CWB

Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport

ICAO SBCT25.5285°S 49.1758°W911 m / 2,988 ftLarge airport
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Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport (IATA: CWB, ICAO: SBCT) is a large airport in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. It opened in 1945. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,218 m (7,277 ft). It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 4.9 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1945–1945
1945
OpenedCuritiba-Afonso Pena International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal de Passageiros
15/33136° / 314° · LIT
LENGTH2,218 m7,277 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
11/29
LENGTH1,798 m5,899 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
7.0M
7.0M
6.8M
7.3M
7.2M
6.3M
6.7M
6.3M
6.5M
2.5M
3.2M
4.9M
111213141516171819202122

Routes

26 destinations · 8 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km10,000 km2,500 mi5,000 miUVI · José Cleto Airport · 205 km / 127 miLDB · Governor José Richa Airport · 314 km / 195 miCGH · Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · 331 km / 206 miVCP · Viracopos International Airport · 348 km / 216 miPTO · Juvenal Loureiro Cardoso Airport · 360 km / 224 miGRU · São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · 360 km / 224 miMGF · Regional de Maringá - Sílvio Name Júnior Airport · 367 km / 228 miCAC · Coronel Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport · 439 km / 273 miGGJ · Guaíra Airport · 531 km / 330 miIGU · Cataratas International Airport · 533 km / 331 miPOA · Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport · 534 km / 332 miGIG · Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport · 673 km / 418 miCNF · Tancredo Neves International Airport · 846 km / 526 miBSB · Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport · 1,082 km / 672 miCGB · Várzea Grande–Marechal Rondon International Airport · 1,314 km / 816 miSSA · Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport · 1,806 km / 1,122 miSCL · Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · 2,262 km / 1,406 miLIM · Jorge Chávez International Airport · 3,292 km / 2,046 miLIS · Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · 8,275 km / 5,142 miFLN · Hercílio Luz International Airport · 246 km / 153 miMCZ · Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport · 2,273 km / 1,412 miREC · Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport · 2,454 km / 1,525 miMIA · Miami International Airport · 6,612 km / 4,109 miMXP · Milan Malpensa International Airport · 9,834 km / 6,111 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 9,984 km / 6,204 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 10,140 km / 6,301 miFRAMXPLISMIALIMRECSCLSSACGBBSBGIGIGUCNFPOALDBMCZGGJGRUFLNUVILUXCACPTOCWB
Year-round19
UVIJosé Cleto AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta205 km127 miLDBGovernor José Richa AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Azul Brazilian Airlines314 km195 miCGHCongonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos, Azul Brazilian Airlines331 km206 miVCPViracopos International AirportBrazil · Azul Brazilian Airlines348 km216 miPTOJuvenal Loureiro Cardoso AirportBrazil · Azul Brazilian Airlines360 km224 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos, Azul Brazilian Airlines360 km224 miMGFRegional de Maringá - Sílvio Name Júnior AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos, Azul Brazilian Airlines367 km228 miCACCoronel Adalberto Mendes da Silva AirportBrazil · Azul Brazilian Airlines439 km273 miGGJGuaíra AirportBrazil · Azul Conecta531 km330 miIGUCataratas International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Azul Brazilian Airlines533 km331 miPOAPorto Alegre-Salgado Filho International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Azul Brazilian Airlines534 km332 miGIGRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos, Azul Brazilian Airlines673 km418 miCNFTancredo Neves International AirportBrazil · Azul Brazilian Airlines846 km526 miBSBPresidente Juscelino Kubitschek International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos1,082 km672 miCGBVárzea Grande–Marechal Rondon International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil1,314 km816 miSSADeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos1,806 km1,122 miSCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · LATAM Airlines Chile2,262 km1,406 miLIMJorge Chávez International AirportPeru · LATAM Airlines Peru3,292 km2,046 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal8,275 km5,142 mi
Most destinationsAzul Brazilian Airlines 14LATAM Brasil 8Gol Transportes Aéreos 6Lufthansa Cargo 3Azul Conecta 2LATAM Airlines Chile 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CWB. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Afonso Pena International Airport” (revision of 11 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers4.9M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#342of 3,974 · #20 South America · #12 BRLongest runway2,218 m7,277 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,239of 29,823 · #202 South America · #47 BRElevation911 m2,988 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=5,523of 43,341 · #469 South America · #211 BRAgeOpened 19452026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,524of 15,079 · =36 South America · #22 BRRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =21 South America · =4 BR
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPCURITIBA APP119.950
ATISATIS127.800
GNDGND121.900
TWRCURITIBA TWR118.550