Where is CWB airport?

CWB is a large airport in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, at -25.5285, -49.1758, 911 m above sea level. It serves São José dos Pinhais.

What time zone is CWB in?

CWB is in the America/Sao_Paulo time zone, UTC−3.

How many passengers use CWB?

6,149,818 passengers in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026, according to ANAC, the Brazilian civil aviation agency (scheduled flights).

Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport opened in 1945.

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Large airport in São José dos Pinhais, Brazil.

IATA code: CWB
ICAO code: SBCT
Size: large; OurAirports class
Passengers: 6,149,818; Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Nonstop routes: 39; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−3; America/Sao_Paulo
Elevation: 911 m; 2,989 ft
Runways: 2; Longest 2,218 m

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About CWB

Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport is a large airport serving São José dos Pinhais, Brazil. It opened in 1945 and is run by Infraero. 6,149,818 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 39 nonstop routes from CWB.

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Busiest nonstop routes from CWB

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
CWB → CGH	Sao Paulo, Brazil	331 km	1,617,620
CWB → GRU	Sao Paulo, Brazil	359 km	1,457,725
CWB → GIG	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	673 km	797,804
CWB → BSB	Brasília, Brazil	1,077 km	515,864
CWB → VCP	Sao Paulo, Brazil	348 km	488,033
CWB → POA	Porto Alegre, Brazil	532 km	460,027
CWB → CNF	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	844 km	238,319
CWB → IGU	Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil	534 km	227,512
CWB → AEP	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1,339 km	54,032
CWB → MGF	Maringá, Brazil	367 km	53,639
CWB → SCL	Santiago, Chile	2,264 km	52,507
CWB → LDB	Londrina, Brazil	313 km	44,991
CWB → LIM	Lima, Peru	3,292 km	39,543
CWB → CAC	Cascavel, Brazil	440 km	36,124
CWB → SSA	Salvador, Brazil	1,802 km	15,542
CWB → PTO	Pato Branco, Brazil	361 km	13,465
CWB → MVD	Montevideo, Uruguay	1,224 km	11,052
CWB → ASU	Asunción, Paraguay	840 km	9,961
CWB → MCZ	Maceió, Brazil	2,268 km	4,727
CWB → REC	Recife, Brazil	2,448 km	4,660
CWB → LIS	Lisbon, Portugal	8,250 km	2,800
CWB → UMU	Umuarama, Brazil	461 km	536
CWB → GGJ	Guaíra, Brazil	532 km	472
CWB → EZE	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1,368 km	322
CWB → NVT	Navegantes, Brazil	159 km	301
CWB → SDU	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	676 km	288
CWB → GYN	Goiânia, Brazil	985 km	244
CWB → BPS	Porto Seguro, Brazil	1,453 km	213
CWB → UVI	União da Vitória, Brazil	205 km	208
CWB → FLN	Florianópolis, Brazil	245 km	202
CWB → RAO	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	507 km	200
CWB → SLZ	São Luís, Brazil	2,593 km	153
CWB → NAT	São Gonçalo do Amarante, Brazil	2,635 km	146
CWB → OPS	Sinop, Brazil	1,654 km	144
CWB → CGR	Campo Grande, Brazil	794 km	125
CWB → MAO	Manaus, Brazil	2,747 km	104
CWB → ROO	Rondonópolis, Brazil	1,146 km	101
CWB → PPB	Presidente Prudente, Brazil	436 km	66
CWB → VIX	Vitória, Brazil	1,082 km	46

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports, ANAC (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026) for routes in and out of Brazil. Routes outside these are not counted.

Nearest airports

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
JOI	Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport	Joinville, Brazil	86 km
PGZ	Ponta Grossa Airport - Comandante Antonio Amilton Beraldo	Ponta Grossa, Brazil	105 km
NVT	Ministro Victor Konder International Airport	Navegantes, Brazil	159 km
UVI	José Cleto Airport	União da Vitória, Brazil	205 km
FLN	Hercílio Luz International Airport	Florianópolis, Brazil	246 km

Distance from CWB to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
CWB → LHR	London, United Kingdom	9,768 km	—
CWB → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	12,553 km	—
CWB → CDG	Paris, France	9,721 km	—
CWB → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	10,118 km	—
CWB → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	10,903 km	—
CWB → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	10,087 km	—
CWB → JFK	New York, United States	7,755 km	—
CWB → ATL	Atlanta, United States	7,536 km	—
CWB → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	9,836 km	—
CWB → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	16,091 km	—
CWB → HND	Tokyo, Japan	18,610 km	—
CWB → DOH	Doha, Qatar	12,195 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
15/33	2,218 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes
11/29	1,798 m	45 m	Asphalt	No

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Location

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil · -25.5285, -49.1758

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Questions

Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport has the IATA code CWB and the ICAO code SBCT. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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