# Cataratas International Airport (IGU / SBFI)

**Cataratas International Airport** (IATA: IGU, ICAO: SBFI) is a large airport in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil. It opened in 1974. It has one runway, 2,705 m (8,875 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 1.5 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbfi

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IGU / SBFI
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil
- Opened: 1974
- Elevation: 240 m / 786 ft
- Coordinates: -25.5942, -54.4894
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,705 m / 8,875 ft
- Passengers: 1,505,636 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Website: http://www.infraero.com.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/parana/aeroporto-internacional-de-foz-do-iguacu.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foz_do_Igua%C3%A7u_International_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431328
- Weather station: SBFI · WMO 83827
- Ident: SBFI

## Timeline

- 1974: Cataratas International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 2,705 m / 8,875 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 311° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 1,655,684 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,712,318 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,655,301 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,850,094 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 2,026,070 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,826,724 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,149,388 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 2,342,489 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 2,330,941 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 837,939 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 946,897 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,505,636 | Wikidata |

## Routes

8 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (7)

- [CWB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbct.md) Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport · Brazil · 533 km / 331 mi · LATAM Brasil
- [POA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbpa.md) Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport · Brazil · 588 km / 365 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [CGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsp.md) Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · Brazil · 822 km / 511 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 846 km / 526 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [GIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgl.md) Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport · Brazil · 1,181 km / 734 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [BSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbbr.md) Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport · Brazil · 1,278 km / 794 mi · LATAM Brasil
- [FOR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbfz.md) Pinto Martins International Airport · Brazil · 2,964 km / 1,842 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos

### Seasonal (1)

- [SCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scel.md) Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · Chile · 1,797 km / 1,117 mi · JetSmart

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from IGU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- G3 [Gol Transportes Aéreos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gol-transportes-aereos) · 5
- JJ [LATAM Brasil](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-brasil) · 5
- JA [JetSmart](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetsmart) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.5M (2022) | #680 of 3,974 | #55 in South America | #23 in BR |
| Longest runway | 2,705 m / 8,875 ft | #1,882 of 29,858 | #98 in South America | #18 in BR |
| Elevation | 240 m / 786 ft | =21,721 of 43,403 | =4,947 in South America | =3,843 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1974 | =6,983 of 15,079 | =101 in South America | =53 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | FOZ APP | 119.150 |
| TWR | FOZ TWR | 118.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [IGR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sari.md) Cataratas Del Iguazú International Airport · 16 km / 9.9 mi
- [SGIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sgib.md) Itaipú Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [AGT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sges.md) Guaraní International Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [CAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbca.md) Coronel Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport · 119 km / 74 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Foz do Iguaçu International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foz_do_Iguaçu_International_Airport&oldid=1376162625), revision of 22 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbfi/data