Navegantes Airport

Navegantes–Ministro Victor Konder International Airport is the airport serving Navegantes, Brazil, as well as Itajaí, Balneário Camboriú, and Blumenau. Since June 10, 1959, it is named after the Itajaí-born Victor Konder (1886–1941), Minister of Public Works (1926–1930), whose administration encouraged the birth of Brazilian commercial aviation.

The airport is operated by CCR.

History
At the time of its foundation, Navegantes was a district of Itajaí. With its emancipation in 1961, it was necessary to adapt the airport name to its present form. This was done on December 30, 2002, by a presidential decree.

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.

Access
In relation to their city centers, the airport is located 12 km from Navegantes, 7 km from Itajaí, 20 km from Balneário Camboriú, and 45 km from Blumenau.

Accidents and Incidents
14th November 2023: a GOL Boeing 737-800 registration PR-GXT departing Navegantes on flight G3-1843 to Rio de Janeiro Galeao airport ripped up part of the runway when applying take off thrust, which then struck and damaged the aircraft tailplane.