SBNF - Navegantes

General Information

Useful Information

Runways

Runway system

SBNF has one runway, 08/26 (1800 × 45 m, asphalt), and no parallel taxiway. The aprons are on the south side, mid-field, and connect to the runway only through TWY A and B. To depart, aircraft enter the runway via A or B, backtrack to the threshold and turn around on the turn pad at the runway end.

Runway data

• The aerodrome accepts aircraft up to code 4C³.
• 180° turns (backtrack) for aircraft with an MTOW above 40 t only at the thresholds⁴.

ATC Units

• The VATSIM package only has Tower: there is no Ground or Delivery, in the package or in the AIP⁵.
• Above Tower, top-down: SBXF_APP (Florianópolis Control, 119.650), which controls the Navegantes CTR.
• SBNF has no DCL: Tower issues the clearance by voice.

Areas of responsibility

Since Tower is the only position, SBNF_TWR controls everything: aprons, taxiways and runway 08/26.

• Departure: Tower issues the clearance, approves pushback and taxi and clears the takeoff on the same frequency.
• Arrival: Tower clears the landing and, once the aircraft has vacated the runway, the taxi to the apron.
• Pushback is mandatory for aircraft above 20 t leaving the stand⁶.

Ground flow

Runway 08Runway 26

• Departures (08): APN and A to the runway, backtrack west to threshold 08 and turn on the turn pad.
• Landings (08): vacate via A (~810 m) or B (~1030 m) and follow APN to the apron. Aircraft that pass B turn at the runway end and backtrack to B.

Example: AZU4321, taxi to holding point runway 08 via A. Then: AZU4321, enter and backtrack runway 08, report ready.

• Departures (26): APN and B to the runway, backtrack east to threshold 26 and turn on the turn pad.
• Landings (26): vacate via B (~720 m) or A (~850 m) and follow APN to the apron. Aircraft that pass A turn at the runway end and backtrack to A.

Example: GLO1234, taxi to holding point runway 26 via B. Then: GLO1234, enter and backtrack runway 26, report ready.

Runway exits

Approximate distance from the threshold to the exit, measured on the diagram. The SBNF AIP does not publish exits.

IMC restrictions

In instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), while a code 3 or 4 aircraft (airline jets and turboprops) is landing or taking off on runway 08/26, the following are prohibited³:

• taxiing on the apron taxiway (APN);
• pushback.

Also in IMC, while an aircraft with a wingspan of 24 m or more is operating on the runway, no aircraft may taxi on the apron access taxiway parallel to the runway⁴. In practice: hold pushbacks and apron taxi until the landing aircraft has vacated or the departure is airborne.

Takeoff points

• The SBNF AIP does not publish intersection departures.

Aprons and airlines

Reference for simulation. Stands follow the PDC charts; airlines follow the airport's airline list on Wikipedia. The split between stands is a simplification, not the airport's official allocation. VAs use the stands of the real airline they represent.

Apron1Passenger terminalDomestic and international, via APNStands 1 to 6

Apron2General aviationWest end of APNStands 1 to 4

General aviation, with tie-down points.

Apron3General and business aviationEast end of APN, next to BStands 6A, 6B, 7 and 8

General and business aviation.

Logos from GRU Airport. Trademarks belong to their respective airlines.

Traffic pattern

• The pattern is flown only in the northwest sector of the aerodrome⁸.
• Minimum pattern altitudes: CAT A and B aircraft, 1100 ft; CAT C, prohibited; helicopters, 600 ft⁸.
• Pattern entry⁸:
  • from the northwest, north or northeast: head for the Containers Gate (container yard, 26 51 30S / 048 39 58W) at 1400 ft minimum and descend to pattern altitude at the gate;
  • from the southwest, south or southeast: head for the Foz Gate (abeam the Itajaí River mouth, 26 53 59S / 048 38 04W) at 1100 ft minimum, cross the aerodrome and join the pattern in the northwest sector. Helicopters start descending to pattern altitude when crossing the aerodrome.
• Overflying SBNF without landing: 2400 ft minimum⁸.

Diagrams drawn by VATSIM Brasil over GND_DRAW and OpenStreetMap geometry (ODbL), checked against the SBNF ADC and PDC charts. Not for real-world navigation. Normative source: AIP Brasil, AD 2 SBNF, AMDT 2610A1.