FOR — Pinto Martins International Airport

Large airport in Fortaleza, Brazil.
IATA code
FOR
ICAO code
SBFZ
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
6,068,327
Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Nonstop routes
33
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC−3
America/Fortaleza
Elevation
25 m
82 ft
Runways
1
Longest 2,755 m

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More codes: airport codes starting with F

About FOR

Pinto Martins International Airport is a large airport serving Fortaleza, Brazil. It opened in 1966. 6,068,327 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 33 nonstop routes from FOR.

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

Busiest nonstop routes from FOR

Route Distance Passengers / year
FOR → GRU2,336 km 1,249,285
FOR → GIG2,167 km 758,621
FOR → CGH2,364 km 652,568
FOR → BSB1,687 km 577,213
FOR → REC625 km 445,812
FOR → BEL1,137 km 345,418
FOR → SSA1,010 km 337,048
FOR → VCP2,321 km 306,590
FOR → CNF1,851 km 265,638
FOR → LIS5,598 km 195,291
FOR → MAO2,392 km 176,453
FOR → SLZ647 km 137,577
FOR → THE497 km 110,398
FOR → NAT415 km 109,216
FOR → CDG7,065 km 104,772
FOR → JDO389 km 55,121
FOR → MAD6,059 km 35,923
FOR → MIA5,565 km 28,512
FOR → PHB369 km 17,197
FOR → UDI1,976 km 15,585
FOR → MCO5,800 km 14,679
FOR → EZE4,010 km 14,502
FOR → SCL4,686 km 14,105
FOR → AEP3,980 km 13,773
FOR → CAY1,808 km 13,308
FOR → IGU2,956 km 10,596
FOR → MVD3,884 km 9,884
FOR → RAO2,165 km 2,690
FOR → SJP2,223 km 2,118
FOR → JFK6,087 km 227
FOR → VIX1,833 km 160
FOR → MCZ703 km 134
FOR → ASU3,125 km 5

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.

Airlines at FOR on flights to and from the US

  • G3 VRG Linhas Aereas S A · 174 flights
  • JJ TAM Linhas Aereas SA dba Latam Airlines Brasil · 71 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Nearest airports

Code Airport Distance
MVFDix-Sept Rosado Airport205 km
JJDComandante Ariston Pessoa Airport224 km
CJZPedro Vieira Moreira Airport346 km
PHBParnaíba - Prefeito Doutor João Silva Filho International Airport368 km
JDOOrlando Bezerra de Menezes Airport391 km

Distance from FOR to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
FOR → LHR7,105 km —
FOR → DXB10,586 km —
FOR → CDG7,065 km 104,772
FOR → FRA7,471 km —
FOR → IST8,418 km —
FOR → AMS7,428 km —
FOR → JFK6,087 km 227
FOR → ATL6,353 km —
FOR → LAX9,315 km —
FOR → SIN15,862 km —
FOR → HND16,482 km —
FOR → DOH10,207 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
13/312,755 m 45 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil · -3.7758, -38.5322

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Pinto Martins International Airport has the IATA code FOR and the ICAO code SBFZ. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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