BSB to SLZ: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Brasília to São Luís?

The great-circle distance between Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (BSB) and Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (SLZ) is 1,531 km (951 mi, 827 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from BSB to SLZ?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 2h 25m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. SLZ is roughly north of BSB.

How is the BSB to SLZ route written in code?

The pair is written BSB-SLZ in IATA codes and SBBR-SBSL in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport is BSB (SBBR), Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport is SLZ (SBSL).

Both ICAO codes start with S, the prefix ICAO assigns to South America, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

SLZ sits 3,319 ft (1,012 m) lower than BSB, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying BSB to SLZ

2 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 2 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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