Where is AJU airport?

AJU is a medium-sized airport in Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, at -10.9839, -37.0729, 7 m above sea level.

What time zone is AJU in?

AJU is in the America/Maceio time zone, UTC−3.

How many passengers use AJU?

1,374,925 passengers in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026, according to ANAC, the Brazilian civil aviation agency (scheduled flights).

Aracaju - Santa Maria Airport opened in 1952.

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Medium-sized airport in Aracaju, Brazil.

IATA code: AJU
ICAO code: SBAR
Size: medium; OurAirports class
Passengers: 1,374,925; Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Nonstop routes: 12; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−3; America/Maceio
Elevation: 7 m; 23 ft
Runways: 1; Longest 2,200 m

Local time now: —

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About AJU

Aracaju - Santa Maria Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Aracaju, Brazil. It opened in 1952 and is run by Infraero. 1,374,925 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 12 nonstop routes from AJU.

Wikidata (CC0) · ANAC (CC BY). Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from AJU

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
AJU → GRU	Sao Paulo, Brazil	1,700 km	630,440
AJU → GIG	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1,464 km	177,991
AJU → BSB	Brasília, Brazil	1,293 km	123,570
AJU → SSA	Salvador, Brazil	253 km	106,374
AJU → CNF	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	1,210 km	105,790
AJU → VCP	Sao Paulo, Brazil	1,707 km	91,051
AJU → REC	Recife, Brazil	394 km	74,821
AJU → CGH	Sao Paulo, Brazil	1,729 km	64,268
AJU → BPS	Porto Seguro, Brazil	641 km	318
AJU → IOS	Ilhéus, Brazil	474 km	161
AJU → VDC	Vitória da Conquista, Brazil	602 km	140
AJU → MCZ	Maceió, Brazil	215 km	1

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports, ANAC (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026) for routes in and out of Brazil. Routes outside these are not counted.

Nearest airports

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
MCZ	Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport	Maceió, Brazil	215 km
PAV	Paulo Afonso Airport	Paulo Afonso, Brazil	218 km
SSA	Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport	Salvador, Brazil	254 km
CAU	Caruaru Airport	Caruaru, Brazil	322 km
VAL	Valença Airport	Valença, Brazil	331 km

Distance from AJU to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
AJU → LHR	London, United Kingdom	7,765 km	—
AJU → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	10,772 km	—
AJU → CDG	Paris, France	7,696 km	—
AJU → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	8,082 km	—
AJU → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	8,867 km	—
AJU → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	8,071 km	—
AJU → JFK	New York, United States	6,850 km	—
AJU → ATL	Atlanta, United States	7,035 km	—
AJU → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	9,902 km	—
AJU → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	15,602 km	—
AJU → HND	Tokyo, Japan	17,265 km	—
AJU → DOH	Doha, Qatar	10,399 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
12/30	2,200 m	45 m	Asphalt	No

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil · -10.9839, -37.0729

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Questions

Aracaju - Santa Maria Airport has the IATA code AJU and the ICAO code SBAR. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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