SBWN - Manaus

General data

Useful Information

Map

Click a volume to see its limits and class. Use the layer control to change the base map and toggle the volumes.

The Visual corridors (REA) layer shows the 7 REAs of AIC N 30/25 (class E) and the gates (yellow). Click a segment to see the track and altitude for each direction. 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.

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VFR circulation

TMA layers and who handles VFR

• Mandatory REAs: all VFR traffic in the TMA or below it, to or from SBEG (Eduardo Gomes), SBMN (Ponta Pelada) or SWFN (Flores), must use the REAs, unless the APP clears otherwise. In contact with the APP, and traffic and weather permitting, the flight may be cleared off them.
• Class E: the corridors are class E throughout. The APP provides flight information and, when possible, traffic information; separation is the pilot's.
• Altitude by direction: each segment has one altitude per direction, which must be kept unless the APP clears otherwise. Broadly, traffic heading towards Manaus flies at 1400 or 1500 ft and traffic heading away at 1900 or 2500 ft.
• In the real world, VFR traffic talks to Manaus APP on 119.700 or 119.250.
• In the package, VFR traffic calls SBWN_APP (119.250); in the CTRs, SBEG_TWR (118.300) and SBMN_TWR (118.600). Pilots call the online position, not the real-world frequency. Without it, the next position in the coverage takes over. Air-to-air coordination goes on UNICOM 122.800.

General VFR rules

• A mode A/C transponder is mandatory on the REAs, in the TMA and below it. 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 Manaus 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.
• Holding: the APP may hold traffic over REA reference points.
• Helicopters may use the REAs.
• 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.

Visual corridors (REA)

The 7 REAs of the TMA, all two-way and class E. Track and altitude are given as outbound / return; each direction's altitude is mandatory.

What each corridor does:

• ALPHA comes from the south: from the IRANDUBA gate to BOLA DO CAMELEÃO (the AM-070 roundabout), on the west bank of the Rio Negro.
• BRAVO links BOLA DO CAMELEÃO to the PONTE RIO NEGRO gate; after the bridge, heading for the Parque do Idoso is mandatory, as per the visual approach chart (VAC).
• CHARLIE leaves BOLA DO CAMELEÃO westbound along the Rio Negro, via PRAIA DO AÇUTUBA and HOTEL ARIAÚ, to the PRAIA GRANDE gate.
• DELTA links PRAIA DO AÇUTUBA to ANAVILHANAS, to the north.
• ECHO comes from the northwest: from the TERRA PRETA gate via ANAVILHANAS and SÃO SEBASTIÃO to the TARUMÃ AÇU gate, where a report is mandatory to enter the SBEG CTR.
• FOX goes round Manaus to the east: from the RESERVA DUQUE gate (Adolpho Ducke reserve) via PURAQUEQUARA to the ILHA DO CAREIRO gate. A report is mandatory to enter the SBEG CTR.
• GOLF links ALEIXO to PURAQUEQUARA and the BOINA RAJADA gate, to the northeast; after ALEIXO, heading for the Parque do Idoso is mandatory.

Gates (CTR entry and exit): IRANDUBA, PONTE RIO NEGRO, PRAIA GRANDE, TERRA PRETA, TARUMÃ AÇU, RESERVA DUQUE, ILHA DO CAREIRO and BOINA RAJADA.

Other rules

• SWFN (Flores): after the gate, traffic for SWFN heads for the midpoint of the circuit, as per the VAC, and uses the FCA to learn about local traffic and coordinate the landing. Departures from SWFN get the transponder code and REA joining instructions from the APP by telephone beforehand.
• Changing from VFR to IFR in flight is not accepted inside the CTR and TMA.
• Flight plans filed in the air (AFIL) are not accepted.

Phraseology

On contact, the pilot gives registration, corridor, position, altitude and direction². Brazilian VFR traffic usually calls in Portuguese:

Controle Manaus, PR-MWN, REA CHARLIE, posição HOTEL ARIAÚ, 1400 pés, proa PRAIA DO AÇUTUBA.

Controle Manaus, PR-MWN, REA ECHO, portão TARUMÃ AÇU, 1400 pés, ingresso na CTR para pouso em Eduardo Gomes.

Remarks

• Manaus 3 is class A above FL145 and class C between FL065 and FL145.
• Volumes and map follow AIP AMDT AIRAC 2612A1 (26 NOV 2026).
• SBMN (Ponta Pelada) is a military aerodrome with its own tower, SBMN_TWR.

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