AirportsCataratas International Airport is a large airport serving Foz do Iguaçu, in Paraná, Brazil. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is IGU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- IGU
- ICAO code
- SBFI
- City
- Foz do Iguaçu
- State or region
- Paraná
- Country
- Brazil
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 25.5942° S, 54.4894° W
- Elevation
- 240 m (786 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,705 m (8,875 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, IGU means Cataratas International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SBFI. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 25.5942° S, 54.4894° W. It stands 240 metres (786 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Argentina/Cordoba, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Cataratas International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,705 metres (8,875 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 129 airports of Brazil on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 13.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 2,705 m 8,875 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cataratas Del Iguazú International AirportPuerto Iguazu, Argentina | IGR | 16 km |
| Guaraní International AirportCiudad del Este, Paraguay | AGT | 39 km |
| Coronel Adalberto Mendes da Silva AirportCascavel | CAC | 119 km |
| Toledo - Luiz Dalcanale Filho Municipal AirportToledo | TOW | 129 km |
| Paulo Abdala AirportFrancisco Beltrão | FBE | 152 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 15,242 km | 18 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,587 km | 18 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,063 km | 16 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 10,058 km | 12 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,630 km | 9 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,448 km | 11 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,468 km | 20 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 18,260 km | 22 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,861 km | 16 h 00 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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