Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport

Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport, is the main airport serving , . It is a hub airport for Gol Airlines and a focus city for LATAM. It is the country's second busiest international airport, serving about 18 million passengers.
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  • Type: Airport
  • Description: international airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Also known as: “Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport”, “Galeão International Airport”, “Rio de Janeiro International Airport”, “Rio de Janeiro-Galeao International Airport”, “Rio de Janeiro/Galeão”, “Rio de Janeiro/Galeão – Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport”, and “Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Estádio Luso Brasileiro and Galeão - Tom Jobim 2.

Stadium
Photo: Junius, Public domain.
, formerly known as Ilha do Urubu, Arena Petrobras, Arena Botafogo and Estádio da Ilha do Governador is a football stadium inaugurated on 2 October 1965 in Ilha do Governador neighborhood, .

Bus stop
Photo: Fuglino 2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a bus stop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moneró and Galeão.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the of , . It has 6,304 inhabitants and a HDI of 0,904…

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the of , Brazil. It is located on besides the Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the of , .

Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport

Latitude
-22.7987° or 22° 47′ 55″ south
Longitude
-43.2308° or 43° 13′ 51″ west
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
IATA airport code
GIG
ICAO airport code
SBGL
United Nations Location Codes
BR RJO and BR GIG
Open location code
589R6Q29+GM
Geo­Names ID
6301853
Wiki­data ID
Q733998
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Xhosa—“Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rio de Janeiro/Galeão Internasionale Lughawe”
  • Arabic: “مطار ريو دي جانيرو الدولي”
  • Armenian: “Ռիո դե Ժանեյրո/Գալեան”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional de Galeão”
  • Basque: “Rio de Janeiro-Galeão nazioarteko aireportua”
  • Breton: “Rio de Janeiro/Galeão”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional de Galeão”
  • Cebuano: “Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport”
  • Chinese: “汤姆若宾国际机场”
  • Chinese: “里约热内卢-加利昂国际机场”
  • Chinese: “里约热内卢/加利昂－安东尼奥·卡洛斯·若宾国际机场”
  • Czech: “Mezinárodní letiště Rio de Janeiro-Galeão”
  • Danish: “Rio de Janeiro Galeão International Airport”
  • Dutch: “Aeroporto Internacional do Rio de Janeiro-Galeao”
  • Dutch: “Aeroporto Internacional do Rio de Janeiro-Galeão”
  • Dutch: “Internationale Luchthaven Antônio Carlos Jobim”
  • Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno Antônio Carlos Jobim”
  • Estonian: “Rio de Janeiro-Galeão rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
  • French: “Aéroport international de Rio de Janeiro-Galeão”
  • French: “aéroport international de Rio de Janeiro/Galeão – Antonio Carlos Jobim”
  • French: “aéroport international de Rio de Janeiro/Galeão”
  • French: “Aéroport international de Rio de Janeiro/Galeão”
  • French: “RIO DE JANEIRO”
  • French: “Rio de Janeiro/Galeão”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto Internacional de Río de Xaneiro/Galeão – Antonio Carlos Jobim”
  • Georgian: “რიო-დე-ჟანეირო-გალეანის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი”
  • Georgian: “რიო-დე-ჟანეირო-გალეონის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი”
  • German: “Flughafen Rio de Janeiro-Antônio Carlos Jobim”
  • German: “Flughafen Rio de Janeiro–Antônio Carlos Jobim”
  • German: “Flughafen Rio de Janeiro/Galeão – Antonio Carlos Jobim”
  • German: “Rio Galeão”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי ריו דה ז’ניירו-גאליאו”
  • Hungarian: “Rio de Janeiro-Galeão nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Antonio Carlos Jobim”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Rio de Janeiro-Galeão-Antônio Carlos Jobim”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Rio de Janeiro”
  • Italian: “Rio de Janeiro/Galeão”
  • Japanese: “アントニオ・カルロス・ジョビン国際空港”
  • Japanese: “ガレオン空港”
  • Korean: “리우데자네이루 갈레안 국제공항”
  • Korean: “리우데자네이루 갈레앙 국제공항”
  • Lithuanian: “Rio de Žaneiro Galeano oro uostas”
  • Lithuanian: “Rio de Žaneiro Galeano tarptautinis oro uostas”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Galeao-Antonio C Jobim”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rio de Janeiro-Galeão internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rio de Janeiro-Galeão”
  • Norwegian: “Rio de Janeiro-Galeão internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی ریو دوژانیرو گالیائو”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Rio de Janeiro-Galeão”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto do Galeão”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Antonio Carlos Jobim”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional do Rio de Janeiro Tom Jobim/Galeão”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional do Rio de Janeiro-Galeão”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional do Rio de Janeiro”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional do RJ”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Rio de Janeiro-Galeão”
  • Portuguese: “Galeão”
  • Portuguese: “RIO DE JANEIRO”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Rio de Janeiro-Galeão”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Rio de Janeiro-Galeão”
  • Russian: “Галеан”
  • Russian: “Рио-де-Жанейро/Галеан”
  • Scots: “Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport”
  • Slovak: “Medzinárodné letisko Rio de Janeiro-Galeão”
  • Slovenian: “Aeroporto Internacional do Rio de Janeiro-Galeão”
  • Slovenian: “Mednarodno letališče Rio de Janeiro - Galeão”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Galeão”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Río de Janeiro/Galeão – Antonio Carlos Jobim”
  • Spanish: “Río de Janeiro/Galeão”
  • Swedish: “Galeão International Airport”
  • Swedish: “Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport”
  • Swedish: “Rio de Janeiro-Galeãos internationella flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи байналмилалии Рио-де-Жанейро/Галеан”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ рею дужониру голиоеҳв”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติอังโตนีอู การ์ลูช โชบิง”
  • Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт «Галеан»”
  • Ukrainian: “Ріо-де-Жанейро-Галеан”
  • Urdu: “ریو دے جینیرو بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Rio de Janeiro-Galeão”
  • Xhosa: “Isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseRio de Janeiro/Galeão International”
  • “GIG”
  • “SBGL”

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