Airports / Brazil / SDU
Santos Dumont Airport
SBRJ / SDURio de Janeiro, BrazilELEV 11 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
8 nm
To the nearest alternate
Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Santos Dumont Airport, listed as SBRJ / SDU, is a large commercial airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Field elevation is 11 feet above sea level. Scheduled carriers operate here, and the field also sees regular private and charter activity.
While no charter operators list SDU as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG, 8 nm), Jacarepaguá - Roberto Marinho Airport (RRJ, 12 nm), and Campo Délio Jardim de Mattos Airport (SBAF, 12 nm).
Trip costs from SDU are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. You may also see the field referenced as RIO. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from SDU to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
SBRJ
IATA
SDU
FAA / Local
RJ0002
Elevation
11 ft
Coordinates
22.9104° S · 43.1628° 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
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Brazil fields
state range 8–4,138 ft
At 11 ft, SDU sits lower than 96% 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.
- 8nmGIGRio Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportRio De Janeiro
- 12nmRRJJacarepaguá - Roberto Marinho AirportRio de Janeiro
- 12nmSBAFCampo Délio Jardim de Mattos AirportRio de Janeiro
- 31nmSNZSanta Cruz Air Force BaseRio de Janeiro
- 67nmBZCUmberto Modiano AirportCabo Frio
- 68nmJDFFrancisco de Assis AirportJuiz de Fora
Location
Open the full mapSBRJ · Santos Dumont Airport · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil