Marechal Rondon International Airport

Marechal Rondon International Airport
Aeroporto Internacional Marechal Rondon
External view of Marechal Rondon International Airport
IATA: CGBICAO: SBCY
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Infraero
Serves Cuiabá
Location Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Elevation AMSL 188 m / 617 ft
Coordinates
Website Infraero CGB
Map
CGB
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 2,300 7,546 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 2,134,267
Aircraft Operations 53,805
Metric tonnes of cargo 5,590
Statistics: Infraero [1]
Sources: Airport Website[2]

Marechal Rondon International Airport (IATA: CGBICAO: SBCY) is the airport serving Cuiabá, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of Várzea Grande. It is named after Marshall Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon (1865-1958), a Brazilian explorer.

It is operated by Infraero.

Contents

History

Marechal Rondon International Airport was inaugurated in 1956 but operated precariously until the first passenger terminal building was completed in 1964.

Infraero became the operator of the airport in 1975 and in 1996 it was upgraded to international status.

The first phase of the construction of the new passenger terminal was completed on June 30, 2006. The second phase will involve the demolition of the old terminal building and the construction of the enlargement of the new passenger terminal on its place.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Campinas-Viracopos, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Maringá, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão
Avianca Brazil Brasília, Campo Grande, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Porto Velho, São Paulo-Guarulhos
Gol Airlines Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasília, Campo Grande, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Goiânia, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Porto Velho, Presidente Prudente, Recife, Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos
Passaredo Linhas Aéreas Goiânia, Ribeirão Preto, Rondonópolis, São Paulo-Guarulhos
TAM Airlines Brasília, Campo Grande, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos
TAM Airlines operated by Pantanal Linhas Aéreas São Paulo-Congonhas
TRIP Linhas Aéreas Alta Floresta, Araçatuba, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Cacoal, Campo Grande, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Foz do Iguaçu, Goiânia, Ji-Paraná, Londrina, Manaus, Maringá, Porto Alegre, Porto Velho, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Rondonópolis, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Sinop, Vilhena, Vitória

Accidents and incidents

Access

The airport is located 10 km (6 mi) from downtown Cuiabá.

Future developments

On 31 August 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL30.9 million (USD16.3 million; EUR11.4 million) investiment plan [6] to up-grade Marechal Rondon International Airport focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup which will be held in Brazil, Cuiabá being one of the venue cities. The investiment will be distributed in the renovation of passenger the terminal, parking and access to the airport, with completion due in October 2012.

See also

References

  1. ^ Infraero Statistics for the Airport
  2. ^ Airport Official Website
  3. ^ "Accident description PP-AKF". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19601207-0. Retrieved 6 August 2011. 
  4. ^ "Accident description PP-BTH". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19650812-0. Retrieved 6 August 2011. 
  5. ^ "Accident description PT-GJN". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850623-1. Retrieved 6 August 2011. 
  6. ^ Rittner, Daniel; Braga, Paulo Victor (31 August 2009). "Infraero vai gastar R$5 bi em reforma de aeroportos" (in Portuguese). Valor Econômico: pp. A4. http://www.valoronline.com.br 

External links

Aviation portal
Brazil portal