atlas Brasil Cantanhede International AirportBVBSBBVBoa Vistalarge84 m (276 ft)
2Cataratas International AirportIGUSBFIFoz do Iguaçularge240 m (786 ft)
3Congonhas-Deputado Freitas Nobre AirportCGHSBSPSão Paulolarge802 m (2,631 ft)
4Curitiba-Afonso Pena International AirportCWBSBCTCuritibalarge911 m (2,988 ft)
5Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSSASBSVSalvadorlarge20 m (64 ft)
6Eduardo Gomes International AirportMAOSBEGManauslarge80 m (264 ft)
7Eurico de Aguiar Salles International AirportVIXSBVTVitórialarge10 m (34 ft)
8Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International AirportPVHSBPVPorto Velholarge90 m (295 ft)
9Hercílio Luz International AirportFLNSBFLFlorianópolislarge5 m (16 ft)
10Marechal Cunha Machado International AirportSLZSBSLSão Luíslarge54 m (178 ft)
11Ministro Victor Konder International AirportNVTSBNFNaveganteslarge5 m (18 ft)
12Pinto Martins International AirportFORSBFZFortalezalarge25 m (83 ft)
13Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International AirportPOASBPAPorto Alegrelarge3 m (11 ft)
14Porto Seguro International AirportBPSSBPSPorto Segurolarge52 m (169 ft)
15Presidente Castro Pinto International AirportJPASBJPJoão Pessoalarge66 m (217 ft)
16Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International AirportBSBSBBRBrasílialarge1,066 m (3,497 ft)
17Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International AirportRECSBRFRecifelarge10 m (33 ft)
18Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International AirportRBRSBRBRio Brancolarge193 m (633 ft)
19Rio Galeão - Tom Jobim International AirportGIGSBGLRio De Janeirolarge9 m (28 ft)
20Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante-Governador Aluízio Alves International AirportNATSBSGNatallarge83 m (273 ft)
21Santa Genoveva International AirportGYNSBGOGoiânialarge747 m (2,450 ft)
22Santos Dumont AirportSDUSBRJRio de Janeirolarge3 m (11 ft)
23São Paulo/Guarulhos-Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportGRUSBGRSão Paulolarge750 m (2,461 ft)
24Tancredo Neves International AirportCNFSBCFBelo Horizontelarge829 m (2,721 ft)
25Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International AirportBELSBBEBelémlarge16 m (54 ft)
26Várzea Grande-Marechal Rondon International AirportCGBSBCYCuiabálarge188 m (617 ft)
27Viracopos International AirportVCPSBKPCampinaslarge661 m (2,170 ft)
28Zumbi dos Palmares International AirportMCZSBMOMaceiólarge118 m (387 ft)
29Altamira Interstate AirportATMSBHTAltamiramedium112 m (368 ft)
30Aracaju - Santa Maria AirportAJUSBARAracajumedium7 m (23 ft)
31Araçatuba AirportARUSBAUAraçatubamedium414 m (1,358 ft)
32Araguaína AirportAUXSWGNAraguaínamedium235 m (771 ft)
33Araraquara AirportAQASBAQAraraquaramedium711 m (2,334 ft)
34Bahia - Jorge Amado AirportIOSSBILIlhéusmedium5 m (15 ft)
35Bartolomeu Lisandro AirportCAWSBCPCampos dos Goytacazesmedium18 m (59 ft)
36Bauru/Arealva-Moussa Nakhal Tobias State AirportJTCSBAEBaurumedium598 m (1,962 ft)
37Brigadeiro Camarão AirportBVHSBVHVilhenamedium615 m (2,018 ft)
38Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues AirportPMWSBPJPalmasmedium236 m (774 ft)
39Campo Grande AirportCGRSBCGCampo Grandemedium559 m (1,833 ft)
40Carajás AirportCKSSBCJParauapebasmedium629 m (2,064 ft)
41Comandante Ariston Pessoa AirportJJDSBJECruzmedium27 m (89 ft)
42Coronel Adalberto Mendes da Silva AirportCACSBCACascavelmedium756 m (2,481 ft)
43Coronel Altino Machado AirportGVRSBGVGovernador Valadaresmedium171 m (561 ft)
44Corumbá International AirportCMGSBCRCorumbámedium141 m (463 ft)
45Cruzeiro do Sul AirportCZSSBCZCruzeiro Do Sulmedium194 m (637 ft)
46Dix-Sept Rosado AirportMVFSBMSMossorómedium23 m (76 ft)
47Dr. Luciano de Arruda Coelho Regional AirportJSOSN6LSobralmedium91 m (299 ft)
48Fernando de Noronha AirportFENSBFNFernando de Noronhamedium59 m (193 ft)
49Forquilhinha - Criciúma AirportCCMSBCMCriciúmamedium28 m (92 ft)
50Francisco de Assis AirportJDFSBJFJuiz de Foramedium911 m (2,989 ft)
51Frank Miloye Milenkowichi-Marília State AirportMIISBMLMaríliamedium650 m (2,134 ft)
52Glauber de Andrade Rocha AirportVDCSBVCVitória da Conquistamedium896 m (2,940 ft)
53Governor José Richa AirportLDBSBLOLondrinamedium569 m (1,867 ft)
54Hugo Cantergiani Regional AirportCXJSBCXCaxias Do Sulmedium753 m (2,472 ft)
55Itaituba AirportITBSBIHItaitubamedium34 m (110 ft)
56Jacarepaguá - Roberto Marinho AirportRRJSBJRRio de Janeiromedium3 m (10 ft)
57João Correa da Rocha AirportMABSBMAMarabámedium109 m (357 ft)
58João Durval Carneiro AirportFECSDIYFeira de Santanamedium238 m (781 ft)
59João Simões Lopes Neto International AirportPETSBPKPelotasmedium18 m (59 ft)
60Lages AirportLAJSBLJLagesmedium934 m (3,065 ft)

The table shows 60 of the country's 138 large and medium airports, in the declared order: large before medium, scheduled service first, name as tiebreaker.

The geography of Brazil's fields

The country's highest airport in the register is Poços de Caldas - Embaixador Walther Moreira Salles Airport, at 1,261 m (4,138 ft); the lowest is Macaé Benedito Lacerda Airport, at 2 m (8 ft). The northernmost field is Oiapoque Airport (Oiapoque), at latitude 3.85 N, and the southernmost is João Simões Lopes Neto International Airport (Pelotas), at 31.72 S: 3,955.7 km separate the two extremes in a straight line. Of the 138 large and medium fields listed, 95 had scheduled service in the source's snapshot. Between the highest and the lowest field there is a 1,259 m elevation gap. The IATA codes at the top of the table: BVB, IGU, CGH, CWB, SSA, MAO, VIX, PVH.

Source and method

Source: OurAirports, public domain, snapshot of 2026-07-08. The size classification (large, medium, small) belongs to the register itself; heliports and closed fields stay out of Brazil's count. The source carries no passenger traffic, so "the two main airports" on this page is a declared proxy: the first two in the table order. Elevations arrive in feet and are converted to meters by this site; distances use haversine, in straight lines. In the world ranking by large airports, Brazil sits in 7th place, next to Mexico and Italy. The whole world's numbers live in the airports of the world in numbers.

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