Originally Posted by
teCh0010
I think you might be right, that is a small runway. Looking at flightaware they have a lot of 737 and A319 traffic.
Yep, I fly into SDU often and its quite a sight, the scenic approach onto Rio is great, the runway is so short its scary, to make things worse the Sugar Loaf Mountain blocks a part of the way so its not an easy approach, just after landing when the plane turns around to head for the gate you can see the ocean steps away.
Also, it operates one of the busiest routes in the world, CGH-SDU(nicknamed 'Ponte Aérea' or Air Bridge), you can get a flight in either way every 5-15 minutes.
Gol even has a 737 variant specially designed by Boeing because of this, the SFP(Short Field Performance).