Foz do Iguaçu International Airport

Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas
IATA: IGU ICAO: SBFI LID: PR0002
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Infraero (1974–2021) CCR (2021–present)
Serves	Foz do Iguaçu
Opened	7 January 1974; 51 years ago (1974-01-07)
Time zone	BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	240 m / 787 ft
Coordinates	25°36′01″S 054°29′06″W / 25.60028°S 54.48500°W / -25.60028; -54.48500
Website	www.ccraeroportos.com.br/foz-do-iguacu-pr
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 15/33 2,102 6,896 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 1,919,109 Aircraft Operations 16,622
Statistics: CCR[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport (IATA: IGU, ICAO: SBFI), is the airport serving Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. It is named after the Iguazu Falls (Portuguese: Cataratas do Iguaçu) and provides air-connections to the falls located at Iguaçu National Park, and to Itaipu Dam.

It is operated by CCR.

The airport was opened on January 7, 1974 replacing the older Iguassú National Park Airport, closer to downtown which was then closed.^[5]

Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021, CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.^[6]

Following is the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to Infraero (2007-2021) and CCR (2022-2023) reports:^[7][8][1]

Year	Passenger	Aircraft	Cargo (t)
2023	1,919,109	16,622
2022a	1,185,316	11,897
2021	951,540 16%	10,319 21%	366 26%
2020	822,403 64%	8,514 60%	291 61%
2019	2,314,532 1%	21,117 1%	747 2%
2018	2,342,489 8%	21,636 3%	762 51%
2017	2,177,298 18%	20,929 14%	504 3%
2016	1,851,116 10%	18,402 8%	521 10%
2015	2,056,050 9%	20,065 6%	577 57%
2014	1,880,564 12%	18,887 2%	367 13%
2013	1,677,460 4%	18,524 7%	324 46%
2012	1,741,526 3%	19,917 2%	603 31%
2011	1,691,392 46%	20,365 28%	879 9%
2010	1,155,615 43%	15,886 33%	804 10%
2009	807,540 5%	11,918 10%	733 3%
2008	766,444 6%	10,878 4%	713 10%
2007	721,385	10,410	649

Note:
^a: 2022 series provided by CCR is incomplete, lacking data for the months of January, February and part of March.

• 18 August 2000: a VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMG en route from Foz do Iguaçu to Curitiba was hijacked by five persons with the purpose of robbing R$5 million (approximately US$2.75 million at that time) that the aircraft was transporting. The pilot was forced to land at Porecatu where the hijackers fled with the money. No one was injured.^[9][10]

The airport is located 12 km (7 mi) from Foz do Iguaçu town centre. A regular bus service connects the airport to the city.

• List of airports in Brazil

• Airport information for SBFI at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for SBFI at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for IGU at Aviation Safety Network