GIG Airport Code: Rio de Janeiro Airport IATA & ICAO
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport (GIG) is stored for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ICAO SBGL. Timezone America/Sao_Paulo. This page does not list live flights, fares or terminals.
Overview
GIG is the IATA airport code stored in this dataset for Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BR). The matching ICAO identifier is SBGL. Travel agents see GIG on tickets, baggage tags, and GDS segment city pairs (six letters, for example GIGLHR when the other airport is London Heathrow). ICAO SBGL is used in flight plans and ATC, not as the two-or-three-character GDS city-pair token. The IANA timezone recorded for local GDS times at this airport is America/Sao_Paulo. This code page explains how GIG is used in PNR text. It is not a live departures board. Terminal maps, contact phone numbers, lounge lists, and published flight schedules are not available in this dataset and are not invented here. Nearby airports stored for Brazil: GRU (Sao Paulo), BSB (Brasilia). Related IATA city code in this dataset: RIO. To turn a booked PNR that contains GIG into a customer itinerary, paste the cryptic text into the PNR parser.
How to use this page
- Confirm the three-letter token on the ticket or PNR is GIG, not a similar code.
- Open the PNR parser and paste the full itinerary that contains GIG.
- Convert and check that city and timezone match this record.
- Use the airport-code page if you only need IATA versus ICAO for GIG.
- Do not copy terminal or lounge claims from other websites onto this page. They are not stored here.
Example
Example GDS segment using this airport as origin: 2 AI 101 J 12OCT 1 GIGLHR HK1 0945 1510 12OCT E The parser should read GIG as departure. Times 0945/1510 are local as printed, not converted to your PC clock. If GIG is missing from the dataset, city and timezone enrichment stay empty rather than guessed.
FAQs
What is the GIG airport code?
GIG is the IATA code stored for Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
What does GIG stand for?
In this dataset GIG identifies Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport. IATA codes are location identifiers, not always acronyms of the city name.
What is the ICAO code for GIG?
This dataset lists SBGL as the ICAO designator.
Is GIG the same as SBGL?
No. GIG is IATA (tickets and GDS city pairs). SBGL is ICAO (flight plans).
Where is GIG airport?
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport is stored as Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BR).
What timezone is GIG?
America/Sao_Paulo is the IANA zone stored for local GDS time context. DST rules follow that zone.
Which terminals does GIG use?
Terminal information is not available in this dataset.
How do travel agents use GIG in a PNR?
Segment city pairs include GIG as origin or destination, for example GIGLHR. Paste the PNR into the parser to build a clean itinerary.
Are there other airports near Rio de Janeiro?
In this dataset, other Brazil airports include GRU (Sao Paulo), BSB (Brasilia).
Can I look up live flights from GIG?
Not on this page. This product parses booked PNR text; it does not query airline schedules.
Is GIG a city code or an airport code?
GIG is the airport. The city code stored for this metro is RIO.
How often is GIG data updated?
When the stored catalog row changes. Last page template update: 17 Aug 2026. Unverified operational claims are omitted.