Where is IGU airport?

IGU is a large airport in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil, at -25.5942, -54.4894, 240 m above sea level.

What time zone is IGU in?

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

How many passengers use IGU?

2,690,416 passengers in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026, according to ANAC, the Brazilian civil aviation agency (scheduled flights).

Cataratas International Airport opened in 1974.

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IGU — Cataratas International Airport

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Large airport in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.

IATA code: IGU
ICAO code: SBFI
Size: large; OurAirports class
Passengers: 2,690,416; Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Nonstop routes: 14; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−3; America/Sao_Paulo
Elevation: 240 m; 787 ft
Runways: 1; Longest 2,705 m

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About IGU

Cataratas International Airport is a large airport serving Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. It opened in 1974 and is run by Infraero. 2,690,416 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 14 nonstop routes from IGU.

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Busiest nonstop routes from IGU

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
IGU → GRU	Sao Paulo, Brazil	847 km	911,375
IGU → GIG	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1,182 km	573,059
IGU → CGH	Sao Paulo, Brazil	823 km	545,856
IGU → CWB	São José dos Pinhais, Brazil	534 km	227,512
IGU → VCP	Sao Paulo, Brazil	800 km	222,818
IGU → BSB	Brasília, Brazil	1,275 km	117,752
IGU → SCL	Santiago, Chile	1,798 km	43,969
IGU → CNF	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	1,266 km	23,153
IGU → FOR	Fortaleza, Brazil	2,956 km	10,596
IGU → REC	Recife, Brazil	2,835 km	9,596
IGU → POA	Porto Alegre, Brazil	587 km	4,034
IGU → RAO	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	846 km	412
IGU → EZE	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1,094 km	183
IGU → PMG	Ponta Porã, Brazil	359 km	101

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.

Airports within 150 km

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
IGR	Cataratas Del Iguazú International Airport	Puerto Iguazú, Argentina	16 km
AGT	Guaraní International Airport	Ciudad del Este, Paraguay	38 km
CAC	Coronel Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport	Cascavel, Brazil	119 km
TOW	Toledo - Luiz Dalcanale Filho Municipal Airport	Toledo, Brazil	129 km

Distance from IGU to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
IGU → LHR	London, United Kingdom	10,035 km	—
IGU → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	13,065 km	—
IGU → CDG	Paris, France	10,012 km	—
IGU → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	10,423 km	—
IGU → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	11,311 km	—
IGU → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	10,367 km	—
IGU → JFK	New York, United States	7,599 km	—
IGU → ATL	Atlanta, United States	7,280 km	—
IGU → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	9,433 km	—
IGU → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	16,478 km	—
IGU → HND	Tokyo, Japan	18,263 km	—
IGU → DOH	Doha, Qatar	12,704 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
15/33	2,705 m	45 m	Asphalt	No

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Location

Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil · -25.5942, -54.4894

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Questions

Cataratas International Airport has the IATA code IGU and the ICAO code SBFI. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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