Afonso Pena International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Afonso Pena International Airport
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IATA = CWB
ICAO = SBCT
type = Public
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operator = Infraero
city-served = Curitiba
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elevation-f = 2,988
elevation-m = 911
coordinates = Coord|25|31|42.51|S|049|10|32.79|W|type:airport
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r1-number = 11/29
r1-length-f = 5,905
r1-length-m = 1,800
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 15/33
r2-length-f = 7,267
r2-length-m = 2,215
r2-surface = Asphalt
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Afonso Pena International Airport airport codes|CWB|SBCT is Curitiba's major airport, located 18km southeast from the downtown, in the city of São José dos Pinhais. It is one of the most modern Brazilian terminals. The airport includes a small museum, a playcenter and a mini shopping center with 60 stores inside the main terminal.

As with many important Brazilian airports, Afonso Pena (named after the Brazilian President Afonso Pena, in 1996), was built in the Second World War by the US troops, to give cover in the war. In 1974, the airport passed to the administration of Infraero. In 1996, Infraero built a new passenger terminal, and the old terminal was refurbished and is currently being used as a cargo terminal.

The main problems of the airport are the unstable weather conditions of the region, the mist in the morning hours of winter and the auxiliary runway 11/29, too small and plagued with old equipment. There are also plans to upgrade runway 15/33 from an ILS CAT II runway to ILS CAT III. The main runway will also be lengthened in 2008 to allow cargo flights to operate with greater loads, and the cargo terminal will be upgraded, since the main bottleneck for the airport is the cargo capacity [cite web | title=FAB - Afonso Pena International will have its runway lengthened by 375 meters | url=http://www.fab.mil.br/imprensa/enotimp/2007/08-AGO/enotimp216.htm | accessdate=2007-10-29] [cite web | title=Avicao Brasil - Upgrading the cargo terminal and main runway of Afonso Pena International | url=http://www.aviacaobrasil.com.br/noticias/noticias_filtro.php?id=3357&sessao=news&fld_filtro_ano=2007&fld_filtro_mes=01 | accessdate=2007-10-29] .

General Information

* Terminal: 26,000 m², with 6 fingers, capable of handling 4.5 million annual passengers
* Parking places: 800
* Runways
** 15/33 2,215 m x 45 m
** 11/29 1,880 m x 45 m
* Total passengers for 2007: 3.907.275 Infraero Airport statistics for 2007 http://www.infraero.gov.br/upload/arquivos/movi/mov.operac.1207.pdf]
* Aircraft movements for 2007: 62,563
* Annual Cargo for 2007: 31,149,551 kg
* Distance to downtown Curitiba: 18 km

Airlines and destinations

*BRA (São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, many other destinations)
*Gol (Asuncion, Belo Horizonte-Confins,buenos aires, Florianópolis, Foz do Iguaçu, Londrina, Maringá, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, São Paulo-Guarulhos)
*NHT Linhas Aéreas (Porto Alegre, Florianopolis)
*OceanAir (Maringa, Londrina, São Paulo, Campo Grande, many other destinations)
*TAM (Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasília, Buenos Aires, Campinas, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, Londrina, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos)
*TRIP Linhas Aéreas
*PLUNA (Montevideo)
*WebJet Linhas Aéreas (Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador)

ee also

* List of the busiest airports in Brazil

References

External links

* [http://www.infraero.gov.br/usa/aero_prev_home.php?ai=221 Afonso Pena International Airport] (official site, in English)
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