Belo Horizonte Pampulha Airport SBBH / PLU
Belo Horizonte's close-in airport, 20 minutes from Savassi and the centre, with a 2,500 m runway and Líder's FBO but no customs. The choice for domestic business flights; international arrivals use Confins.
8,202 ft
Longest runway
20 min
Drive to Belo Horizonte
1
FBOs / handlers
2,589 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 06:00–23:00 (verify)
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- No
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 8 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Up to Gulfstream/Global class; domestic only.
- Website
- www.aeroportopampulha.net
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Líder Aviação Pampulha
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 8,202 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E 6,076 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 needs 9,800 ft
Other airports for Belo Horizonte
- Belo Horizonte/Confins International Airport SBCF 9,843 ft · 50 min