# Usiminas Airport (IPN / SBIP)

**Usiminas Airport** (IATA: IPN, ICAO: SBIP) is a medium airport in Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It has one runway, 2,004 m (6,575 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 139 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IPN / SBIP
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Elevation: 240 m / 786 ft
- Coordinates: -19.4707, -42.4876
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,004 m / 6,575 ft
- Passengers: 138,566 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Website: http://www.socicam.com.br/terminais/terminais_aeroportos/aeroporto_da_usiminas
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_do_A%C3%A7o_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7901989
- Weather station: SBIP
- Ident: SBIP

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,004 m / 6,575 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 031° / 211° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 126,682 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 145,878 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 217,965 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 203,654 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 169,093 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 137,157 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 135,794 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 139,934 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 114,133 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 29,194 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 9,619 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 138,566 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [CNF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbcf.md) Tancredo Neves International Airport · Brazil · 156 km / 97 mi · Azul Brazilian Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- AD [Azul Brazilian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azul-brazilian-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 139K (2022) | #1,692 of 3,974 | #157 in South America | #57 in BR |
| Longest runway | 2,004 m / 6,575 ft | =3,819 of 29,858 | =272 in South America | #75 in BR |
| Elevation | 240 m / 786 ft | =21,721 of 43,403 | =4,947 in South America | =3,843 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | RDO | 130.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [BR-1897](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-1897.md) Aerovaço Airport · 13 km / 8.3 mi
- [SNCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snct.md) Ubaporanga Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [GVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgv.md) Coronel Altino Machado Airport · 83 km / 52 mi
- [SJO7](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sjo7.md) Elber Pereira Municipal Airport · 92 km / 57 mi
- [JMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snjm.md) Aeroporto Elias Breder Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [SJ1M](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sj1m.md) Fazenda Maravilha Airport · 101 km / 63 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: “Vale do Aço Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vale_do_Aço_Regional_Airport&oldid=1376162707), 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/sbip/data