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Rio de Janeiro/Galeão – Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · #138 world#3 of 164 in country

GIGIATA code
SBGLICAO code
14.4Mpassengers in 2024
4,000 mlongest of 2 runways
9 melevation · 30 ft
1952opened
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão – Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG)
Photo: Portal da Copa /Governo Federal Brasileiro / Daniel Basil · CC BY 3.0 br · Wikimedia Commons

Rio de Janeiro/Galeão – Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG/SBGL) is an airport in Brazil serving Rio de Janeiro.

It handled 14,443,884 passengers in 2024, making it number 138 in our world ranking and number 3 of 164 ranked airports in Brazil.

It has 2 runways, the longest 4,000 m, at an elevation of 9 m.

2 airlines use it as a hub, including LATAM Brasil and Gol Transportes Aéreos.

Passengers per year

2011–2024
14.9M17.3M17.1M17.2M16.7M16M16.1M15M13.9M4.6M3.9M5.8M7.9M14.4M
2011’112012’122013’132014’142015’152016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’24
Identification
IATA
GIG
ICAO
SBGL
Wikidata
Q733998
Location
Country
Brazil
City served
Rio de Janeiro
Located in
Rio de Janeiro
Coordinates
-22.8100, -43.2506
Elevation
9 m (30 ft)
Organisation
Type
aerodrome, international airport
Opened
1952-01-01
Operator
Changi Airport Group
Named after
Rio de Janeiro, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Runways
15/33
3,180 m · 10,433 ftrock asphalt
10/28
4,000 m · 13,123 ftconcrete

Hub for 2 airlines

JJLATAM BrasilG3Gol Transportes Aéreos