Airports / Brazil / MEA
Macaé Benedito Lacerda Airport
SBME / MEAMacaé, BrazilELEV 8 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
28 nm
To the nearest alternate
Umberto Modiano Airport (BZC) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Macaé Benedito Lacerda Airport (SBME / MEA) sits in Macaé, Brazil, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 8 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list MEA as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Umberto Modiano Airport (BZC, 28 nm), Bartolomeu Lisandro Airport (CAW, 47 nm), and Santos Dumont Airport (SDU, 85 nm).
Trip costs from MEA are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from MEA to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
SBME
IATA
MEA
FAA / Local
RJ0004
Elevation
8 ft
Coordinates
22.3430° S · 41.7660° 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 8 ft, MEA sits lower than 99% 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.
- 28nmBZCUmberto Modiano AirportCabo Frio
- 47nmCAWBartolomeu Lisandro AirportCampos dos Goytacazes
- 85nmSDUSantos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro
- 87nmGIGRio Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportRio De Janeiro
- 93nmIZAPresidente Itamar Franco AirportJuiz de Fora
- 95nmSBAFCampo Délio Jardim de Mattos AirportRio de Janeiro
Location
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