NATSBSG

Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport

Natal, Brazil · Latin America

Latin America America/Fortaleza

18direct destinations

5airlines

1runway

3,000 mLongest runway

2014opened

Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport (IATA: NAT, ICAO: SBSG) is an international airport serving Natal, located in the municipality of São Gonçalo do Amarante, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The airport is operated by Zurich Airport Brasil.

Location

5.770°S, 35.367°O · 83 m s. n. m. (273 ft)

General data

CountryBrazil

CityNatal

IATA codeNAT

ICAO codeSBSG

Coordinates5.770°S, 35.367°O

Elevation83 m s. n. m. (273 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Fortaleza

Runways1

Longest runway3,000 m

OperatorQ9856558

Opened2014

Direct destinations18

Official website

Runways · 1

12/30

Length3,000 m9,843 ft

Width60 m197 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

118.200

ATIS (automatic information)

127.600

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

The airport was built to replace Augusto Severo International Airport. In 1998, Infraero started the planning and construction of the airport. In 2011 the concession of the unfinished facility was auctioned and the winner would have to finish its construction, including the terminal building and control tower. The project envisaged an intermodal airport, focusing both on passenger and cargo transportation. The complex was expected to have the highest aircraft traffic in the North East of Brazil.

On May 12, 2011, the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC) released a document opening the concession of the unfinished airport to private entrepreneurs. The auction to choose the winner took place on August 22, 2011, and the winner was Consortium Inframérica, which is formed by the Brazilian Engineering Group Engevix (50%) and the Argentinean Group Corporación América (50%). The latter operates 52 airports in seven countries. In 2013, it was decreed that the name of the airport would be inspired in part from former governor of the state of Rio Grande do Norte Aluízio Alves.

Consortium Inframérica was given three years to build the passenger and cargo terminals, and was authorized to commercially exploit the facility for 25 years. Differently from other Brazilian airports in the process of privatization, in which the state operator Infraero retained 49% of the shares, in the case of Natal Consortium Inframérica got 100% of the shares and Infraero held no participation. The airport is the first in Brazil operated by a private sector company.

The airport started operations on May 31, 2014 with domestic flights. International operations followed a few days later. The facility was officially opened on June 9, 2014.

On March 10, 2021, it was announced that the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil had approved a new concession process for the airport, as per request from Consortium Inframérica made on March 5, 2020. On May 19, 2023, Zurich Airport Brasil won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.

Airlines operating here · 5

Other airlines with direct routes

Azul Brazilian Airlines Gol Transportes Aéreos LATAM Brasil JetSmart Argentina TAP Air Portugal

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport (NAT). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NAT

MLA

“Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport (NAT).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NAT. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport (NAT).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NAT.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport (NAT). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NAT (Accessed: 23 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_nat,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport (NAT)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NAT},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NAT}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-23},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}

Wikipedia

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