Foz do Iguacu International Airport

Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport , is the airport serving Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. It is named after the Iguazu Falls ().

It is operated by Infraero.

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Airlines and destinations

<small>a. Airline operating regular charter flights.</small>

Accidents and incidents

• 18 August 2000: VASP, a Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMG en route from Foz do Iguaçu to Curitiba-Afonso Pena was hijacked by 5 persons with the purpose of robbing BRL 5 million (approximately USD 2.75 Million) that the aircraft was transporting. The pilot was forced to land at Porecatu where the hijackers fled with the money. There were no victims.
  
  

  Access

  The airport is located from downtown Foz do Iguaçu.
  
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  See also

  • List of the busiest airports in Brazil
  
  
  

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