SSA — Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport
- IATA code
- SSA
- ICAO code
- SBSV
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 8,190,744
- Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
- Nonstop routes
- 38
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−3
- America/Bahia
- Elevation
- 20 m
- 66 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 3,005 m
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About SSA
Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport is a large airport serving Salvador, Brazil. It opened in 1925 and is run by Vinci Airports. 8,190,744 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 38 nonstop routes from SSA.
Wikidata (CC0) · ANAC (CC BY). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from SSA
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| SSA → CGH | 1,477 km | 1,599,198 |
| SSA → GRU | 1,448 km | 1,305,608 |
| SSA → GIG | 1,214 km | 909,405 |
| SSA → BSB | 1,086 km | 707,848 |
| SSA → CNF | 958 km | 587,641 |
| SSA → VCP | 1,455 km | 587,488 |
| SSA → REC | 647 km | 487,541 |
| SSA → FOR | 1,010 km | 337,048 |
| SSA → LIS | 6,477 km | 170,824 |
| SSA → VIX | 840 km | 124,548 |
| SSA → MCZ | 466 km | 122,957 |
| SSA → GYN | 1,243 km | 120,479 |
| SSA → NAT | 854 km | 115,489 |
| SSA → SLZ | 1,314 km | 107,992 |
| SSA → AJU | 253 km | 106,374 |
| SSA → JPA | 736 km | 105,572 |
| SSA → AEP | 3,140 km | 89,456 |
| SSA → CDG | 7,947 km | 86,047 |
| SSA → BPS | 399 km | 84,595 |
| SSA → MAD | 6,914 km | 75,245 |
| SSA → SDU | 1,220 km | 54,121 |
| SSA → SCL | 3,996 km | 46,241 |
| SSA → PTY | 5,150 km | 38,994 |
| SSA → CPV | 678 km | 30,464 |
| SSA → EZE | 3,169 km | 29,706 |
| SSA → PNZ | 463 km | 26,906 |
| SSA → POA | 2,309 km | 22,366 |
| SSA → CWB | 1,802 km | 15,542 |
| SSA → BRA | 733 km | 14,392 |
| SSA → IOS | 225 km | 13,430 |
| SSA → MVD | 3,014 km | 12,239 |
| SSA → VDC | 357 km | 11,962 |
| SSA → LEC | 324 km | 7,766 |
| SSA → SJP | 1,469 km | 3,647 |
| SSA → UDI | 1,249 km | 3,583 |
| SSA → RAO | 1,356 km | 3,532 |
| SSA → BEL | 1,697 km | 183 |
| SSA → FLN | 1,950 km | 125 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VAL | Valença Airport | 84 km |
| IOS | Bahia - Jorge Amado Airport | 226 km |
| AJU | Aracaju - Santa Maria Airport | 254 km |
| UNA | Una-Comandatuba Airport | 282 km |
| LEC | Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport | 324 km |
Distance from SSA to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,005 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
| 17/35 | 1,520 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil · -12.9086, -38.3225
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