Maringá Regional Airport

Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (IATA: MGF, ICAO: SBMG), is the airport serving Maringá, Brazil. It is named after Sílvio Name Júnior (1967-2000), a local businessman and politician who died in a plane crash.^[6]

Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport Aeroporto Regional Sílvio Name Júnior
IATA: MGF ICAO: SBMG LID: PR0004
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Terminais Aéreos de Maringá – SBMG S.A. SEIL
Serves	Maringá
Opened	25 April 2001; 23 years ago (2001-04-25)
Time zone	BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	549 m / 1,801 ft
Coordinates	23°28′35″S 052°01′04″W
Website	aeroportomaringa.com.br
Map
MGF Location in Brazil Show map of Paraná MGF MGF (Brazil) Show map of Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 2,380 7,808 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers 677,264 33% Aircraft Operations 16,726 10%
Statistics: SEIL[1][2] Sources: Airport Website,[3] ANAC,[4] DECEA[5]

It is operated by Terminais Aéreos de Maringá – SBMG, a semi-independent Transportation Authority of Maringá, indirectly related to the Municipality of Maringá, and under the supervision of Aeroportos do Paraná (SEIL).

History

The airport was built as a replacement to Dr. Gastão Vidigal Regional Airport, which was closed.^[7]

The facility was built between October, 1994 and September 16, 2000. It began operating on April 25, 2001.

Its terminal is designed to handle more than 430,000 passengers per year.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines	Campinas, Curitiba
Gol Linhas Aéreas	São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM Brasil	São Paulo–Congonhas (begins 27 October 2024),[citation needed] São Paulo–Guarulhos

Access

The airport is located 12 km (7 mi) from downtown Maringá.

See also

• Aviation portal
• Brazil portal

• List of airports in Brazil

Gallery

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  Airport landside
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  Check-in area

References

1. "Estatística de passageiros" (PDF). SEIL (in Portuguese). March 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
2. "Movimentação de aeronaves" (PDF). SEIL (in Portuguese). March 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
3. "Aeroporto Regional de Maringá". Aeroporto Regional de Maringá (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 May 2021.
4. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 April 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
5. "Silvio Name Junior (SBMG)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
6. Scolese, Eduardo (December 17, 2000). "Vítima de acidente com bimotor era candidato a prefeito em Maringá" (in Portuguese). Folha.com. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
7. "Aeroporto Regional Dr. Gastão Vidigal - Anos 1980". Maringá Histórica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 October 2023.

External links

• Airport information for SBMG at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for SBMG at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for MGF at Aviation Safety Network