FOR · Fortaleza, Brazil
Pinto Martins International Airport.
--:--:-- · GMT-3 (UTC-03:00) · 3.7758° S, 38.5322° W
Fortaleza Airport
Brazilian airport
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for FOR
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.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 5905; ident SBFZ; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
fortaleza-airport.com.br
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Fortaleza Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
18 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
FOR / SBFZ
OurAirports ident
SBFZ
GPS / local code
SBFZ / CE0001
ISO region
BR-CE
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
fortaleza-airport.com.br
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q2074717
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 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 Nov 5, 9:24 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--GMT-3 · UTC-03:00
Time zone
GMT-3
America/Fortaleza · UTC-03:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
6.6 km
Approximate distance to central Fortaleza.
Official source
fortaleza-airport.com.brOfficial airport website listed in the airport facts snapshot
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Brasília
Languages
Portuguese
Currency
BRL (R$)
Country area
8,515,767 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
1 runway
Longest runway
9,039 ft / 2,755 m
Runway surface
ASPH
Opened / operator
1966 · Q47440668
Owner / entity
Q2074717
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
18 source-backed signals
Pinto Martins International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Fortaleza, Brazil. Fortaleza's built-up core sits roughly 6.6 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Fortaleza (UTC-03:00, GMT-3). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Pinto Martins International Airport (FOR / SBFZ) is at 3.7758° S, 38.5322° W, elevation 83 ft (25 m), serving Fortaleza, Brazil.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Fortaleza is in Brazil (capital Brasília); regulated by Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC); on America/Fortaleza (GMT-3, UTC-03:00); working languages: Portuguese; currency: BRL (R$).
Distance from central Fortaleza: 7 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for FOR.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Pinto Martins International Airport (FOR / SBFZ)
Fortaleza Airport · Brazilian airport
Source identifiers
SBFZ · SBFZ · CE0001 · BR-CE
fortaleza-airport.com.br · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Fortaleza
fortaleza · 6.6 km from FOR
Brazil · America/Fortaleza · +0h · population 2,400,000 · city coordinates -3.7172, -38.5431
2. Caucaia
caucaia · 14 km from FOR
Brazil · America/Fortaleza · +0h · population 355,679 · city coordinates -3.7361, -38.6531
3. Maracanaú
maracanau · 15 km from FOR
Brazil · America/Fortaleza · +0h · population 234,509 · city coordinates -3.8767, -38.6256
4. Eusébio
eusebio · 16 km from FOR
Brazil · America/Fortaleza · +0h · population 74,170 · city coordinates -3.8900, -38.4506
5. Aquiraz
aquiraz · 21 km from FOR
Brazil · America/Fortaleza · +0h · population 65,116 · city coordinates -3.9014, -38.3911
6. Maranguape
maranguape · 21 km from FOR
Brazil · America/Fortaleza · +0h · population 105,093 · city coordinates -3.8908, -38.6856
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. REC SBRF
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport · Recife
627 km from FOR · America/Recife · +0h · elevation 33 ft (10 m) · airport coordinates -8.1275, -34.9230
2. MCZ SBMO
Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport · Maceió
706 km from FOR · America/Maceio · +0h · elevation 387 ft (118 m) · airport coordinates -9.5126, -35.7918
3. SSA SBSV
Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport · Salvador
1016 km from FOR · America/Bahia · +0h · elevation 64 ft (20 m) · airport coordinates -12.9086, -38.3225
Route-time reference set
1. FOR-REC
Recife · 627 km · 1h 38m
America/Recife · +0h from FOR; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. FOR-MCZ
Maceió · 706 km · 1h 44m
America/Maceio · +0h from FOR; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. FOR-SSA
Salvador · 1016 km · 2h 7m
America/Bahia · +0h from FOR; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
1 runway
Longest runway 9,039 ft / 2,755 m. 1 lighted runway in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
ASPH
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for FOR.
Runway identifiers
13/31
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. REC SBRF
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport · Recife · 627 km from FOR
large airport · America/Recife · brazil · 33 ft (10 m) · -8.1275, -34.9230
2. MCZ SBMO
Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport · Maceió · 706 km from FOR
large airport · America/Maceio · brazil · 387 ft (118 m) · -9.5126, -35.7918
3. SSA SBSV
Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport · Salvador · 1016 km from FOR
large airport · America/Bahia · brazil · 64 ft (20 m) · -12.9086, -38.3225
4. BEL SBBE
Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport · Belém · 1136 km from FOR
large airport · America/Belem · brazil · 54 ft (16 m) · -1.3793, -48.4762
5. BSB SBBR
Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport · Brasília · 1692 km from FOR
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 3,497 ft (1,066 m) · -15.8692, -47.9208
6. GYN SBGO
Santa Genoveva International Airport · Goiânia · 1845 km from FOR
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 2,450 ft (747 m) · -16.6320, -49.2207
Country and authority
FOR 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.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: Portuguese. Currency context: BRL (R$). FOR is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Brazilian airport. 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.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q2074717 · Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport. Administrative area: Ceará · Fortaleza. Named after: Fortaleza · Euclides Pinto Martins. Entity official-site cross-check: fortaleza-airport.com.br
Field and clock profile
Pinto Martins International Airport is a near sea-level field at 83 ft (25 m), positioned at 3.7758° S, 38.5322° W in the Equatorial deep tropics. The runway snapshot lists 1 runway and a longest runway of 9,039 ft / 2,755 m. The airport clock uses America/Fortaleza (GMT-3, UTC-03:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Fortaleza is the closest retained city-time anchor at 6.6 km. REC Recife is the closest retained airport alternative at 627 km.
Country airport peers
FOR is compared with REC Recife at 627 km, MCZ Maceió at 706 km, SSA Salvador at 1016 km, BEL Belém at 1136 km, BSB Brasília at 1692 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.
Route geometry
FOR-REC Recife: 627 km, about 1h 38m, +0h. FOR-MCZ Maceió: 706 km, about 1h 44m, +0h. FOR-SSA Salvador: 1016 km, about 2h 7m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident SBFZ backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. fortaleza-airport.com.br is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
1 runway · longest 9,039 ft / 2,755 m
Runway identifiers
13/31
OurAirports classifies FOR as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Fortaleza.
FOR (SBFZ) is a near sea-level field at 83 ft (25 m) in the deep tropics, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
FOR sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
FOR's runway record lists 1 runway, with the longest runway at 9,039 ft / 2,755 m and source surfaces recorded as ASPH.
Q47440668 is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for FOR.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at fortaleza-airport.com.br, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for FOR
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.
When the clock matters
FOR uses America/Fortaleza (GMT-3, UTC-03:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Pinto Martins International Airport is about 6.6 km from central Fortaleza; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
REC Recife is the closest retained alternate at 627 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
fortaleza-airport.com.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.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place FOR inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
FOR ranks #6 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.
Same-zone airport cohort
FOR has no other retained airport in the same IANA zone cohort, making America/Fortaleza a more distinctive signal for this page.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
FOR is 83 ft (25 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include LHR 83 ft (25 m) (0 ft delta) · ALG 82 ft (25 m) (1 ft delta) · CTS 82 ft (25 m) (1 ft delta) · HLP 84 ft (26 m) (1 ft delta) · DKR 85 ft (26 m) (2 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
FOR's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are REC 627 km +0h · MCZ 706 km +0h · SSA 1016 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recife | REC | 627 km | 1h 38m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Maceió | MCZ | 706 km | 1h 44m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Salvador | SSA | 1016 km | 2h 7m | +0h | --:--:-- |
FOR to REC
Recife
Distance 627 km; estimated travel window 1h 38m; destination zone America/Recife is +0h from FOR. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
FOR to MCZ
Maceió
Distance 706 km; estimated travel window 1h 44m; destination zone America/Maceio is +0h from FOR. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
FOR to SSA
Salvador
Distance 1016 km; estimated travel window 2h 7m; destination zone America/Bahia is +0h from FOR. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central Fortaleza is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Fortaleza 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.
Pinto Martins 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.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from FOR, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Fortaleza
fortaleza · 6.6 km · America/Fortaleza
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Caucaia
caucaia · 14 km · America/Fortaleza
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Maracanaú
maracanau · 15 km · America/Fortaleza
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Eusébio
eusebio · 16 km · America/Fortaleza
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Aquiraz
aquiraz · 21 km · America/Fortaleza
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Maranguape
maranguape · 21 km · America/Fortaleza
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Itaitinga
itaitinga · 22 km · America/Fortaleza
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Pacatuba
pacatuba · 25 km · America/Fortaleza
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Guaiúba
guaiuba · 32 km · America/Fortaleza
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Horizonte
horizonte · 36 km · America/Fortaleza
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Pindoretama
pindoretama · 38 km · America/Fortaleza
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Pacajus
pacajus · 45 km · America/Fortaleza
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Pinto Martins 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: Recife (REC), Maceió (MCZ), Salvador (SSA). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 1 runway; longest runway 9,039 ft / 2,755 m; identifiers 13/31.
- Runway surfaces: ASPH; 1 lighted runway in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: Q47440668.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1966.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from FOR. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International AirportREC
Recife · large airport
- Distance
- 627 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 33 ft (10 m)
Compare against REC when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Zumbi dos Palmares International AirportMCZ
Maceió · large airport
- Distance
- 706 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 387 ft (118 m)
Compare against MCZ when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSSA
Salvador · large airport
- Distance
- 1016 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 64 ft (20 m)
Compare against SSA when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Pinto Martins International Airport (FOR) in?▾
Pinto Martins International Airport is in the America/Fortaleza timezone (UTC-03:00, GMT-3).
What are the codes for Pinto Martins International Airport?▾
Pinto Martins International Airport uses IATA code FOR and ICAO code SBFZ.
Where is Pinto Martins International Airport located?▾
Pinto Martins International Airport is located in Fortaleza, Brazil at coordinates 3.7758° S, 38.5322° W, with an elevation of 83 ft (25 m) (near sea-level field in the deep tropics).
How far is Pinto Martins International Airport from central Fortaleza?▾
Pinto Martins International Airport sits roughly 6.6 km from the nearest mapped city center for Fortaleza.
Which route reference is most useful from FOR?▾
Recife (REC) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 38m, destination timezone America/Recife, and a +0h difference from FOR.
Which authority regulates FOR?▾
Pinto Martins International Airport sits inside Brazil, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC).
What other airports in Brazil are close peers to FOR?▾
FOR's curated peers in Brazil on this site include REC Recife, MCZ Maceió, SSA Salvador, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Pinto Martins International Airport have?▾
Pinto Martins International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 1 runway, with the longest runway recorded at 9,039 ft / 2,755 m; identifiers include 13/31.