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Aracaju - Santa Maria International Airport (SBAR/AJU) serves Aracaju, the capital of the Brazilian state of Sergipe, from a single hard-surfaced runway on the country's northeastern coast. It is a modest but well-appointed field for a VFR visitor, with a single long runway and approach radar service rather than an instrument landing system.
Aracaju - Santa Maria International Airport, identified by the ICAO code SBAR and IATA code AJU, lies at Aracaju in the state of Sergipe on Brazil's northeastern coast. It is built around a single long hard-surfaced runway and handles domestic airline traffic, making it a straightforward and interesting stop for a simulator pilot exploring this stretch of the Brazilian coastline.
The airfield sits at coordinates 10.9853 degrees south, 37.0733 degrees west, at an elevation of 20 feet above mean sea level, close to the city of Aracaju on Brazil's Atlantic coast.
The airport has a single physical runway, 12/30, measuring 7,167 feet in length with a hard surface and runway lighting. There is no ILS approach available.
Approach control is provided on 120.3 MHz under the callsign ARACAJU APP. No ILS is available at the field.
Santa Maria Airport continues to operate as a medium-sized airport handling scheduled domestic airline services, with its single runway 12/30 available for arriving and departing traffic. There is no ILS approach, so arrivals should expect to be worked visually or by radar vectors under approach control.