NAT — Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport

Large airport in São Gonçalo do Amarante, Brazil.
IATA code
NAT
ICAO code
SBSG
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
2,615,819
Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Nonstop routes
22
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC−3
America/Fortaleza
Elevation
83 m
272 ft
Runways
1
Longest 3,000 m

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About NAT

Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport is a large airport serving São Gonçalo do Amarante, Brazil. It opened in 1951 and is run by Infraero. 2,615,819 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 22 nonstop routes from NAT.

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

Busiest nonstop routes from NAT

Route Distance Passengers / year
NAT → GRU2,288 km 855,146
NAT → BSB1,768 km 374,392
NAT → GIG2,067 km 257,111
NAT → CGH2,317 km 244,789
NAT → CNF1,795 km 202,836
NAT → VCP2,288 km 133,435
NAT → SSA854 km 115,489
NAT → FOR415 km 109,216
NAT → REC265 km 92,698
NAT → LIS5,626 km 77,513
NAT → AEP3,973 km 41,079
NAT → EZE4,002 km 30,393
NAT → RAO2,164 km 20,224
NAT → UDI2,013 km 19,627
NAT → SJP2,252 km 19,370
NAT → PPB2,506 km 18,589
NAT → MVD3,856 km 2,441
NAT → VIX1,689 km 165
NAT → CWB2,635 km 146
NAT → GYN1,930 km 41
NAT → JPA159 km 7
NAT → MCZ417 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.

Nearest airports

Code Airport Distance
JPAPresidente Castro Pinto International Airport160 km
CPVPresidente João Suassuna Airport177 km
MVFDix-Sept Rosado Airport230 km
RECRecife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport267 km
CAUCaruaru Airport288 km

Distance from NAT to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
NAT → LHR7,161 km —
NAT → DXB10,361 km —
NAT → CDG7,096 km —
NAT → FRA7,487 km —
NAT → IST8,324 km —
NAT → AMS7,470 km —
NAT → JFK6,464 km —
NAT → ATL6,759 km —
NAT → LAX9,730 km —
NAT → SIN15,497 km —
NAT → HND16,670 km —
NAT → DOH9,984 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
12/303,000 m 60 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil · -5.7698, -35.3666

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport has the IATA code NAT and the ICAO code SBSG. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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