SBCO · QNS
Canoas Air Force Base
Canoas Air Force Base (SBCO / QNS) is a general-aviation airfield serving Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. The field lies at 26 ft (8 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 9,026 ft (2,751 m), asphalt and lit. Its nearest neighbour is Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (POA), 3 nm SSW.
Alārium shows aircraft arriving at and departing from QNS in real time and in three dimensions, with current weather from the field’s own METAR, the runway the wind favours, and the movements observed there.
Location
- Elevation
- 26 ft (8 m)
- Coordinates
- -29.9459, -51.1444
- Serving
- Porto Alegre
- Region
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Time zone
- America/Sao_Paulo
Runways1 · longest 9,026 ft
Orientation and relative length from the designator: runway 13 points 130° magnetic. No published thresholds here, so strips sit about the field centre. Not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 9,026 ft2,751 m | 148 ft | Asphalt | Lit |
Nearby airfields
- Nearest paved 3,000 ft
- POAPorto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport · 3 nm SSW
- Airfields within 25 nm
- 7
Field data: OurAirports, public domain. Positions: ADS-B, which does not carry every aircraft.