Airports / Brazil / QNS
Canoas Air Force Base
SBCO / QNSPorto Alegre, BrazilELEV 26 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
3 nm
To the nearest alternate
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Canoas Air Force Base (SBCO / QNS) sits in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 26 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
QNS has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (POA, 3 nm), Hugo Cantergiani Regional Airport (CXJ, 45 nm), and Forquilhinha - Criciúma Airport (CCM, 116 nm).
Quotes for flights out of QNS vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Porto Alegre AFB and Base Aérea de Canoas. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from QNS, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
SBCO
IATA
QNS
FAA / Local
RS9002
Elevation
26 ft
Coordinates
29.9459° S · 51.1444° 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 26 ft, QNS sits lower than 90% 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.
- 3nmPOAPorto Alegre-Salgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre
- 45nmCXJHugo Cantergiani Regional AirportCaxias Do Sul
- 116nmCCMForquilhinha - Criciúma AirportCriciúma
- 120nmPFBLauro Kurtz AirportPasso Fundo
- 123nmPETJoão Simões Lopes Neto International AirportPelotas
- 133nmRIASanta Maria AirportSanta Maria
Location
Open the full mapSBCO · Canoas Air Force Base · Porto Alegre, Brazil