Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport

Aeroporto Regional Sílvio Name Júnior
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorTerminais Aéreos de Maringá – SBMG S.A.
SEIL
ServesMaringá
Opened25 April 2001 (2001-04-25)
Time zoneBRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL549 m / 1,801 ft
Coordinates23°28′46″S 052°00′44″W / 23.47944°S 52.01222°W / -23.47944; -52.01222
Websiteaeroportomaringa.com.br
Map
MGF is located in Paraná
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MGF
Location in Brazil
MGF is located in Brazil
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MGF (Brazil)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,380 7,808 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers677,264 Increase 33%
Aircraft Operations16,726 Increase 10%
Statistics: SEIL[1][2]
Sources: Airport Website,[3] ANAC[4]

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.[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.[6]

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

AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Campinas, Curitiba
Seasonal: Belo Horizonte–Confins, Florianópolis, Porto Seguro
Gol Transportes Aéreos São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM Brasil São Paulo–Guarulhos

Access

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

See also

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. ↑ Scolese, Eduardo (December 17, 2000). "Vítima de acidente com bimotor era candidato a prefeito em Maringá" (in Portuguese). Folha.com. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Aeroporto Regional Dr. Gastão Vidigal - Anos 1980". Maringá Histórica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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