Foz do Iguaçu International Airport

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

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021, CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Estatísticas"/>

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

Note:
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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 Template:R$5 million (approximately Template: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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Access

The airport is located Template:Convert from Foz do Iguaçu town centre. A regular bus service connects the airport to the city.

See also

• List of airports in Brazil

External links

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