Foz do Iguaçu International Airport

For the airport serving Puerto Iguazú, Argentina, see Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport.

Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport (IATA: IGU, ICAO: SBFI), is the airport serving Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. It is named after the Iguazu Falls (Portuguese: Cataratas do Iguaçu) and provides air-connections to the falls located at Iguaçu National Park, and to Itaipu Dam.

Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas
IATA: IGU ICAO: SBFI LID: PR0002
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Infraero (1974–2021) CCR (2021–present)
Serves	Foz do Iguaçu
Opened	7 January 1974; 51 years ago (1974-01-07)
Time zone	BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	240 m / 787 ft
Coordinates	25°36′01″S 054°29′06″W
Website	www.ccraeroportos.com.br/foz-do-iguacu-pr
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 15/33 2,102 6,896 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers 1,850,980 4% Aircraft Operations 16,850 1%
Statistics: CCR[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

It is operated by CCR.

History

The airport was opened on January 7, 1974 replacing the older Iguassú National Park Airport, closer to downtown which was then closed.^[5]

Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021, CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.^[6]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines	Belo Horizonte–Confins, Campinas, Curitiba Seasonal: Cuiabá, Florianópolis, Maceió, Navegantes, Recife, Salvador da Bahia
Gol Linhas Aéreas	Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos
JetSmart Chile	Seasonal: Santiago de Chile
LATAM Brasil	Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos

Statistics

Check-in Hall

Terminal land side

Following is the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to Infraero (2007-2021) and CCR (2022-2024) reports:^[7][8][1]

Year	Passenger	Aircraft	Cargo (t)
2024	1,850,980 4%	16,850 1%
2023	1,919,109	16,622
2022a	1,185,316	11,897
2021	951,540 16%	10,319 21%	366 26%
2020	822,403 64%	8,514 60%	291 61%
2019	2,314,532 1%	21,117 1%	747 2%
2018	2,342,489 8%	21,636 3%	762 51%
2017	2,177,298 18%	20,929 14%	504 3%
2016	1,851,116 10%	18,402 8%	521 10%
2015	2,056,050 9%	20,065 6%	577 57%
2014	1,880,564 12%	18,887 2%	367 13%
2013	1,677,460 4%	18,524 7%	324 46%
2012	1,741,526 3%	19,917 2%	603 31%
2011	1,691,392 46%	20,365 28%	879 9%
2010	1,155,615 43%	15,886 33%	804 10%
2009	807,540 5%	11,918 10%	733 3%
2008	766,444 6%	10,878 4%	713 10%
2007	721,385	10,410	649

Note:
^a: 2022 series provided by CCR is incomplete, lacking data for the months of January, February and part of March.

Accidents and incidents

• 18 August 2000: a VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMG en route from Foz do Iguaçu to Curitiba was hijacked by five persons with the purpose of robbing R$5 million (approximately US$2.75 million at that time) that the aircraft was transporting. The pilot was forced to land at Porecatu where the hijackers fled with the money. No one was injured.^[9][10]

Access

The airport is located 12 km (7 mi) from Foz do Iguaçu town centre. A regular bus service connects the airport to the city.

See also

• Aviation portal
• Brazil portal

• List of airports in Brazil