Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport SBGL / GIG
Rio's international airport on Governador Island, 40 minutes from the Zona Sul beaches, with 24-hour CIQ, ample parking and the only Rio runways for heavy jets. Carnival and New Year's Eve are the peak periods; helicopter transfers to Jacarepaguá and the hotels are common.
13,123 ft
Longest runway
40 min
Drive to Rio de Janeiro
2
FBOs / handlers
28 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 20 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including widebody VIP.
- Website
- www.riogaleao.com
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Líder Aviação Galeão
- Universal Aviation Rio de Janeiro
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 13,123 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 9,800 ft
- 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
✕ Marginal or no
- Everything in our database can operate here.
Other airports for Rio de Janeiro
- Jacarepaguá Airport SBJR 2,952 ft · 50 min
- Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport SBRJ 4,341 ft · 10 min