Where is BPS airport?

BPS is a large airport in Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, at -16.4384, -39.0806, 52 m above sea level.

What time zone is BPS in?

BPS is in the America/Bahia time zone, UTC−3.

How many passengers use BPS?

2,549,828 passengers in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026, according to ANAC, the Brazilian civil aviation agency (scheduled flights).

Porto Seguro International Airport opened in 1982.

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Large airport in Porto Seguro, Brazil.

IATA code: BPS
ICAO code: SBPS
Size: large; OurAirports class
Passengers: 2,549,828; Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Nonstop routes: 22; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−3; America/Bahia
Elevation: 52 m; 171 ft
Runways: 1; Longest 2,000 m

Local time now: —

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About BPS

Porto Seguro International Airport is a large airport serving Porto Seguro, Brazil. It opened in 1982. 2,549,828 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 22 nonstop routes from BPS.

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Busiest nonstop routes from BPS

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
BPS → GRU	Sao Paulo, Brazil	1,094 km	575,766
BPS → CGH	Sao Paulo, Brazil	1,123 km	569,538
BPS → CNF	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	627 km	520,837
BPS → GIG	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	830 km	209,883
BPS → VCP	Sao Paulo, Brazil	1,114 km	208,649
BPS → BSB	Brasília, Brazil	947 km	118,542
BPS → SSA	Salvador, Brazil	399 km	84,595
BPS → UDI	Uberlândia, Brazil	1,007 km	42,372
BPS → RAO	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	1,053 km	41,186
BPS → SJP	São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	1,192 km	36,735
BPS → GYN	Goiânia, Brazil	1,082 km	35,098
BPS → SDU	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	834 km	26,756
BPS → AEP	Buenos Aires, Argentina	2,784 km	26,709
BPS → PPB	Presidente Prudente, Brazil	1,443 km	20,408
BPS → JTC	Bauru, Brazil	1,226 km	16,760
BPS → EZE	Buenos Aires, Argentina	2,811 km	12,401
BPS → CAC	Cascavel, Brazil	1,774 km	2,048
BPS → ARU	Araçatuba, Brazil	1,304 km	795
BPS → AJU	Aracaju, Brazil	641 km	318
BPS → CWB	São José dos Pinhais, Brazil	1,453 km	213
BPS → VIX	Vitória, Brazil	442 km	166
BPS → REC	Recife, Brazil	1,024 km	53

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
UNA	Una-Comandatuba Airport	Una, Brazil	121 km
IOS	Bahia - Jorge Amado Airport	Ilhéus, Brazil	180 km
VDC	Glauber de Andrade Rocha Airport	Vitória da Conquista, Brazil	260 km
VAL	Valença Airport	Valença, Brazil	349 km
SSA	Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport	Salvador, Brazil	401 km

Distance from BPS to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
BPS → LHR	London, United Kingdom	8,405 km	—
BPS → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	11,215 km	—
BPS → CDG	Paris, France	8,332 km	—
BPS → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	8,715 km	—
BPS → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	9,450 km	—
BPS → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	8,710 km	—
BPS → JFK	New York, United States	7,266 km	—
BPS → ATL	Atlanta, United States	7,339 km	—
BPS → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	10,070 km	—
BPS → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	15,654 km	—
BPS → HND	Tokyo, Japan	17,884 km	—
BPS → DOH	Doha, Qatar	10,847 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
10/28	2,000 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes

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Location

Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil · -16.4384, -39.0806

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Questions

Porto Seguro International Airport has the IATA code BPS and the ICAO code SBPS. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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