Jacarepaguá Airport SBJR
Rio's general-aviation and helicopter airport in Barra da Tijuca, 15 minutes from the Barra beaches and business towers and 50 from Centro. A 900 m runway limits it to light aircraft and turboprops; the main use is as the helicopter hub for Rio.
2,952 ft
Longest runway
50 min
Drive to Rio de Janeiro
1
FBOs / handlers
10 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 06:00–22:00 (daylight preferred)
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- No
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1, Avgas 100LL
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 30 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Turboprops and light jets (Phenom 100/300, PC-12); primarily helicopters.
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Jacarepaguá GA and helicopter base (Infraero)
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 2,952 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Textron Aviation King Air 260 2,110 ft
- Pilatus Aircraft PC-12 NGX 2,485 ft
- Daher Aircraft Kodiak 900 1,500 ft
- Daher Aircraft TBM 960 2,535 ft
- Eclipse Aerospace Eclipse 550 2,433 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Pilatus Aircraft PC-24 needs 2,930 ft
- Textron Aviation Denali needs 2,950 ft
- Piaggio Aerospace P.180 Avanti EVO needs 2,950 ft
Other airports for Rio de Janeiro
- Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport SBRJ 4,341 ft · 10 min
- Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport SBGL 13,123 ft · 40 min