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Goiânia International Airport

Goiânia/Santa Genoveva International Airport (IATA: GYN, ICAO: SBGO) is the airport serving Goiânia, Brazil.

It is operated by CCR (Companhia de Concessoes Rodoviarias), a Brazilian toll road operator.

History

The airport was commissioned in 1955, although operations started a few years earlier. In 1974, Infraero started to operate the airport.

In 2010, the government of the state of Goiás, in order to encourage tourism and aviation, reduced the tax on petrol from 15% to 3%. After such a reduction, there was some interest from airlines to build a hub at Santa Genoveva Airport, but operational limitations prevented the immediate implementation of such a plan.

The old passenger terminal was capable of handling 600,000 passengers/year, but in its last few years it had been operating beyond its capacity; in 2015, it handled more than 5 times its capacity. On May 9, 2016, a new passenger terminal located on the opposite side of the old and across the runway was opened. It is capable of handling 6,3 million passengers/year. This new terminal has 32 check-in counters and 8 jetways, apart from the usual amenities such as stores and restaurants.

Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021, CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Belo Horizonte–Confins, Campinas, Cuiabá, Florianópolis, Palmas, Recife, Salvador da Bahia
Seasonal: Fortaleza, João Pessoa, Maceió, Natal
Azul Conecta Barra do Garças
Gol Linhas Aéreas Brasília, Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos
Seasonal: Rio de Janeiro–Galeão
LATAM Brasil Brasília, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos

Statistics

Terminal land-side

Following is the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to Infraero (2007-2021) and CCR (2022-2023) reports:

Year Passenger Aircraft Cargo (t)
2023 3,181,909 54,901
2022 1,964,763 44,492
2021 2,100,107 Increase 42% 49,981 Increase 38% 7,905 Increase 109%
2020 1,477,049 Decrease 55% 36,116 Decrease 35% 3,776 Decrease 59%
2019 3,302,785 Increase 2% 55,861 Decrease 16% 9,169 Decrease 2%
2018 3,224,837 Increase 4% 66,855 Increase 12% 9,380 Increase 24%
2017 3,088,274 Increase 2% 59,879 Increase 1% 7,563 Increase 31%
2016 3,016,798 Decrease 9% 59,142 Decrease 9% 5,758 Decrease 15%
2015 3,312,290 Decrease 2% 65,019 Decrease 1% 6,736 Decrease 8%
2014 3,363,192 Increase 12% 65,678 Increase 6% 7,301 Decrease 5%
2013 3,000,592 Decrease 2% 61,847 Decrease 13% 7,694 Decrease 3%
2012 3,076,858 Increase 10% 71,030 Increase 1% 7,945 Increase 11%
2011 2,802,002 Increase 19% 70,128 Increase 8% 7,174 Increase 41%
2010 2,348,648 Increase 33% 64,678 Increase 23% 5,097 Decrease 9%
2009 1,772,424 Increase 14% 52,584 Increase 13% 5,645 Decrease 11%
2008 1,554,000 Steady 46,564 Increase 8% 6,370 Decrease 4%
2007 1,546,476 43,136 6,605

Note:
: 2022 series provided by CCR is incomplete, lacking data for the months of January, February and part of March.

Accidents and incidents

  • 22 February 1975: VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMU en route from Goiânia to Brasília was hijacked by 1 person who demanded ransom. The hijacker was taken down.
  • 29 September 1988: VASP Boeing 737-300 registration PP-SNT operating Flight 375 en route from Belo Horizonte-Confins to Rio de Janeiro was hijacked by 1 person who wanted to force a crash on the Palácio do Planalto, the official presidential workplace in Brasília. The pilot convinced the hijacker to divert to Goiânia where an emergency landing was made. The hijack ended with 1 victim.

Access

The airport is located 8 km (5 mi) from downtown Goiânia.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Movimentação Aeroportuária". CCR (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Goiânia". CCR Aeroportos (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  4. ^ "SANTA GENOVEVA (SBGO)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. ^ Schapochnik, Claudio (1 April 2010). "Goiás reduz a alíquota do ICMS sobre querosene de aviação" (in Portuguese). Panrotas. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Fórum de Turismo anuncia instalação em setembro. Serão 14 voos diários" (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado de Goiás. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  7. ^ "Novo aeroporto de Goiânia deve ser inauguado com a presença de Dilma" (in Portuguese). G1. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Novo terminal do aeroporto de Goiânia foi inaugurado hoje". Aeroflap (in Portuguese). 9 May 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Governo federal arrecada R$ 3,3 bilhões com leilão de 22 aeroportos". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Anuário Estatístico Operacional" (PDF). Infraero (in Portuguese). 12 April 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Incident description PP-SMU". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  13. ^ "Incident description PP-SNT". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  14. ^ "Sangue no vôo 375". Abril: Veja (in Portuguese). 5 October 1988. Retrieved 16 May 2011.