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Foz do Iguaçu International Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Serves
  
Foz do Iguaçu

Website
  
Infraero IGU

Code
  
IGU

Phone
  
+55 45 3521-4200

Operator
  
Infraero

Elevation AMSL
  
239 m / 786 ft

14/32
  
2,200

Elevation
  
240 m

Passenger count
  
2,056,050

Foz do Iguaçu International Airport

Address
  
Rod. BR 469, Km 16,5 - Aeroporto, Foz do Iguaçu - PR, 85863-900, Brazil

Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport (IATA: IGU, ICAO: SBFI), is the airport serving Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. It is named after the Iguazu Falls (Portuguese: Cataratas do Iguaçu) and provides access to the nearby falls.

Contents

It is operated by Infraero.

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 5 persons with the purpose of robbing BRL 5 million (approximately USD 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. There were no victims.

    • Access

    The airport is located 12 km (7 mi) from Foz do Iguaçu town centre. A regular bus service connects the airport to the city.

    References

    Foz do Iguaçu International Airport Wikipedia
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