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Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport

Recife, Pernambuco (Brazil)
IATA: REC ICAO: SBRF
Longest Active Runway
9,865 ft
3,007 meters
Field Elevation
33 ft
10 m MSL
Runway Inventory
1 active
Unlighted / Paved
Coordinates & Class
-8.1275°, -34.9230°
LARGE AIRPORT
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Derived Facts, National & Global Rankings

National Runway Rank
#7 in Brazil
Out of 337 commercial aerodromes
Global Runway Rank
#1054 Worldwide
Top 13.9% percentile
Elevation Ranking
#6215 MSL
Top 85.2% percentile
vs Large Airport Median
-1.4%
Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 Database Insight: Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport's longest active runway measures 9,865 ft (3,007 m). It ranks as the #7 longest runway in Brazil and #1054 worldwide among indexed commercial aerodromes.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator Length (ft / m) Width (ft / m) Surface Material Lighting Status
18/36 9,865 ft (3007m) 148 ft (45m) Asphalt (ASP) ❌ Unlighted ✅ Active

🛡️ Data Provenance & Verification Metadata

Source Dataset: OurAirports Open Aviation Database
Snapshot Version: 2026-09-01
Verification Method: SHA-256 Checksum Lock
Calculation Model: Haversine Great-Circle
Machine-readable endpoint: GET /api/airport/rec.json ↗