| Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport | |
| Nativename: | Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas|italic=yes |
| Iata: | IGU |
| Icao: | SBFI |
| Lid: | PR0002 |
| Type: | Public |
| City-Served: | Foz do Iguaçu |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Metric-Elev: | yes |
| Elevation-F: | 787 |
| Elevation-M: | 240 |
| Coordinates: | -25.6003°N -54.485°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Paraná#Brazil |
| Pushpin Label: | IGU |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Metric-Rwy: | yes |
| R1-Number: | 15/33 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2,195 |
| R1-Length-F: | 7,201 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2023 |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 1,919,109 |
| Stat2-Header: | Aircraft Operations |
| Stat2-Data: | 16,622 |
| Stat3-Header: | Metric tonnes of cargo |
| Footnotes: | Statistics: CCR[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4] |
Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport, 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 an older facility located closer to downtown which was then closed. The place is nowadays the Gresfi Social Club and the former terminal has been preserved.[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 | ||
| 2022 | 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 |
2022 series provided by CCR is incomplete, lacking data for the months of January, February and part of March.
The airport is located 12km (07miles) from Foz do Iguaçu town centre. A regular bus service connects the airport to the city.