POA · Porto Alegre, Brazil
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport.
--:--:-- · BRT (UTC-03:00) · 29.9940° S, 51.1675° W
Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport
Brazilian airport
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for POA
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 5951; ident SBPA; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
portoalegre-airport.com.br
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
19 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
POA / SBPA
OurAirports ident
SBPA
GPS / local code
SBPA / RS0001
ISO region
BR-RS
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
portoalegre-airport.com.br
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1432702
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, 8:22 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--BRT · UTC-03:00
Time zone
BRT
America/Sao_Paulo · UTC-03:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
7.4 km
Approximate distance to central Porto Alegre.
Official source
portoalegre-airport.com.brOfficial airport website listed in the airport facts snapshot
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Brasília
Languages
Portuguese
Currency
BRL (R$)
Country area
8,515,767 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
1 runway
Longest runway
10,499 ft / 3,200 m
Runway surface
asphalt
Opened / operator
1940 · Q47440668
Owner / entity
Q47440668
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Porto Alegre, Brazil. Porto Alegre's built-up core sits roughly 7.4 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Sao_Paulo (UTC-03:00, BRT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (POA / SBPA) is at 29.9940° S, 51.1675° W, elevation 11 ft (3 m), serving Porto Alegre, Brazil.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Porto Alegre is in Brazil (capital Brasília); regulated by Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC); on America/Sao_Paulo (BRT, UTC-03:00); working languages: Portuguese; currency: BRL (R$).
Distance from central Porto Alegre: 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 POA.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (POA / SBPA)
Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport · Brazilian airport
Source identifiers
SBPA · SBPA · RS0001 · BR-RS
portoalegre-airport.com.br · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Porto Alegre
porto-alegre · 7.4 km from POA
Brazil · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · population 1,488,252 · city coordinates -30.0328, -51.2302
2. Cachoeirinha
cachoeirinha-3468403 · 8.5 km from POA
Brazil · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · population 136,258 · city coordinates -29.9511, -51.0939
3. Canoas
canoas · 8.6 km from POA
Brazil · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · population 328,291 · city coordinates -29.9178, -51.1836
4. Alvorada
alvorada · 8.8 km from POA
Brazil · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · population 187,315 · city coordinates -30.0002, -51.0763
5. Esteio
esteio · 15 km from POA
Brazil · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · population 76,137 · city coordinates -29.8614, -51.1792
6. Viamão
viamao · 17 km from POA
Brazil · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · population 285,269 · city coordinates -30.0811, -51.0233
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. CWB SBCT
Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport · Curitiba
534 km from POA · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · elevation 2,988 ft (911 m) · airport coordinates -25.5285, -49.1758
2. CGH SBSP
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · São Paulo
837 km from POA · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · elevation 2,631 ft (802 m) · airport coordinates -23.6277, -46.6546
3. AEP SABE
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery · Buenos Aires
849 km from POA · America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires · +0h · elevation 18 ft (5 m) · airport coordinates -34.5594, -58.4155
Route-time reference set
1. POA-CWB
Curitiba · 534 km · 1h 31m
America/Sao_Paulo · +0h from POA; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. POA-CGH
São Paulo · 837 km · 1h 54m
America/Sao_Paulo · +0h from POA; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. POA-AEP
Buenos Aires · 849 km · 1h 55m
America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires · +0h from POA; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
1 runway
Longest runway 10,499 ft / 3,200 m. 1 lighted runway in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for POA.
Runway identifiers
11/29
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. CWB SBCT
Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport · Curitiba · 534 km from POA
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 2,988 ft (911 m) · -25.5285, -49.1758
2. CGH SBSP
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · São Paulo · 837 km from POA
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 2,631 ft (802 m) · -23.6277, -46.6546
3. GRU SBGR
São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · São Paulo · 866 km from POA
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 2,461 ft (750 m) · -23.4313, -46.4700
4. SDU SBRJ
Santos Dumont Airport · Rio de Janeiro · 1120 km from POA
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 11 ft (3 m) · -22.9104, -43.1628
5. GIG SBGL
Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport · Rio De Janeiro · 1122 km from POA
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 28 ft (9 m) · -22.8100, -43.2506
6. CNF SBCF
Tancredo Neves International Airport · Belo Horizonte · 1361 km from POA
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 2,721 ft (829 m) · -19.6357, -43.9669
Country and authority
POA 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$). POA 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: Q1432702 · Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport. Owner / owning body: Q47440668. Administrative area: Rio Grande do Sul · São João, Porto Alegre. Named after: Salgado Filho
Field and clock profile
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport is a near sea-level field at 11 ft (3 m), positioned at 29.9940° S, 51.1675° W in the Southern subtropics. The runway snapshot lists 1 runway and a longest runway of 10,499 ft / 3,200 m. The airport clock uses America/Sao_Paulo (BRT, UTC-03:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Porto Alegre is the closest retained city-time anchor at 7.4 km. CWB Curitiba is the closest retained airport alternative at 534 km.
Country airport peers
POA is compared with CWB Curitiba at 534 km, CGH São Paulo at 837 km, GRU São Paulo at 866 km, SDU Rio de Janeiro at 1120 km, GIG Rio De Janeiro at 1122 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
POA-CWB Curitiba: 534 km, about 1h 31m, +0h. POA-CGH São Paulo: 837 km, about 1h 54m, +0h. POA-AEP Buenos Aires: 849 km, about 1h 55m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident SBPA backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. portoalegre-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 10,499 ft / 3,200 m
Runway identifiers
11/29
OurAirports classifies POA as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Porto Alegre.
POA (SBPA) is a near sea-level field at 11 ft (3 m) in the subtropics, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
POA sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
POA's runway record lists 1 runway, with the longest runway at 10,499 ft / 3,200 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt.
Q47440668 is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for POA.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at portoalegre-airport.com.br, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for POA
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
POA uses America/Sao_Paulo (BRT, UTC-03:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport is about 7.4 km from central Porto Alegre; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
CWB Curitiba is the closest retained alternate at 534 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
portoalegre-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 POA inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
POA ranks #12 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
POA shares America/Sao_Paulo with BSB Brasília BR · CGH São Paulo BR · CNF Belo Horizonte BR · CWB Curitiba BR · GIG Rio De Janeiro BR · GRU São Paulo BR. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
POA is 11 ft (3 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include BSR 11 ft (3 m) (0 ft delta) · PIE 11 ft (3 m) (0 ft delta) · SDU 11 ft (3 m) (0 ft delta) · BCN 12 ft (4 m) (1 ft delta) · CGP 12 ft (4 m) (1 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
POA's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are CWB 534 km +0h · CGH 837 km +0h · AEP 849 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curitiba | CWB | 534 km | 1h 31m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| São Paulo | CGH | 837 km | 1h 54m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Buenos Aires | AEP | 849 km | 1h 55m | +0h | --:--:-- |
POA to CWB
Curitiba
Distance 534 km; estimated travel window 1h 31m; destination zone America/Sao_Paulo is +0h from POA. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
POA to CGH
São Paulo
Distance 837 km; estimated travel window 1h 54m; destination zone America/Sao_Paulo is +0h from POA. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
POA to AEP
Buenos Aires
Distance 849 km; estimated travel window 1h 55m; destination zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires is +0h from POA. 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 Porto Alegre is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Porto Alegre 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.
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho 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 POA, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Porto Alegre
porto-alegre · 7.4 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Cachoeirinha
cachoeirinha-3468403 · 8.5 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Canoas
canoas · 8.6 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Alvorada
alvorada · 8.8 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Esteio
esteio · 15 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Viamão
viamao · 17 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Gravataí
gravatai · 18 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Nova Santa Rita
nova-santa-rita · 19 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Sapucaia do Sul
sapucaia-do-sul · 20 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Guaíba
guaiba · 20 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
São Leopoldo
sao-leopoldo · 26 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Portão
portao · 33 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho 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: Curitiba (CWB), São Paulo (CGH), Buenos Aires (AEP). 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 10,499 ft / 3,200 m; identifiers 11/29.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt; 1 lighted runway in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: Q47440668.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1940.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from POA. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Curitiba-Afonso Pena International AirportCWB
Curitiba · large airport
- Distance
- 534 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 2,988 ft (911 m)
Compare against CWB when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre AirportCGH
São Paulo · large airport
- Distance
- 837 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 2,631 ft (802 m)
Compare against CGH when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Aeroparque Jorge NewberyAEP
Buenos Aires · large airport
- Distance
- 849 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 18 ft (5 m)
Compare against AEP when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) in?▾
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport is in the America/Sao_Paulo timezone (UTC-03:00, BRT).
What are the codes for Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport?▾
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport uses IATA code POA and ICAO code SBPA.
Where is Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport located?▾
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport is located in Porto Alegre, Brazil at coordinates 29.9940° S, 51.1675° W, with an elevation of 11 ft (3 m) (near sea-level field in the subtropics).
How far is Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport from central Porto Alegre?▾
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport sits roughly 7.4 km from the nearest mapped city center for Porto Alegre.
Which route reference is most useful from POA?▾
Curitiba (CWB) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 31m, destination timezone America/Sao_Paulo, and a +0h difference from POA.
Which authority regulates POA?▾
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho 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 POA?▾
POA's curated peers in Brazil on this site include CWB Curitiba, CGH São Paulo, GRU São Paulo, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport have?▾
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 1 runway, with the longest runway recorded at 10,499 ft / 3,200 m; identifiers include 11/29.