Santa Maria Airport (Sergipe)
Brazilian airport
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Aracaju–Santa Maria International Airport (IATA: AJU, ICAO: SBAR) is the airport serving Aracaju, Brazil.
Aracaju–Santa Maria International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Aracaju–Santa Maria | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
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| Serves | Aracaju | ||||||||||
| Opened | January 19, 1958 | ||||||||||
| Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7 m (23 ft) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 10°59′07″S 037°04′24″W | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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  AJU Location in Brazil | |||||||||||
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| Statistics: AENA[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4] | |||||||||||
It is operated by AENA.
History
Although it had been in operation since the beginning of the 1950s, the official opening of the airport took place on 19 January 1958.
In 1961, the first renovation of the airport complex began, with an extension of the runway and enlargement of the passenger terminal.
In 1975, Infraero became the administrator of the airport. Infraero later invested in further extension of the runway (completed in 1993) and in significant enlargement of the passenger terminal (completed in 1998).
In 2012, the airport started the last extension through the construction of a completely new passenger terminal which will double its capacity.[5]
Previously operated by Infraero, on March 15, 2019, AENA won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[6]
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
Following are the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to Infraero (2007-2019) and AENA (2020-2025) reports:[15][16][1]
| Year | Passenger | Aircraft | Cargo (t) |
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| 2025 | 1,377,686  7% | 15,823 9% | 2,548 14% |
| 2024 | 1,286,300 9% | 14,579 22% | 2,234 28% |
| 2023 | 1,175,823 22% | 11,956 5% | 1,739  13% |
| 2022 | 961,575 20% | 11,421 10% | 2,002 17% |
| 2021 | 801,924 29% | 10,349 16% | 1,714 51% |
| 2020 | 620,601 46% | 8,946 36% | 1,135 57% |
| 2019 | 1,142,357 4% | 13,901 15% | 2,654 1% |
| 2018 | 1,191,893 3% | 12,115 6% | 2,688 13% |
| 2017 | 1,225,789  | 12,847 3% | 2,373 20% |
| 2016 | 1,225,591 4% | 13,279 18% | 1,983 18% |
| 2015 | 1,280,236 7% | 16,249 24% | 2,417 9% |
| 2014 | 1,377,535 3% | 21,306 7% | 2,213 14% |
| 2013 | 1,343,899 2% | 22,845 12% | 1,934 10% |
| 2012 | 1,373,401 26% | 26,033 26% | 1,752 7% |
| 2011 | 1,093,143 16% | 20,701 10% | 1,879 14% |
| 2010 | 940,389 29% | 18,850 26% | 2,183 13% |
| 2009 | 727,679 9% | 14,915 15% | 2,504 5% |
| 2008 | 669,777 3% | 17,631 7% | 2,646 10% |
| 2007 | 691,640 | 18,968 | 2,413 |
Accidents and incidents
- 12 July 1951: a Lóide Aéreo Nacional Douglas DC-3/C-47 registration PP-LPG, still registered under Linhas Aéreas Paulistas – LAP, flying from Maceió to Aracaju, after aborting a landing in adverse conditions in Aracaju, overflew the runway and initiated a turn in low altitude to the right. The aircraft crashed during this turn. All 33 passengers and crew died including the Governor of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Jerônimo Dix-sept Rosado Maia.[17][18]
Access
The airport is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from downtown Aracaju.
