REC · Recife, Brazil
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport.
--:--:-- · GMT-3 (UTC-03:00) · 8.1275° S, 34.9230° W
Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport
Brazilian airport
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for REC
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 5965; ident SBRF; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
infraero.gov.br
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre 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
REC / SBRF
OurAirports ident
SBRF
GPS / local code
SBRF / PE0001
ISO region
BR-PE
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
infraero.gov.br
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q387704
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
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 6, 8:27 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--GMT-3 · UTC-03:00
Time zone
GMT-3
America/Recife · UTC-03:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
9.4 km
Approximate distance to central Recife.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Brasília
Languages
Portuguese
Currency
BRL (R$)
Country area
8,515,767 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
1 runway
Longest runway
9,865 ft / 3,007 m
Runway surface
asphalt
Opened / operator
1958 · Infraero
Owner / entity
Q387704
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Recife, Brazil. Recife's built-up core sits roughly 9.4 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Recife (UTC-03:00, GMT-3). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport (REC / SBRF) is at 8.1275° S, 34.9230° W, elevation 33 ft (10 m), serving Recife, Brazil.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Recife is in Brazil (capital Brasília); regulated by Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC); on America/Recife (GMT-3, UTC-03:00); working languages: Portuguese; currency: BRL (R$).
Distance from central Recife: 9 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 REC.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport (REC / SBRF)
Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport · Brazilian airport
Known label 1
Ibura
Alternate airport-name cue retained for REC, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
SBRF · SBRF · PE0001 · BR-PE
infraero.gov.br · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Recife
recife · 9.4 km from REC
Brazil · America/Recife · +0h · population 1,653,461 · city coordinates -8.0539, -34.8811
2. Jaboatão dos Guararapes
jaboatao-dos-guararapes · 10 km from REC
Brazil · America/Recife · +0h · population 644,037 · city coordinates -8.1128, -35.0147
3. Jaboatão
jaboatao · 10 km from REC
Brazil · America/Recife · +0h · population 702,621 · city coordinates -8.1803, -35.0014
4. Camaragibe
camaragibe · 13 km from REC
Brazil · America/Recife · +0h · population 155,771 · city coordinates -8.0217, -34.9811
5. Olinda
olinda · 15 km from REC
Brazil · America/Recife · +0h · population 366,754 · city coordinates -8.0089, -34.8553
6. São Lourenço da Mata
sao-lourenco-da-mata · 17 km from REC
Brazil · America/Recife · +0h · population 111,249 · city coordinates -8.0022, -35.0183
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. MCZ SBMO
Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport · Maceió
181 km from REC · America/Maceio · +0h · elevation 387 ft (118 m) · airport coordinates -9.5126, -35.7918
2. FOR SBFZ
Pinto Martins International Airport · Fortaleza
627 km from REC · America/Fortaleza · +0h · elevation 83 ft (25 m) · airport coordinates -3.7758, -38.5322
3. SSA SBSV
Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport · Salvador
649 km from REC · America/Bahia · +0h · elevation 64 ft (20 m) · airport coordinates -12.9086, -38.3225
Route-time reference set
1. REC-MCZ
Maceió · 181 km · 1h 4m
America/Maceio · +0h from REC; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. REC-FOR
Fortaleza · 627 km · 1h 38m
America/Fortaleza · +0h from REC; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. REC-SSA
Salvador · 649 km · 1h 39m
America/Bahia · +0h from REC; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
1 runway
Longest runway 9,865 ft / 3,007 m. 0 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for REC.
Runway identifiers
18/36
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. MCZ SBMO
Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport · Maceió · 181 km from REC
large airport · America/Maceio · brazil · 387 ft (118 m) · -9.5126, -35.7918
2. FOR SBFZ
Pinto Martins International Airport · Fortaleza · 627 km from REC
large airport · America/Fortaleza · brazil · 83 ft (25 m) · -3.7758, -38.5322
3. SSA SBSV
Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport · Salvador · 649 km from REC
large airport · America/Bahia · brazil · 64 ft (20 m) · -12.9086, -38.3225
4. CNF SBCF
Tancredo Neves International Airport · Belo Horizonte · 1608 km from REC
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 2,721 ft (829 m) · -19.6357, -43.9669
5. BSB SBBR
Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport · Brasília · 1654 km from REC
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 3,497 ft (1,066 m) · -15.8692, -47.9208
6. BEL SBBE
Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport · Belém · 1678 km from REC
large airport · America/Belem · brazil · 54 ft (16 m) · -1.3793, -48.4762
Country and authority
REC 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$). REC is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Names and local labels
REC is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with Ibura. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
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: Q387704 · Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport. Administrative area: Q40942 · Boa Viagem. Named after: Recife. Entity official-site cross-check: infraero.com.br
Field and clock profile
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport is a near sea-level field at 33 ft (10 m), positioned at 8.1275° S, 34.9230° W in the Southern deep tropics. The runway snapshot lists 1 runway and a longest runway of 9,865 ft / 3,007 m. The airport clock uses America/Recife (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
Recife is the closest retained city-time anchor at 9.4 km. MCZ Maceió is the closest retained airport alternative at 181 km.
Country airport peers
REC is compared with MCZ Maceió at 181 km, FOR Fortaleza at 627 km, SSA Salvador at 649 km, CNF Belo Horizonte at 1608 km, BSB Brasília at 1654 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
REC-MCZ Maceió: 181 km, about 1h 4m, +0h. REC-FOR Fortaleza: 627 km, about 1h 38m, +0h. REC-SSA Salvador: 649 km, about 1h 39m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident SBRF 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: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
1 runway · longest 9,865 ft / 3,007 m
Runway identifiers
18/36
OurAirports classifies REC as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Recife.
REC (SBRF) is a near sea-level field at 33 ft (10 m) in the deep tropics, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
REC sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
REC's runway record lists 1 runway, with the longest runway at 9,865 ft / 3,007 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt.
Infraero is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for REC.
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.
Decision matrix for REC
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
REC uses America/Recife (GMT-3, UTC-03:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport is about 9.4 km from central Recife; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
MCZ Maceió is the closest retained alternate at 181 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
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.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place REC inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
REC ranks #13 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
REC has no other retained airport in the same IANA zone cohort, making America/Recife a more distinctive signal for this page.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
REC is 33 ft (10 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include DAD 33 ft (10 m) (0 ft delta) · DLA 33 ft (10 m) (0 ft delta) · SGN 33 ft (10 m) (0 ft delta) · CGK 34 ft (10 m) (1 ft delta) · FUK 32 ft (10 m) (1 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
REC's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are MCZ 181 km +0h · FOR 627 km +0h · SSA 649 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maceió | MCZ | 181 km | 1h 4m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Fortaleza | FOR | 627 km | 1h 38m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Salvador | SSA | 649 km | 1h 39m | +0h | --:--:-- |
REC to MCZ
Maceió
Distance 181 km; estimated travel window 1h 4m; destination zone America/Maceio is +0h from REC. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
REC to FOR
Fortaleza
Distance 627 km; estimated travel window 1h 38m; destination zone America/Fortaleza is +0h from REC. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
REC to SSA
Salvador
Distance 649 km; estimated travel window 1h 39m; destination zone America/Bahia is +0h from REC. 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 Recife is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Recife 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.
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre 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 REC, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Recife
recife · 9.4 km · America/Recife
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Jaboatão dos Guararapes
jaboatao-dos-guararapes · 10 km · America/Recife
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Jaboatão
jaboatao · 10 km · America/Recife
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Camaragibe
camaragibe · 13 km · America/Recife
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Olinda
olinda · 15 km · America/Recife
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
São Lourenço da Mata
sao-lourenco-da-mata · 17 km · America/Recife
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Moreno
moreno · 19 km · America/Recife
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Cabo de Santo Agostinho
cabo-de-santo-agostinho · 21 km · America/Recife
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Paulista
paulista · 21 km · America/Recife
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Abreu e Lima
abreu-e-lima · 24 km · America/Recife
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Igarassu
igarassu · 33 km · America/Recife
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Ipojuca
ipojuca · 34 km · America/Recife
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre 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: Maceió (MCZ), Fortaleza (FOR), 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 9,865 ft / 3,007 m; identifiers 18/36.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt; 0 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: Infraero.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1958.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from REC. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Zumbi dos Palmares International AirportMCZ
Maceió · large airport
- Distance
- 181 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.
Pinto Martins International AirportFOR
Fortaleza · large airport
- Distance
- 627 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 83 ft (25 m)
Compare against FOR when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSSA
Salvador · large airport
- Distance
- 649 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 Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport (REC) in?▾
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport is in the America/Recife timezone (UTC-03:00, GMT-3).
What are the codes for Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport?▾
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport uses IATA code REC and ICAO code SBRF.
Where is Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport located?▾
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport is located in Recife, Brazil at coordinates 8.1275° S, 34.9230° W, with an elevation of 33 ft (10 m) (near sea-level field in the deep tropics).
How far is Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport from central Recife?▾
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport sits roughly 9.4 km from the nearest mapped city center for Recife.
Which route reference is most useful from REC?▾
Maceió (MCZ) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 4m, destination timezone America/Maceio, and a +0h difference from REC.
Which authority regulates REC?▾
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre 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 REC?▾
REC's curated peers in Brazil on this site include MCZ Maceió, FOR Fortaleza, SSA Salvador, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport have?▾
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 1 runway, with the longest runway recorded at 9,865 ft / 3,007 m; identifiers include 18/36.