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Santa Genoveva Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Serves
  
Goiânia

Website
  
Infraero GYN

Code
  
GYN

Phone
  
+55 62 3265-1500

Operator
  
Infraero

Elevation AMSL
  
747 m / 2,450 ft

14/32
  
2,500

Elevation
  
747 m

Passenger count
  
3,312,290


Address
  
Praça Cap. Frazão, 913 - Santa Genoveva, Goiânia - GO, 74672-410, Brazil

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Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport (IATA: GYN, ICAO: SBGO) is the airport serving Goiânia, Brazil.

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It is operated by Infraero.

History

The airport was inaugurated in 1955 although operations started a few years earlier. Since 1974 it is operated by Infraero.

The old passenger terminal was capable of handling 600,000 passengers/year but in the last few years it has been operating beyond its capacity: in 2015 it handled more than 5 times its capacity. On May 9, 2016, a new passenger terminal located on the opposite side of the old and across the runway was opened. It is capable of handling 6,3 million passengers/year.

The government of the state of Goiás, in order to encourage tourism and aviation reduced the tax on petrol from 15% to 3%. After such a reduction there was some interest from airlines to build a hub at Santa Genoveva airport but its present operational limitations prevented the immediate implementation of such a plan.

Accidents and incidents

  • 22 February 1975: VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMU en route from Goiânia to Brasília was hijacked by 1 person who demanded ransom. The hijacker was taken down.
  • 29 September 1988: VASP Boeing 737-300 registration PP-SNT operating flight 375 en route from Belo Horizonte-Confins to Rio de Janeiro was hijacked by 1 person who wanted to force a crash on the Palácio do Planalto, the official presidential workplace in Brasília. The pilot convinced the hijacker to divert to Goiânia where an emergency landing was made. The hijack ended with 1 victim.

    • Access

    The airport is located 8 km (5 mi) from downtown Goiânia.

    Future developments

    Due the increasing amount of traffic that the airport has been receiving in the last years, Infraero has decided to build a new passenger terminal, with 27,160 square meters and capacity for handling 2,1 passengers/year in its initial phase. Possibility for enlargements has already been considered in the original project.

    The new terminal will have 32 check-in counters and 8 jetways, apart from usual amenities such as stores and restaurants.

    The first phase of the works are due to be concluded in 2012 and the second phase in 2014.

    References

    Santa Genoveva Airport Wikipedia
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