Goiânia International Airport

Goiânia/Santa Genoveva International Airport (IATA: GYN, ICAO: SBGO) is the airport serving Goiânia, Brazil.

Goiânia/Santa Genoveva International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Goiânia/Santa Genoveva
IATA: GYN ICAO: SBGO LID: GO0001
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Infraero (1974–2021) CCR (2021–present)
Serves	Goiânia
Time zone	BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	748 m / 2,453 ft
Coordinates	16°37′57″S 049°13′16″W
Website	www.ccraeroportos.com.br/goiania-go
Map
GYN Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14/32 2,286 7,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers 3,157,061 1% Aircraft Operations 52,085 5%
Statistics: CCR[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

It is operated by CCR (Companhia de Concessoes Rodoviarias), a Brazilian toll road operator.

History

The airport was commissioned in 1955, although operations started a few years earlier. In 1974, Infraero started to operate the airport.

In 2010, the government of the state of Goiás, in order to encourage tourism and aviation, reduced the tax on petrol from 15% to 3%.^[5] After such a reduction, there was some interest from airlines to build a hub at Santa Genoveva Airport,^[6] but operational limitations prevented the immediate implementation of such a plan.

The old passenger terminal was capable of handling 600,000 passengers/year, but in its last few years it had been operating beyond its capacity; in 2015, it handled more than 5 times its capacity. On May 9, 2016, a new passenger terminal located on the opposite side of the old and across the runway was opened. It is capable of handling 6,3 million passengers/year.^[7] This new terminal has 32 check-in counters and 8 jetways, apart from the usual amenities such as stores and restaurants.^[8]

Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021, CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.^[9]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines	Belo Horizonte–Confins, Campinas, Cuiabá, Florianópolis, Palmas, Recife, Salvador da Bahia Seasonal:Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Fortaleza, João Pessoa, Maceió, Natal
Azul Conecta	Barra do Garças
Gol Linhas Aéreas	Brasília, Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos Seasonal: Rio de Janeiro–Galeão
LATAM Brasil	Brasília, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos

Statistics

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:^[10][11][1]

Year	Passenger	Aircraft	Cargo (t)
2024	3,157,061 1%	52,085 5%
2023	3,181,909	54,901
2022a	1,964,763	44,492
2021	2,100,107 42%	49,981 38%	7,905 109%
2020	1,477,049 55%	36,116 35%	3,776 59%
2019	3,302,785 2%	55,861 16%	9,169 2%
2018	3,224,837 4%	66,855 12%	9,380 24%
2017	3,088,274 2%	59,879 1%	7,563 31%
2016	3,016,798 9%	59,142 9%	5,758 15%
2015	3,312,290 2%	65,019 1%	6,736 8%
2014	3,363,192 12%	65,678 6%	7,301 5%
2013	3,000,592 2%	61,847 13%	7,694 3%
2012	3,076,858 10%	71,030 1%	7,945 11%
2011	2,802,002 19%	70,128 8%	7,174 41%
2010	2,348,648 33%	64,678 23%	5,097 9%
2009	1,772,424 14%	52,584 13%	5,645 11%
2008	1,554,000	46,564 8%	6,370 4%
2007	1,546,476	43,136	6,605

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

Accidents and incidents

• 22 February 1975: VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMU en route from Goiânia to Brasília was hijacked by 1 person who demanded ransom. The hijacker was taken down.^[12]
• 29 September 1988: VASP Boeing 737-300 registration PP-SNT operating Flight 375 en route from Belo Horizonte-Confins to Rio de Janeiro was hijacked by 1 person who wanted to force a crash on the Palácio do Planalto, the official presidential workplace in Brasília. The pilot convinced the hijacker to divert to Goiânia where an emergency landing was made. The hijack ended with 1 victim.^[13][14]
• 14 January 2011: a Beechcraft B200 Super King Air registration PR-ART belonging to CMN Construtora Meio Norte while on a VOR approach to Goiânia-Santa Genoveva Airport runway 32 in heavy rain, impacted Santo Antônio Hill, 11 km short of the runway. The pilot and five passengers were fatally injured.^[15]

Access

The airport is located 8 km (5 mi) from downtown Goiânia.

See also

• List of airports in Brazil

References

1. "Movimentação Aeroportuária". CCR (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 February 2025.
2. "Goiânia". CCR Aeroportos (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
3. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
4. "SANTA GENOVEVA (SBGO)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
5. Schapochnik, Claudio (1 April 2010). "Goiás reduz a alíquota do ICMS sobre querosene de aviação" (in Portuguese). Panrotas. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
6. "Fórum de Turismo anuncia instalação em setembro. Serão 14 voos diários" (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado de Goiás. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
7. "Novo aeroporto de Goiânia deve ser inauguado com a presença de Dilma" (in Portuguese). G1. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
8. "Novo terminal do aeroporto de Goiânia foi inaugurado hoje". Aeroflap (in Portuguese). 9 May 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
9. "Governo federal arrecada R$ 3,3 bilhões com leilão de 22 aeroportos". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
10. "Anuário Estatístico Operacional" (PDF). Infraero (in Portuguese). 12 April 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
11. "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
12. "Incident description PP-SMU". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
13. "Incident description PP-SNT". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
14. "Sangue no vôo 375". Abril: Veja (in Portuguese). 5 October 1988. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
15. "Accident description PR-ART". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

External links

• Airport information for SBGO at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for SBGO at NOAA/NWS