Maringá Regional Airport

Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport
Aeroporto Regional Sílvio Name Júnior
IATA: MGF – ICAO: SBMG
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Terminais Aéreos de Maringá – SBMG S.A.
SEIL
Serves Maringá
Elevation AMSL 545 m / 1,788 ft
Coordinates 23°28′46″S 052°00′44″W / 23.47944°S 52.01222°W / -23.47944; -52.01222Coordinates: 23°28′46″S 052°00′44″W / 23.47944°S 52.01222°W / -23.47944; -52.01222
Website SEIL MGF
Aeroporto MGF
Map
MGF

Location in Brazil

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,100 6,890 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers 677,264
Aircraft Operations 16,726
Statistics: SEIL[1][2]
Sources: Airport Website,[3] ANAC[4]

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.[5]

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 (SEIL).

History

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.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Campinas, Campo Grande, Cascavel, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Londrina, Porto Alegre, Presidente Prudente, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Rondonópolis, São Paulo-Guarulhos
Gol Airlines Campinas, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos
A TRIP Linhas Aéreas Embraer 175 (left) and an Azul Brazilian Airlines ATR 72-600 (right) at Maringá Regional Airport

Access

The airport is located 12 km (7 mi) from downtown Maringá.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SEIL Statistics for Transported Passengers at the Airport" (PDF) (in Portuguese). SEIL.
  2. ↑ "SEIL Statistics for Aircraft Operations at the Airport" (PDF) (in Portuguese). SEIL.
  3. ↑ "Airport Official Website" (in Portuguese). SEIL.
  4. ↑ "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC.
  5. ↑ Scolese, Eduardo (December 17, 2000). "Vítima de acidente com bimotor era candidato a prefeito em Maringá" (in Portuguese). Folha.com. Retrieved October 6, 2010.

External links

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