Live flights over Santos Dumont Airport (SDU)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 579 departures and 536 arrivals at Santos Dumont Airport, 159 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are São Paulo (CGH), Brasília (BSB) and Campinas (VCP). The airline seen most often is TAM Brazilian Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- SDU
- ICAO code
- SBRJ
- City
- Rio de Janeiro
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil
- Elevation
- 3 m (11 ft)
- Coordinates
- -22.9104, -43.16282
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Santos Dumont Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Rio de Janeiro.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 53 | 49 | 102 |
| Mon 2 | 89 | 92 | 181 |
| Tue 3 | 98 | 90 | 188 |
| Wed 4 | 85 | 88 | 173 |
| Thu 5 | 97 | 77 | 174 |
| Fri 6 | 86 | 77 | 163 |
| Sat 7 | 71 | 63 | 134 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- São Paulo CGH 405 flights
- Brasília BSB 117 flights
- Campinas VCP 94 flights
- São Paulo GRU 58 flights
- Porto Alegre POA 18 flights
- Buenos Aires AEP Argentina 1 flights
Airlines
- TAM Brazilian AirlinesTAM 359
- Gol Transportes AéreosGLO 269
- Azul Linhas Aéreas BrasileirasAZU 227
- First AirFAB 12
- Aerolíneas ArgentinasARG 1
Aircraft
- Airbus A319 A319 359
- E295 153
- Boeing 737-700 B737 142
- Boeing 737-800 B738 119
- Embraer E195 E195 74
- Embraer Phenom 300 E55P 51
- E550 15
- EC30 12
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 10
- BE9L 9
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Santos Dumont Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/-22.9104/lon/-43.16282/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Rio de Janeiro right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Santos Dumont Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Rio de Janeiro: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of SDU, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Santos Dumont Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were TAM Brazilian Airlines, Gol Transportes Aéreos, Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras, First Air and Aerolíneas Argentinas.
What are the main connections from Santos Dumont Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: São Paulo (CGH, 405), Brasília (BSB, 117), Campinas (VCP, 94), São Paulo (GRU, 58) and Porto Alegre (POA, 18). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Rio de Janeiro? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Santos Dumont Airport? +
Santos Dumont Airport has IATA code SDU and ICAO code SBRJ. It lies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at coordinates -22.9104, -43.16282.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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