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Santa Cruz Air Force Base airport in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Santa Cruz Air Force Base airport is located near Rio de Janeiro, with Loteamento São Miguel at 1mi↑, Bairro Vista Alegre at 6mi↑, Itaguai at 7mi↑, Campo Grande at 11mi↑, Seropedica at 13mi↑, Queimados at 18mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Brazil and Southernmost airports in Brazil
→ See also airports in Brazil
aerial view of Santa Cruz Air Force Base airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : SBSC
- IATA code : SNZ
- Local code : -
Elevation : 3 m = 10ft
→ See also Highest airports in Brazil and Lowest airports in Brazil
Runways
- runway 5/23 : 2739m = 8986ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Brazil
Coming to Santa Cruz Air Force Base airport
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Aviation weather for Santa Cruz Air Force Base airport SBSC SNZ
METAR for Santa Cruz Air Force Base airport SBSC SNZ
SBSC 250600Z 36006KT CAVOK 25/22 Q1009
Decoded METAR for Santa Cruz Air Force Base airport SBSC SNZ
METAR issued by SBSC on Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 06:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 7 hours and 43 minutes ago.
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 25°C = 77°F, dew point is 22°C = 72°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 83 %.
QNH is 1009hPa = 29.8inHg
Wind 11km/h = 6kt, direction is 360°.
Sky clear.
TAF for Santa Cruz Air Force Base airport SBSC SNZ
SBSC 210900Z 2112/2124 02007KT 9999 FEW030 TX29/2117Z TN24/2123Z BECMG 2114/2116 12009KT FEW040 BECMG 2121/2123 07005KT RMK PAB
Decoded TAF for Santa Cruz Air Force Base airport SBSC SNZ
TAF issued by SBSC on Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 09:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 4 days and 4 hours and 43 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Sunday, December 21, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Sunday, December 21, 2025 à 14:00 heure UTC
2112/2124 02007KT 9999 FEW030 TX29/2117Z TN24/2123Z
wind 7kt = 13km/h, direction is 20°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 3000ft = 910m
becoming from Sunday, December 21, 2025 à 16:00 heure TU to Sunday, December 21, 2025 à 21:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2114/2116 12009KT FEW040
wind 9kt = 17km/h, direction is 120°
few clouds at 4000ft = 1220m
becoming from Sunday, December 21, 2025 à 23:00 heure TU to Sunday, December 21, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2121/2123 07005KT
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 70°
NOTAM for Santa Cruz Air Force Base airport
Around Santa Cruz Air Force Base airport in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
near
- Hotels in Loteamento São Miguel
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 4793mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 4811mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 5256mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 5287mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 5288mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 5288mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 5289mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 5289mi↑
- San Sebastian at 5289mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 5303mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 5303mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 5303mi↑
- for Santa Cruz Air Force Base airport at 0mi↑
- for Betel airport at 3mi↑
- for SICPA airport at 3mi↑
nearest airports to Santa Cruz Air Force Base airport in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Betel heliport ( BR-1376) at 3mi↑
- SICPA heliport ( BR-1287) at 3mi↑
- SICPA heliport (SJSY RJ0114) at 3mi↑NOTAM
- Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre heliport (SIAN ) at 4mi↑NOTAM
- Clube CÉU airport ( BR-0386) at 4mi↑
- Lytorânea heliport ( BR-0940) at 5mi↑
- Lytorânea heliport (SILH RJ0087 SILH) at 5mi↑NOTAM
- Chaperó heliport ( BR-1045) at 7mi↑
- Chaperó heliport (SIVT RJ0093 SIVT) at 7mi↑NOTAM
- Nuclep heliport ( BR-1339) at 8mi↑
- Helicentro Porto Itaguaí heliport ( BR-1027) at 8mi↑
- Uniban II heliport (SIUN ) at 8mi↑NOTAM
- Recanto da Serra heliport ( BR-1808) at 10mi↑
- Helicentro Guaratiba heliport ( BR-1130) at 12mi↑
- Marambaia airport (SDMR ) at 14mi↑NOTAM
- Grota Funda heliport ( BR-1139) at 14mi↑
→ See also Former airports in Brazil
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap
