Maringá Regional Airport

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]

Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport

Aeroporto Regional Sílvio Name Júnior
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorTerminais Aéreos de Maringá – SBMG S.A.
SEIL
ServesMaringá
Elevation AMSL545 m / 1,788 ft
Coordinates23°28′46″S 052°00′44″W
WebsiteSEIL MGF
Aeroporto MGF
Map
MGF
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,100 6,890 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers677,264 33%
Aircraft Operations16,726 10%
Statistics: SEIL[1][2]
Sources: Airport Website,[3] ANAC[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 (SEIL).

History
A TRIP Linhas Aéreas Embraer 175 and an Azul Brazilian Airlines ATR 72-600 at Maringá Airport

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
Gol Transportes Aéreos São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM Brasil São Paulo–Guarulhos

Access

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

See also

References
  1. "Estatística de passageiros" (PDF) (in Portuguese). SEIL. March 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  2. "Movimentação de aeronaves" (PDF). SEIL (in Portuguese). March 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  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.
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