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BEL · Belém, Brazil
--:--:-- · GMT-3 (UTC-03:00) · 1.3793° S, 48.4762° W
Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport
Airport in Belém, Brazil
Verification trail
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
OurAirports ID 5867; ident SBBE; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
infraero.gov.br
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceBelém/Val-de-Cans International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-25.
Open source20 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-25.
IATA / ICAO
BEL / SBBE
OurAirports ident
SBBE
GPS / local code
SBBE / PA0001
ISO region
BR-PA
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
infraero.gov.br
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q762986
Snapshot generated
2026-05-25
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 25, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 11:28 AM UTC.
Local airport time
--:--:--GMT-3 · UTC-03:00
Time zone
GMT-3
America/Belem · UTC-03:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
9.1 km
Approximate distance to central Belém.
Country capital
Brasília
Languages
Portuguese
Currency
BRL (R$)
Country area
8,515,767 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
9,186 ft / 2,800 m
Runway surface
asphalt (2)
Opened / operator
1959 · Norte da Amazônia
Owner / entity
Q762986
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
20 source-backed signals
Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Belém, Brazil. Belém's built-up core sits roughly 9.1 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Belem (UTC-03:00, GMT-3). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport (BEL / SBBE) is at 1.3793° S, 48.4762° W, elevation 54 ft (16 m), serving Belém, Brazil.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Belém is in Brazil (capital Brasília); regulated by Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC); on America/Belem (GMT-3, UTC-03:00); working languages: Portuguese; currency: BRL (R$).
Distance from central Belém: 9 km.
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for BEL.
Primary airport name
Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport (BEL / SBBE)
Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport · Airport in Belém, Brazil
Source identifiers
SBBE · SBBE · PA0001 · BR-PA
infraero.gov.br · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Regional role cue
Val-de-Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport, operated by Norte da Amazônia, and located 12 km (7 mi) from downtown, is the main airport serving Belém, Brazil.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for BEL; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Location cue
Val-de-Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport, operated by Norte da Amazônia, and located 12 km (7 mi) from downtown, is the main airport serving Belém, Brazil.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
1. Belém
belem-3405870 · 9.1 km from BEL
Brazil · America/Belem · +0h · population 1,499,641 · city coordinates -1.4558, -48.5044
2. Ananindeua
ananindeua · 12 km from BEL
Brazil · America/Belem · +0h · population 433,956 · city coordinates -1.3656, -48.3722
3. Marituba
marituba · 15 km from BEL
Brazil · America/Belem · +0h · population 111,785 · city coordinates -1.3553, -48.3419
4. Barcarena
barcarena · 22 km from BEL
Brazil · America/Belem · +0h · population 126,650 · city coordinates -1.5058, -48.6258
5. Benevides
benevides · 26 km from BEL
Brazil · America/Belem · +0h · population 63,567 · city coordinates -1.3614, -48.2447
6. Santa Bárbara do Pará
santa-barbara-do-para · 27 km from BEL
Brazil · America/Belem · +0h · population 21,087 · city coordinates -1.2236, -48.2944
1. FOR SBFZ
Pinto Martins International Airport · Fortaleza
1136 km from BEL · America/Fortaleza · +0h · elevation 83 ft (25 m) · airport coordinates -3.7758, -38.5322
2. MAO SBEG
Eduardo Gomes International Airport · Manaus
1299 km from BEL · America/Manaus · -1h · elevation 264 ft (80 m) · airport coordinates -3.0386, -60.0497
3. BSB SBBR
Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport · Brasília
1612 km from BEL · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · elevation 3,497 ft (1,066 m) · airport coordinates -15.8692, -47.9208
1. BEL-FOR
Fortaleza · 1136 km · 2h 16m
America/Fortaleza · +0h from BEL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. BEL-MAO
Manaus · 1299 km · 2h 29m
America/Manaus · -1h from BEL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. BEL-BSB
Brasília · 1612 km · 2h 52m
America/Sao_Paulo · +0h from BEL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 9,186 ft / 2,800 m. 0 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt (2)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for BEL.
Runway identifiers
03/21 · 07/25
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
1. FOR SBFZ
Pinto Martins International Airport · Fortaleza · 1136 km from BEL
large airport · America/Fortaleza · brazil · 83 ft (25 m) · -3.7758, -38.5322
2. MAO SBEG
Eduardo Gomes International Airport · Manaus · 1299 km from BEL
large airport · America/Manaus · brazil · 264 ft (80 m) · -3.0386, -60.0497
3. BSB SBBR
Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport · Brasília · 1612 km from BEL
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 3,497 ft (1,066 m) · -15.8692, -47.9208
4. MCZ SBMO
Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport · Maceió · 1669 km from BEL
large airport · America/Maceio · brazil · 387 ft (118 m) · -9.5126, -35.7918
5. REC SBRF
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport · Recife · 1678 km from BEL
large airport · America/Recife · brazil · 33 ft (10 m) · -8.1275, -34.9230
6. GYN SBGO
Santa Genoveva International Airport · Goiânia · 1698 km from BEL
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 2,450 ft (747 m) · -16.6320, -49.2207
Source note 1
Val-de-Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport, operated by Norte da Amazônia, and located 12 km (7 mi) from downtown, is the main airport serving Belém, Brazil.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for BEL.
BEL sits in Brazil (Federative Republic of Brazil), whose capital is Brasília. Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, South America.
Common country-language signals: Portuguese. Currency context: BRL (R$). BEL is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Airport in Belém, Brazil. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Regional role cue: Val-de-Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport, operated by Norte da Amazônia, and located 12 km (7 mi) from downtown, is the main airport serving Belém, Brazil. Location cue: Val-de-Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport, operated by Norte da Amazônia, and located 12 km (7 mi) from downtown, is the main airport serving Belém, Brazil.
Wikidata airport entity: Q762986 · Belém International Airport. Administrative area: Pará · Belém. Named after: Júlio César Ribeiro de Sousa. Entity official-site cross-check: noa-airports.com.br
Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport is a near sea-level field at 54 ft (16 m), positioned at 1.3793° S, 48.4762° W in the Equatorial deep tropics. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 9,186 ft / 2,800 m. The airport clock uses America/Belem (GMT-3, UTC-03:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
Belém is the closest retained city-time anchor at 9.1 km. FOR Fortaleza is the closest retained airport alternative at 1136 km.
BEL is compared with FOR Fortaleza at 1136 km, MAO Manaus at 1299 km, BSB Brasília at 1612 km, MCZ Maceió at 1669 km, REC Recife at 1678 km inside the retained Brazil airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
BEL-FOR Fortaleza: 1136 km, about 2h 16m, +0h. BEL-MAO Manaus: 1299 km, about 2h 29m, -1h. BEL-BSB Brasília: 1612 km, about 2h 52m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
OurAirports ident SBBE backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. infraero.gov.br is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-25.
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 9,186 ft / 2,800 m
Runway identifiers
03/21, 07/25
OurAirports classifies BEL as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Belém.
BEL (SBBE) is a near sea-level field at 54 ft (16 m) in the deep tropics, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
BEL sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
BEL's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 9,186 ft / 2,800 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt (2).
Norte da Amazônia is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for BEL.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at infraero.gov.br, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
BEL uses America/Belem (GMT-3, UTC-03:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport is about 9.1 km from central Belém; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
FOR Fortaleza is the closest retained alternate at 1136 km, time difference +0h.
infraero.gov.br is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
These comparisons place BEL inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
BEL ranks #1 in the curated Brazil airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 15 airports.
BEL has no other retained airport in the same IANA zone cohort, making America/Belem a more distinctive signal for this page.
BEL is 54 ft (16 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include OGG 54 ft (16 m) (0 ft delta) · AGP 53 ft (16 m) (1 ft delta) · HAM 53 ft (16 m) (1 ft delta) · PVD 55 ft (17 m) (1 ft delta) · SFB 55 ft (17 m) (1 ft delta).
BEL's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are FOR 1136 km +0h · MAO 1299 km -1h · BSB 1612 km +0h.
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| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortaleza | FOR | 1136 km | 2h 16m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Manaus | MAO | 1299 km | 2h 29m | -1h | --:--:-- |
| Brasília | BSB | 1612 km | 2h 52m | +0h | --:--:-- |
BEL to FOR
Distance 1136 km; estimated travel window 2h 16m; destination zone America/Fortaleza is +0h from BEL. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
BEL to MAO
Distance 1299 km; estimated travel window 2h 29m; destination zone America/Manaus is -1h from BEL. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
BEL to BSB
Distance 1612 km; estimated travel window 2h 52m; destination zone America/Sao_Paulo is +0h from BEL. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Central Belém is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Belém is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from BEL, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Belém
belem-3405870 · 9.1 km · America/Belem
Ananindeua
ananindeua · 12 km · America/Belem
Marituba
marituba · 15 km · America/Belem
Barcarena
barcarena · 22 km · America/Belem
Benevides
benevides · 26 km · America/Belem
Santa Bárbara do Pará
santa-barbara-do-para · 27 km · America/Belem
Santa Isabel do Pará
santa-isabel-do-para · 36 km · America/Belem
Ponta de Pedras
ponta-de-pedras · 44 km · America/Belem
Santo Antônio do Tauá
santo-antonio-do-taua · 46 km · America/Belem
Bujaru
bujaru · 50 km · America/Belem
Abaetetuba
abaetetuba · 59 km · America/Belem
Castanhal
castanhal · 62 km · America/Belem
Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Fortaleza (FOR), Manaus (MAO), Brasília (BSB). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from BEL. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Pinto Martins International AirportFOR
Fortaleza · large airport
Compare against FOR when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Eduardo Gomes International AirportMAO
Manaus · large airport
Compare against MAO when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International AirportBSB
Brasília · large airport
Compare against BSB when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport is in the America/Belem timezone (UTC-03:00, GMT-3).
Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport uses IATA code BEL and ICAO code SBBE.
Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport is located in Belém, Brazil at coordinates 1.3793° S, 48.4762° W, with an elevation of 54 ft (16 m) (near sea-level field in the deep tropics).
Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport sits roughly 9.1 km from the nearest mapped city center for Belém.
Fortaleza (FOR) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 2h 16m, destination timezone America/Fortaleza, and a +0h difference from BEL.
Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport sits inside Brazil, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC).
BEL's curated peers in Brazil on this site include FOR Fortaleza, MAO Manaus, BSB Brasília, plus 3 more.
Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 9,186 ft / 2,800 m; identifiers include 03/21, 07/25.
