Santos Dumont Airport
Santos Dumont Airport Aeroporto Santos Dumont | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
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| Serves | Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 30 November 1936 | ||||||||||||||
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| Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3 m / 10 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°54′36″S 043°09′45″W / 22.91000°S 43.16250°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www4 | ||||||||||||||
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SDU Location within greater Rio de Janeiro SDU SDU (Rio de Janeiro (state)) SDU SDU (Brazil) | |||||||||||||||
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| Statistics: Infraero Sources: Airport Website, ANAC, DECEA | |||||||||||||||
The Santos Dumont Airport (IATA: SDU, ICAO: SBRJ) is the second major airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is more of a domestic hub, with Galeão International Airport serving international flights after 2023.
It is one of the ten airports in the country with the most air traffic, and is located adjacent to Rio de Janeiro's financial center. It is named after the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos Dumont (1873–1932), and is operated by Infraero.