Airports / Brazil / BZC
Umberto Modiano Airport
SBBZ / BZCCabo Frio, BrazilELEV 10 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
28 nm
To the nearest alternate
Macaé Benedito Lacerda Airport (MEA).
Overview
Umberto Modiano Airport, listed as SBBZ / BZC, is a mid-sized airport in Cabo Frio, Brazil. The airport sits 10 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into BZC for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Macaé Benedito Lacerda Airport (MEA, 28 nm), Santos Dumont Airport (SDU, 67 nm), and Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG, 71 nm).
Charter pricing from BZC depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Cabo Frio.
Field capability
ICAO
SBBZ
IATA
BZC
FAA / Local
RJ0012
Elevation
10 ft
Coordinates
22.7709° S · 41.9631° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Brazil fields
state range 8–4,138 ft
At 10 ft, BZC sits lower than 97% of the 138 Brazil fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 28nmMEAMacaé Benedito Lacerda AirportMacaé
- 67nmSDUSantos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro
- 71nmGIGRio Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportRio De Janeiro
- 74nmCAWBartolomeu Lisandro AirportCampos dos Goytacazes
- 79nmSBAFCampo Délio Jardim de Mattos AirportRio de Janeiro
- 79nmRRJJacarepaguá - Roberto Marinho AirportRio de Janeiro
Location
Open the full mapSBBZ · Umberto Modiano Airport · Cabo Frio, Brazil