Vale do Aço Regional Airport

Vale do Aço Regional Airport (IATA: IPN, ICAO: SBIP), formerly known as Usiminas Airport, is the airport serving Ipatinga, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of Santana do Paraíso.

Vale do Aço Regional Airport


Aeroporto Regional do Vale do Aço
Passenger terminal of the Vale do Aço Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator
ServesIpatinga
LocationSantana do Paraíso, Brazil
Time zoneBRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL239 m / 784 ft
Coordinates19°28′14″S 042°29′17″W
Websitewww4.infraero.gov.br/aeroporto-ipatinga/
Map
IPN is located in Brazil
IPN
IPN
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,005 6,578 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers138,057
Aircraft Operations4678
Metric tonnes of cargo104
Statistics: Infraero[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC[3]

It is managed by contract by Infraero.

History

Formerly owned and managed by the steel manufacturer Usiminas, in 2012 the administration began to be conducted in partnership with Socicam.[4] However, in March 2016 the concessionary became temporarily the sole administrator. On August 7, 2020, the State of Minas Gerais signed a contract of operation with Infraero.[5][6]

As result of structural problems on the runway, on February 20, 2019, ANAC suspended all operations at the airport, so that the concessionary could solve the problems.[7] The airport was reopened on December 1, 2021.[8]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Belo Horizonte–Confins
Voepass Linhas Aéreasa São Paulo–Congonhas (ends 30 March 2024)

Note:
a: Flight operated with Voepass equipment on behalf of LATAM Brasil.

Access

The airport is located 4 km (2 mi) from downtown Santana do Paraíso and 5 km (3 mi) from Ipatinga.

See also

References
  1. "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 25 April 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  2. "Aeroporto Regional Vale do Aço". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  3. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. "Edital sobre licitação do aeroporto previsto para ser publicado em março". Diário do aço (in Portuguese). 1 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  5. "Contrato emergencial para aeroporto". Diário do aço (in Portuguese). 10 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  6. "Governo de MG contrata Infraero para administrar aeroporto do Vale do Aço". Aero Magazine (in Portuguese). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  7. "ANAC interdita o aeroporto de Ipatinga por falta de segurança". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). 20 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  8. "Solenidade marca a reabertura do Aeroporto Regional do Vale do Aço". Diário do Aço (in Portuguese). 1 December 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
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