Foz do Iguaçu International Airport

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

It is operated by CCR.

History
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.

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

Statistics
Following is the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to Infraero (2007-2021) and CCR (2022-2023) reports:

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

Accidents and incidents

 * 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 BRL5 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.

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