Where is SLZ airport?

SLZ is a large airport in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, at -2.5864, -44.2350, 54 m above sea level.

What time zone is SLZ in?

SLZ is in the America/Fortaleza time zone, UTC−3.

How many passengers use SLZ?

1,951,192 passengers in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026, according to ANAC, the Brazilian civil aviation agency (scheduled flights).

Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport opened in 1942.

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Large airport in São Luís, Brazil.

IATA code: SLZ
ICAO code: SBSL
Size: large; OurAirports class
Passengers: 1,951,192; Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Nonstop routes: 17; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−3; America/Fortaleza
Elevation: 54 m; 177 ft
Runways: 2; Longest 2,386 m

Local time now: —

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About SLZ

Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport is a large airport serving São Luís, Brazil. It opened in 1942 and is run by Infraero. 1,951,192 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 17 nonstop routes from SLZ.

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Busiest nonstop routes from SLZ

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
SLZ → GRU	Sao Paulo, Brazil	2,319 km	582,661
SLZ → BSB	Brasília, Brazil	1,524 km	343,930
SLZ → REC	Recife, Brazil	1,200 km	186,338
SLZ → GIG	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2,240 km	137,853
SLZ → FOR	Fortaleza, Brazil	647 km	137,577
SLZ → SSA	Salvador, Brazil	1,314 km	107,992
SLZ → CNF	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	1,886 km	105,760
SLZ → VCP	Sao Paulo, Brazil	2,281 km	102,568
SLZ → BEL	Belém, Brazil	490 km	94,630
SLZ → CGH	Sao Paulo, Brazil	2,343 km	79,393
SLZ → IMP	Imperatriz, Brazil	484 km	71,378
SLZ → MCP	Macapá, Brazil	815 km	296
SLZ → VIX	Vitória, Brazil	2,001 km	174
SLZ → ATM	Altamira, Brazil	895 km	169
SLZ → RAO	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	2,088 km	166
SLZ → GYN	Goiânia, Brazil	1,647 km	154
SLZ → CWB	São José dos Pinhais, Brazil	2,593 km	153

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
PHB	Parnaíba - Prefeito Doutor João Silva Filho International Airport	Parnaíba, Brazil	280 km
THE	Senador Petrônio Portela Airport	Teresina, Brazil	317 km
JPE	Nagib Demachki Airport	Paragominas, Brazil	346 km
OPP	Salinópolis Airport	Salinópolis, Brazil	404 km
JJD	Comandante Ariston Pessoa Airport	Cruz, Brazil	432 km

Distance from SLZ to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
SLZ → LHR	London, United Kingdom	7,275 km	—
SLZ → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	11,105 km	—
SLZ → CDG	Paris, France	7,273 km	—
SLZ → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	7,696 km	—
SLZ → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	8,787 km	—
SLZ → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	7,616 km	—
SLZ → JFK	New York, United States	5,650 km	—
SLZ → ATL	Atlanta, United States	5,817 km	—
SLZ → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	8,720 km	—
SLZ → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	16,500 km	—
SLZ → HND	Tokyo, Japan	16,331 km	—
SLZ → DOH	Doha, Qatar	10,726 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
06/24	2,386 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes
09/27	1,464 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes

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Location

São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil · -2.5864, -44.2350

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Questions

Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport has the IATA code SLZ and the ICAO code SBSL. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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