| Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport Aeroporto Regional Sílvio Name Júnior |
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| IATA: MGF – ICAO: SBMG | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Terminais Aéreos de Maringá – SBMG S.A. SETR |
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| Serves | Maringá | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 545 m / 1,788 ft | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 09/27 | 2,100 | 6,890 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 509,290 | ||
| Aircraft Operations | 15,181 | ||
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| Statistics: SETR [1][2] Sources: Airport Website[3] |
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Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (IATA: MGF, ICAO: SBMG), is the airport serving Maringá, Brazil. It is named after Sílvio Name Júnior (1967-2000), a local businessman and politician who died on an air crash.[4]
It is operated by Terminais Aéreos de Maringá – SBMG, a semi-independent Transportation Authority of Maringá, indirectly related to the Municipality of Maringá, and under the supervision of Aeroportos do Paraná (SETR).
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The airport serves an area composed of the city of Maringá and neighboring communities, with a total number of 2 million inhabitants. The new terminal was built between October, 1994 and September 16, 2000. It began operating on April 25, 2001.
The airport is very modern and the runway of the airport is capable to handle major regional and domestic flights. Its terminal is designed to handle more than 430,000 passengers per year.
The airport has service with over 120 parking places for cars.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Azul Brazilian Airlines | Campinas-Viracopos, Curitiba-Afonso Pena |
| Gol Airlines | Campinas-Viracopos, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Congonhas, Vitória |
| TRIP Linhas Aéreas | Campo Grande, Chapecó, Cuiabá, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Foz do Iguaçu, Londrina, Porto Alegre, Rondonópolis, São Paulo-Guarulhos |
The airport is located 12 km (7 mi) from downtown Maringá.
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