- Maringá Regional Airport
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Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport
Aeroporto Regional Sílvio Name Júnior
IATA: MGF – ICAO: SBMG Summary Airport type Public Operator Terminais Aéreos de Maringá – SBMG S.A.
SETRServes Maringá Elevation AMSL 545 m / 1,788 ft Coordinates 23°28′35″S 052°00′59″W / 23.47639°S 52.01639°WCoordinates: 23°28′35″S 052°00′59″W / 23.47639°S 52.01639°W Website Map Location in Brazil
MGFRunways Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 2,100 6,890 Asphalt Statistics (2010) Passengers 509,290 Aircraft Operations 15,181 Metric tonnes of cargo Statistics: SETR [1][2]
Sources: Airport Website[3]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 on an air crash.[4]
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 (SETR).
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History
The airport serves an area composed of the city of Maringá and neighboring communities, with a total number of 2 million inhabitants. The new terminal was built between October, 1994 and September 16, 2000. It began operating on April 25, 2001.
The airport is very modern and the runway of the airport is capable to handle major regional and domestic flights. Its terminal is designed to handle more than 430,000 passengers per year.
The airport has service with over 120 parking places for cars.
Airlines and destinations
Tampa Cargo Boeing B767-200ERF at airport
Airlines Destinations Azul Brazilian Airlines Campinas-Viracopos, Curitiba-Afonso Pena Gol Airlines Campinas-Viracopos, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Congonhas, Vitória TRIP Linhas Aéreas Campo Grande, Chapecó, Cuiabá, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Foz do Iguaçu, Londrina, Porto Alegre, Rondonópolis, São Paulo-Guarulhos Access
The airport is located 12 km (7 mi) from downtown Maringá.
See also
References
- ^ SETR Statistics of Transported Passengers at the Airport
- ^ SETR Statistics of Aircraft Operations at the Airport
- ^ Airport Official Website
- ^ Scolese, Eduardo (17 December 2000). "Vítima de acidente com bimotor era candidato a prefeito em Maringá" (in Portuguese). Folha.com. http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u16918.shtml. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
External links
- Airport information for SBMG at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for SBMG at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Current weather for SBMG at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for MGF at Aviation Safety Network
- Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport Photo Archive at airliners.net
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