SBWB - Belém

General data

Useful Information

Map

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The Visual corridors (REA) layer shows the 12 REAs of AIC N 25/25 (class E), the gates (yellow) and the positions (white). Click a segment to see the tracks and altitude. Details in Visual corridors (REA).

Volumes

ATC Units

Top-down coverage

Read from bottom to top: when a position is offline, the airspace falls to the next online position above.

flowchart BT
    p0["SBAZ_CTR"]:::ctr
    p1["SBAZ_CE_CTR"]:::ctr
    p2["SBAZ_E_CTR"]:::ctr
    p3["SBWB_APP"]:::app
    p4["SBBE_TWR"]:::twr
    a0(["Belém TMA"]):::esp --> p3
    a1(["Belém CTR"]):::esp --> p4
    p1 --> p0
    p2 --> p1
    p3 --> p2
    p4 --> p3
    classDef esp stroke-dasharray:4 3
    classDef twr stroke:#2e9e5b,stroke-width:2px
    classDef app stroke:#2f7fd1,stroke-width:2px
    classDef ctr stroke:#8a56c9,stroke-width:2px

VFR circulation

TMA layers and who handles VFR

• Mandatory REAs: all VFR traffic in the Belém CTR, to or from SBBE (Val de Cans), SWEQ or SNYP, must use the REAs, unless the APP clears otherwise. In the TMA and below it, outside the CTR, the REAs are preferred and pilots may join or leave them at any point given in the flight plan; traffic bound for SBBE, SWEQ or SNYP uses the REAs to get there.
• Off the REAs: in two-way contact with the APP, and traffic and weather permitting, the flight may be cleared off them.
• Class E: the corridors are class E throughout, whatever the class of the CTR or TMA. The APP provides flight information and, when possible, traffic information; separation is the pilot's, who also coordinates with other traffic on the FCA.
• Altitude band: every corridor runs from 1100 (minimum) to 1600 ft (maximum), in both directions. The maximum protects the IFR traffic above; the minimum is the obstacle clearance altitude. Whenever possible, pilots pick the altitude from the table of cruising levels, by track.
• In the real world, VFR traffic talks to Belém APP on 120.650, 119.050 or 119.500, and to Belém TWR on 118.700 at the SBBE VAC entry gates (ONÇA and ILHA GRANDE).
• In the package, VFR traffic calls SBWB_APP (119.050); in the CTR, SBBE_TWR (118.700). Pilots call the online position, not the real-world frequency. Without it, the next position in the coverage takes over. Air-to-air coordination (the AIC's FCA) goes on UNICOM 122.800.

General VFR rules

• A mode A/C or S transponder is mandatory on the REAs and in the TMA and CTR. Landing or taxi lights on are mandatory.
• Right of the centreline: pilots fly to the right of the corridor centreline, with the visual references on their left.
• Width: 3 NM (1.5 NM either side), gates included.
• QNH from Belém APP.
• Flight plan: in item 15, the coordinates of the gates and positions (the system does not accept the names); in item 18, the corridor names. Pilots flying the REAs for the first time tell the APP.
• First contact: traffic arriving for SBBE or for a destination in the TMA tells the APP which REA it will use, even if it is in the flight plan, and waits for instructions to descend and join the REAs.
• Altitude changes: made from the gates and positions, at the pilot's discretion and only in visual conditions.
• Holding: the APP may hold traffic over REA visual references to sequence entry into the CTR.
• Helicopters may use the REAs.
• Losing visual conditions: return and land at the departure aerodrome or the nearest one, request special VFR, request a change to IFR, or request to leave the REA.
• Special VFR at SBBE may be cleared by the APP; for SBBE departures, the clearance limit is the Belém 1 lateral boundary.
• Communication failure on arrival: squawk the published code, enter through the flight-plan gate and follow the REA to the transfer point and the destination circuit (SBBE, SWEQ or SNYP). On departure, follow ICA 100-12.

Visual corridors (REA)

The 12 REAs of the TMA, all class E, from 1100 to 1600 ft. Tracks are given as outbound / return. Only GOLF is one-way.

What each corridor does:

• ALFA comes from the west, from Marajó Island: from the PEDRAS gate (Santa Clara aerodrome, in Ponta de Pedras) to ONÇA, north of Arapiranga Island. Watch the Santa Clara circuit, coordinated on the FCA.
• BRAVO comes from northern Marajó: from the ARARI gate (mouth of the Arari River) to ONÇA.
• CHARLIE links ONÇA to FAROL (the Mosqueiro Island lighthouse), across Marajó Bay.
• ALFA, BRAVO and CHARLIE reach SBBE through ONÇA, a VAC entry gate: there the pilot reports to the TWR (118.700) and waits in a visual orbit for clearance to join the circuit.
• DELTA comes from the north-east, along Mosqueiro Island: FAROL, CAJUEIRO (Ponta do Cajueiro) and the PARAÍSO gate (Praia do Paraíso).
• ECHO runs south from CAJUEIRO via the PONTE DE MOSQUEIRO (PA-391) to BENEVIDES (the Heineken plant on BR-316).
• FOXTROT links the PONTE DE MOSQUEIRO to the SÃO PEDRO gate (São Pedro Island). It is the only way into and out of the SWEQ circuit.
• GOLF, one-way, is only for leaving the SBBE circuit: from the MARITUBA gate (Marituba health department) to BENEVIDES.
• HOTEL comes from the east, along BR-316: BENEVIDES, SANTA ISABEL (PA-140/BR-316 junction) and the CASTANHAL gate (Salles aerodrome). Watch the SNGY and SNYP circuits, coordinated on the FCA.
• INDIA links the PONTE DA ALÇA VIÁRIA (Governador Almir Gabriel bridge, PA-483) to BENEVIDES. Watch the SNYP circuit, coordinated on the FCA.
• JULIET links the PONTE DA ALÇA VIÁRIA to the ILHA GRANDE gate (between the Guamá River and Furo do Benedito).
• KILO comes from the south, along the Guamá River: from the BUJARU gate (Ilhona do Rio Guamá) to the PONTE DA ALÇA VIÁRIA.
• LIMA comes from the south-west: from the TREVO gate (PA-151/PA-483 roundabout) to the PONTE DA ALÇA VIÁRIA.
• JULIET, KILO and LIMA reach SBBE through ILHA GRANDE, a VAC entry gate: there the pilot reports to the TWR and waits in a visual orbit for clearance to join the circuit. On the other corridors (DELTA, ECHO, FOXTROT, GOLF and INDIA) the compulsory report is for entering the CTR.

Gates (yellow on the map): ARARI, BUJARU, CASTANHAL, ILHA GRANDE, MARITUBA, PARAÍSO, PEDRAS, SÃO PEDRO and TREVO. Reference positions: BENEVIDES, CAJUEIRO, FAROL, ONÇA, PONTE DA ALÇA VIÁRIA, PONTE DE MOSQUEIRO and SANTA ISABEL. All are reporting points.

Entry by sector

Entry into and exit from the CTR is always through the gates, unless the APP instructs otherwise.

Other rules

• SWEQ and SNYP: departures call the APP on the ground or right after take-off for a transponder code. For arrivals and departures, two-way contact with the APP is compulsory, whatever the sector³. At SWEQ, the circuit is joined and left only via FOXTROT.
• Other aerodromes and heliports in the CTR: pilots contact the APP before take-off, with a flight plan or by a VHF call before start-up.
• Z flight plan (VFR to IFR): traffic departing an aerodrome in the TMA waits for APP clearance to change flight rules, keeping to the corridor altitudes.
• Military, public-security and MEDEVAC flights may be exempt from the REAs with prior coordination, but only enter the CTR at the minimum altitude set for the gates.
• Operations by aircraft without radio are prohibited.
• Flight plans filed in the air (AFIL) to or from aerodromes without an ATS unit are not accepted.

Phraseology

Transmissions are brief: registration, corridor, position or gate, altitude and direction. Brazilian VFR traffic usually calls in Portuguese. AIC examples on the FCA ("Coordenação", UNICOM on VATSIM)²:

Coordenação, PU-RLL, corredor FOXTROT, portão SÃO PEDRO, 1100 pés, proa PONTE DE MOSQUEIRO, PAPA UNIFORM ROMEU LIMA LIMA.

Coordenação, PU-RLL, corredor ECHO, autorização após portão FAROL, voar direto Soure, PAPA UNIFORM ROMEU LIMA LIMA.

In class G airspace, leaving the TMA on the FCA and entering it with the APP:

Coordenação, PU-RLL, vertical portão ARARI, subindo para FL065, proa de SNBN, PAPA UNIFORM ROMEU LIMA LIMA.

Controle Belém, PU-RLL, ingressando na Terminal Belém, procedente de SNVS (Breves), mantendo FL065, portão PEDRAS, PAPA UNIFORM ROMEU LIMA LIMA.

Remarks

• Belém 2 is class A between FL145 and FL195 and class C between FL065 and FL145.
• The CTR follows the AIP, AIRAC AMDT 2612A1 (26 NOV 2026), the same as in AIC N 25/25; the TMAs follow the package.
• The CCV REA WB coordinate table gives BUJARU at W48 10.83; the AIC and the chart drawing put it at W48 05.48, which is what the map uses (with it, the published KILO track checks out).

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