Retained scope
multi-zone gateway network
Brazil has 15 retained large/medium airport records (15 large, 0 medium) across 7 IANA zones.
Country airport index
Airports in Brazil.
15 airportsPrimary zone: America/Rio_Branco
This page lists 15 retained airport records in our curated Brazil airport catalog with IATA and ICAO codes, city names, and local timezone information. Airport records come from OurAirports and timezone rules come from the IANA database. Click any airport for coordinates, elevation, the current local time, and nearby airports.
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. This airport index is reviewed as a curated reference surface. It does not claim complete aviation coverage for Brazil; it lists 15 retained airport records (15 large airports) across 7 IANA timezones (America/Sao_Paulo, America/Bahia, America/Belem plus 4 more).
Coverage note. This is an airport-reference index for timezone and travel planning. It focuses on retained large and medium airport records with usable codes and coordinates, not every runway, heliport, closed facility, or local landing strip. Airport service levels, terminal operations, route availability, and codes can change; verify with the airport, airline, NOTAM, or official aviation source before travel.
Timezone note. Airport timezone records can be more granular than the country profile. America/Bahia, America/Belem, America/Fortaleza, America/Maceio, America/Recife appears in the retained airport records but not in the country-level timezone list, so use the airport record for local-time calculations.
Country airport evidence
Why this Brazil airport page is retained
This page is classified as a multi-zone gateway network. The evidence score comes from static source coverage: codes, airport facts, official domains, city-clock handoffs, IANA zones, operational facts, and country dossiers where present.
Code and entity coverage
15 IATA, 15 ICAO
15 retained records have airport-facts rows; 15 cite official airport domains and 15 carry Wikidata entity links.
Traffic and operation facts
0 passenger rows
No retained record quotes passenger-volume facts yet; operational depth comes from type, code, timezone, runway, source, and scheduled-service fields where available.
Timezone pattern
7 airport zones
Airport clocks span UTC-04:00 to UTC-03:00, so this country page must keep airport-local time rather than assuming America/Rio_Branco.
Verification boundary
60 source URLs
Visible source hosts include infraero.gov.br, en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org, ourairports.com, aenabrasil.com.br, ccraeroportos.com.br, fortaleza-airport.com.br, riogaleao.com. These support identity and static facts, not live routes, terminal assignments, NOTAMs, or airline schedules.
Editorial status
manual dossier attached
Manual dossier sources are attached for country-level aviation context; point-in-time statements still defer to the linked authorities.
Source hosts seen in retained airport facts
infraero.gov.bren.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.comaenabrasil.com.brccraeroportos.com.brfortaleza-airport.com.brriogaleao.com
Traveler planning patterns
How to use Brazil airport data without overreading it
Start with the gateway layer
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport (CGH) is the first retained airport to check for Brazil; then scan the 15 large and 0 medium records for regional alternates.
Keep airport-local time explicit
Do not assume one country clock: retained airport zones span UTC-04:00 to UTC-03:00. That matters for overnight arrivals, missed-connection buffers, and airport pickup times.
Use codes for the search, city pages for context
7 airport records link onward to vetted city-time pages, so a code lookup can become a local-clock, daylight, holiday, and meeting-time check.
Treat schedules as live elsewhere
15 retained records carry a scheduled-service flag, but route availability, airline service, terminals, and disruption notices are not live here.
Watch holidays and local operating days
Brazil has a holiday country page on this site, so use it alongside airport time checks for closures, public-holiday pressure, and ground-service planning.
Know what the passenger data covers
No retained airport quotes passenger-volume facts yet, so the page avoids traffic rankings and leans on source-backed type, code, timezone, and city context.
Airport coverage patterns
How the Brazil airport index is structured
This page adds country-level context around airport counts, code coverage, timezone spread, and city-clock handoffs. It is built from the retained airport dataset rather than a live airline or aviation registry feed.
Coverage pattern
Brazil carries 15 retained airport records spread over 14 mapped localities, split 15 large and 0 medium (15 large airports). It is built as a practical timezone and travel index, not a complete aviation registry.
Code reliability
Every retained Brazil record carries both an IATA and an ICAO code (15 of each), so passenger-facing and aviation lookups resolve consistently across the set.
Timezone spread
Airports in Brazil are not on one clock — they span 7 IANA timezones (America/Sao_Paulo, America/Bahia, America/Belem plus 4 more), led by America/Sao_Paulo (9), America/Bahia (1), and America/Belem (1). Read each airport's stored zone directly rather than assuming a national offset. Airport timezone records can be more granular than the country profile. America/Bahia, America/Belem, America/Fortaleza, America/Maceio, America/Recife appears in the retained airport records but not in the country-level timezone list, so use the airport record for local-time calculations.
Major airport examples
Standout anchors here include Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport (CGH) in São Paulo, Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB) in Curitiba, Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA) in Salvador, and Eduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO) in Manaus. Large airports lead the list because they are the most reliable hooks for travelers, city clocks, and cross-border time checks.
City-clock handoff
Airport records here hand off to indexable city pages such as Rio De Janeiro (GIG, SDU), São Paulo (CGH, GRU), Belo Horizonte (CNF), and Manaus (MAO). Handoffs are restricted to vetted city pages so the airport index does not spend crawl budget on thin local URLs.
Offset range
Airport timezone records in Brazil span 7 IANA zones from UTC-04:00 to UTC-03:00, an offset spread of 1.0 hours. Treat each airport's stored zone as authoritative for local clock math instead of assuming a single national offset.
International gateway count
13 retained records carry an international-gateway role label in the curated airport facts for Brazil. Role labels are derived from OurAirports type plus airport naming; verify scheduled international service with the carrier before booking.
Regional peer comparison
Brazil has 15 retained airport records vs. Canada 13, Mexico 12, Argentina 3 in the same continent. This is a structural comparison of retained-record counts, not an audit of national aviation policy or fleet size.
Operational depth
Across the retained Brazil set we have 23 curated runway records and 15 airports flagged with scheduled service. Operational facts come from the Wikipedia-derived airport-facts curation, which is sparse for smaller airports and not a substitute for the airport authority's own data.
Traveler boundary: use these records for timezone orientation and airport discovery. Verify live operations, route availability, terminal status, and NOTAM-sensitive details with official airport, airline, or aviation sources.
Country aviation profile
Aviation profile snapshot for Brazil
These numbers aggregate the curated airport-facts file across this country’s retained records. Missing fields mean the curation file does not quote that figure; they are not zero-imputed.
International gateways
13
Records flagged with an international-gateway role label.
Scheduled service
15 / 15
Records with the OurAirports “scheduled service” flag set.
Runway records
23
Sum of curated runway counts where the facts file quotes a number.
Curated passenger coverage
0 / 15
Curated passenger figures are not yet attached to retained records here.
Gateway evidence matrix
Leading retained airports and their source signals
The rows below show why the top airport records are useful beyond a country list: role labels, code identity, timezone, scheduled-service flags, passenger/runway facts where quoted, and the source hosts that back static airport identity.
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport
São Paulo · CGH · America/Sao_Paulo
OurAirports classifies CGH as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.
Operations
scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 6,365 ft / 1,940 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 18 coverage signals
aenabrasil.com.bren.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com
Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport
Curitiba · CWB · America/Sao_Paulo
OurAirports classifies CWB as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Curitiba.
Operations
scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 7,277 ft / 2,218 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 19 coverage signals
ccraeroportos.com.bren.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com
Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport
Salvador · SSA · America/Bahia
OurAirports classifies SSA as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Salvador.
Operations
scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 9,859 ft / 3,005 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 19 coverage signals
www4.infraero.gov.bren.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com
Eduardo Gomes International Airport
Manaus · MAO · America/Manaus
OurAirports classifies MAO as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Manaus.
Operations
scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 8,858 ft / 2,700 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 18 coverage signals
airport-manaus.com.bren.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com
Pinto Martins International Airport
Fortaleza · FOR · America/Fortaleza
OurAirports classifies FOR as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Fortaleza.
Operations
scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 9,039 ft / 2,755 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 18 coverage signals
fortaleza-airport.com.bren.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport
Porto Alegre · POA · America/Sao_Paulo
OurAirports classifies POA as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Porto Alegre.
Operations
scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 10,499 ft / 3,200 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 19 coverage signals
portoalegre-airport.com.bren.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com
Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport
Brasília · BSB · America/Sao_Paulo
OurAirports classifies BSB as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Brasília.
Operations
scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 10,827 ft / 3,300 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 18 coverage signals
infraero.gov.bren.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport
Recife · REC · America/Recife
OurAirports classifies REC as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Recife.
Operations
scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 9,865 ft / 3,007 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 19 coverage signals
infraero.gov.bren.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com
Time-zone span
Airport timezone offsets across Brazil
Brazil’s retained airport records span 7 IANA zones from UTC-04:00 to UTC-03:00 — an offset spread of 1.0 hour. No zone here observes a seasonal DST shift in the IANA database.
America/Sao_Paulo
UTC-03:00 · BRT
9 airports
America/Bahia
Offset not in retained zone table
1 airport
America/Belem
Offset not in retained zone table
1 airport
America/Fortaleza
Offset not in retained zone table
1 airport
Regional peer comparison
Brazil vs. America peers
Peers are picked by geographic proximity (same continent) and similarity of retained-record counts. Comparison is structural — it does not audit fleet size, national aviation policy, or passenger traffic.
Country aviation dossier
Editorial context for Brazil aviation
Brazil's airport system handled close to 200 million passengers in 2024, per ANAC and ANBA reporting. São Paulo–Guarulhos (GRU) led at 43.6 million; Congonhas (CGH), Brasília (BSB), and Galeão (GIG) follow. LATAM Brasil, GOL, and Azul dominate the domestic schedule. ANAC (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil) regulates; airport concessions to private operators (Aena at the Northeast Block, Vinci at the Central Block) have reshaped operations since 2022. International traffic grew 13.6% to 25.8M, signalling continued long-haul recovery.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-09 · manually curated. Figures quoted in this paragraph are point-in-time; treat the linked sources as authoritative.
Frequently asked
Brazil airport questions
- How many airports does Brazil have in this index?
- This index retains 15 airport records for Brazil (15 large and 0 medium). It is a curated reference set with usable IATA/ICAO codes and coordinates, not a complete national aviation registry.
- Which is the largest airport in Brazil?
- Large-airport records appear first in this index. The top entries for Brazil include Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport (CGH), Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB), Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA). No quoted passenger-volume figure is attached to those records in the curated airport-facts file.
- Which timezones span Brazil's airports?
- Brazil's retained airport records sit across 7 IANA timezones from UTC-04:00 to UTC-03:00, an offset spread of 1.0 hours with no seasonal DST in the retained zones. Each airport stores its own IANA zone identifier for local-clock math.
- Does Brazil have international airports?
- Yes. The curated airport-facts file flags 13 records with an international-gateway role label in Brazil. The role tags are derived from OurAirports type plus airport naming; verify scheduled international service with the carrier before booking.
- How does Brazil compare with regional peers for airport count?
- Among same-continent peers with similar retained-record counts, Brazil has 15 records vs. Canada (13), Mexico (12), Argentina (3). The comparison covers only retained records on this site, not full national aviation inventories.
Country overview
Airport coverage for Brazil
The retained catalog currently includes 15 airport records in 14 airport cities or localities. Large airports are shown first because they are usually the most useful entry points for flight planning, timezone checks, and nearby-city lookup.
Retained records
15
Airport localities
14
Timezone records
7 zones
Time-zone planning
Use the airport clock for travel math
For overnight flights, connections near daylight-saving transitions, and cross-border itineraries, use the airport’s IANA timezone instead of assuming every airport follows the country’s primary zone.
America/Sao_Paulo9 airports
America/Bahia1 airport
America/Belem1 airport
America/Fortaleza1 airport
Codes, clocks, and city mapping
How to read the Brazil airport index
IATA coverage
15 codes
Useful for passenger-facing flight searches, tickets, airport boards, and quick route lookup.
ICAO coverage
15 codes
Useful for aviation references, flight tracking, weather briefings, and operational documents.
Airport mix
15 large / 0 medium
Gateway airports are prioritized first, but regional airports remain useful for local clock checks.
DST travel risk
Multi-zone
Recheck local airport time around overnight arrivals, daylight-saving weekends, and cross-border connections.
Major city to airport links
These rows connect retained airport records to city-time pages, so a reader can move from a flight code to the local clock, nearby planning context, and meeting-time checks.
Rio De Janeiro
2 linked airports
GIG Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (America/Sao_Paulo); SDU Santos Dumont Airport (America/Sao_Paulo)
São Paulo
2 linked airports
CGH Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport (America/Sao_Paulo); GRU São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (America/Sao_Paulo)
Belo Horizonte
1 linked airport
CNF Tancredo Neves International Airport (America/Sao_Paulo)
Manaus
1 linked airport
MAO Eduardo Gomes International Airport (America/Manaus)
Salvador
1 linked airport
SSA Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (America/Bahia)
Major airport list
Key airports in Brazil
These entries are pulled from the same retained catalog as the full table below. Use them as a starting point for local time, code lookup, and nearby-city planning, then verify route and terminal details with the airport or airline.
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport
São Paulo
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo
Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport
Curitiba
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo
Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport
Salvador
large airport · America/Bahia
Eduardo Gomes International Airport
Manaus
large airport · America/Manaus
Pinto Martins International Airport
Fortaleza
large airport · America/Fortaleza
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport
Porto Alegre
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo
Route-planning cues
When this airport index is useful
Start with gateway airports
15 large airports
Use large-airport entries first for broad trip planning, then scan medium airports for regional options.
Check the local clock
7 timezones
Compare airport zones before overnight arrivals, early departures, or daylight-saving changes.
Move to city context
7 linked airports
Linked city pages help turn an airport timezone into a local clock for meetings and ground plans.
Boundary: this page supports code lookup, timezone checks, and city planning. It does not verify active routes, terminals, flight schedules, border rules, or operating notices.
City coverage
Airport cities with time pages
Illustrative airport time board
Example flight and gate labels are generated for display; local-time values use the timezone records shown on the page.
Destination
Flight
Gate
Local Time
SÃO PAULO (CGH)
EK 431
D44
1
4
5
2
CURITIBA (CWB)
EK 850
D44
1
4
5
2
SALVADOR (SSA)
SQ 846
A11
1
4
5
2
MANAUS (MAO)
BA 754
B12
1
3
5
2
FORTALEZA (FOR)
EK 895
D44
1
4
5
2
PORTO ALEGRE (POA)
UA 801
B05
1
4
5
2
BRASÍLIA (BSB)
JL 468
C21
1
4
5
2
RECIFE (REC)
QF 868
E18
1
4
5
2
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