Afonso Pena International Airport
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| Afonso Pena International Airport | |||
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| IATA: CWB - ICAO: SBCT | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Infraero | ||
| Serves | Curitiba | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,988 ft (911 m) | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 11/29 | 5,905 | 1,800 | Asphalt |
| 15/33 | 7,267 | 2,215 | Asphalt |
Afonso Pena International Airport (IATA: CWB, ICAO: 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 minishopping 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 Americans, 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 imprevisible and unstable weather conditions of the region, the mist in the morning hours of winter days and the 11/29 runway, the auxiliary one, too small and with old equipment (the 15/33 operates CAT lll).[citation needed]
[edit] 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
- Annual passengers: 3.532.234 (2006)
- Monthly flight operations: 5500
- Monthly cargo tonnage: 2000 t
- Distance to downtown Curitiba: 18 km
[edit] Airlines
- BRA (São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, many other destinations)
- Gol (São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Foz do Iguaçu, Londrina, Maringá, Asuncion, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Florianópolis, Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
- NHT Linhas Aéreas
- OceanAir (Maringa, Londrina, São Paulo, Campo Grande, many other destinations)
- TAM (Belo Horizonte, 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
- Varig (São Paulo-Congonhas)
- WebJet Linhas Aéreas (Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão)
- American Airlines (São Paulo)
[edit] External links
- Afonso Pena International Airport (official site, in English)
- World Aero Data airport information for SBCT
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