Goiânia International Airport Explained

Goiânia/Santa Genoveva International Airport
Nativename:	Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Goiânia/Santa Genoveva|italic=yes
Iata:	GYN
Icao:	SBGO
Lid:	GO0001
Type:	Public
City-Served:	Goiânia
Timezone:	BRT
Metric-Elev:	yes
Elevation-F:	2,453
Elevation-M:	748
Coordinates:	-16.6325°N -49.2211°W
Pushpin Map:	Brazil
Pushpin Label:	GYN
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Brazil
Metric-Rwy:	yes
R1-Number:	14/32
R1-Length-F:	7,500
R1-Length-M:	2,286
R1-Surface:	Asphalt
Stat-Year:	2021
Stat1-Header:	Passengers
Stat1-Data:	2,100,107 42%
Stat2-Header:	Aircraft Operations
Stat2-Data:	49,981 38%
Stat3-Header:	Metric tonnes of cargo
Stat3-Data:	7,905 110%
Footnotes:	Statistics: Infraero^[1] Sources: Airport Website,^[2] ANAC,^[3] DECEA^[4]

Goiânia/Santa Genoveva International Airport is the airport serving Goiânia, Brazil.

It is operated by CCR (Companhia de Concessoes Rodoviarias), a Brazilian toll road operator.

History

The airport was commissioned in 1955, although operations started a few years earlier. In 1974, Infraero started to operate the airport.

In 2010, the government of the state of Goiás, in order to encourage tourism and aviation, reduced the tax on petrol from 15% to 3%.^[5] After such a reduction, there was some interest from airlines to build a hub at Santa Genoveva Airport,^[6] but operational limitations prevented the immediate implementation of such a plan.

The old passenger terminal was capable of handling 600,000 passengers/year, but in its last few years it had been operating beyond its capacity; in 2015, it handled more than 5 times its capacity. On May 9, 2016, a new passenger terminal located on the opposite side of the old and across the runway was opened. It is capable of handling 6,3 million passengers/year.^[7] This new terminal has 32 check-in counters and 8 jetways, apart from the usual amenities such as stores and restaurants.^[8]

Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021, CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.^[9]

Accidents and incidents

• 22 February 1975: VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMU en route from Goiânia to Brasília was hijacked by 1 person who demanded ransom. The hijacker was taken down.^[10]
• 29 September 1988: VASP Boeing 737-300 registration PP-SNT operating Flight 375 en route from Belo Horizonte-Confins to Rio de Janeiro was hijacked by 1 person who wanted to force a crash on the Palácio do Planalto, the official presidential workplace in Brasília. The pilot convinced the hijacker to divert to Goiânia where an emergency landing was made. The hijack ended with 1 victim.^{[11] [12]}

Access

The airport is located 8km (05miles) from downtown Goiânia.

See also

• List of airports in Brazil

Notes and References

1. Web site: Estatísticas. Infraero. 14 February 2022. 5 March 2022. pt.
2. Web site: Goiânia. CCR Aeroportos. 30 May 2023. pt.
3. Web site: Aeródromos. ANAC. 15 October 2019. 28 May 2020. pt.
4. Web site: SANTA GENOVEVA (SBGO). DECEA. 26 August 2023. pt.
5. Web site: Goiás reduz a alíquota do ICMS sobre querosene de aviação . Panrotas . 1 April 2010. 4 April 2011. Portuguese . Claudio . Schapochnik.
6. Web site: Fórum de Turismo anuncia instalação em setembro. Serão 14 voos diários . Governo do Estado de Goiás . Portuguese . 21 May 2010. 4 April 2011.
7. Web site: Novo aeroporto de Goiânia deve ser inauguado com a presença de Dilma . G1 . Portuguese . 9 May 2015 . 15 May 2015.
8. Web site: Novo terminal do aeroporto de Goiânia foi inaugurado hoje . Aeroflap . 9 May 2016 . 25 October 2019 . Portuguese.
9. Web site: Governo federal arrecada R$ 3,3 bilhões com leilão de 22 aeroportos . Agência Brasil . 7 April 2021 . pt.
10. Web site: Incident description PP-SMU . Aviation Safety Network . 30 May 2011.
11. Web site: Incident description PP-SNT . Aviation Safety Network . 16 May 2011.
12. Web site: Sangue no vôo 375 . Abril: Veja . 5 October 1988 . 16 May 2011 . Portuguese.