Campo Grande International Airport

Campo Grande International Airport (IATA: CGR, ICAO: SBCG), sometimes also informally referred to as Antônio João Airport, after the neighborhood where it is located, is the airport serving Campo Grande, Brazil.

Campo Grande International Airport


Aeroporto International de Campo Grande
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
OperatorInfraero
ServesCampo Grande
Time zoneTime in Brazil (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL559 m / 1,834 ft
Coordinates20°28′10″S 054°40′13″W
Websitewww4.infraero.gov.br/aeroportos/aeroporto-internacional-de-campo-grande/
Map
CGR
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 2,600 8,530 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers1,031,542 45%
Aircraft Operations12,664 24%
Metric tonnes of cargo2,457 29%
Statistics: Infraero[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC[3]

It is operated by Infraero.

Some of its facilities are shared with the Campo Grande Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.

History

The airport started operating in the 1930s as a military airfield. In the 1950s, the airport began to operate with commercial flights. The passenger terminal was dedicated in 1964.

Since 1975 it is operated by Infraero. The passenger terminal was enlarged from 1,500m² to 5,000m² during the 1980s and to 6,082 m in 19982.

CGR Airport - Main hall
CGR apron

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Campinas, Cuiabá, Curitiba
Gol Transportes Aéreos Rio de Janeiro–Santos Dumont (begins 2 August 2022),[4] São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM Brasil Brasília, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos

Access

The airport is located 7 km (4 mi) from downtown Campo Grande. It is served by public transportation with bus lines 409 and 414.

See also

References
  1. "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  2. "Aeroporto Internacional de Campo Grande". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. "Campo Grande terá vôo direto para o Rio de Janeiro". UOL (in Portuguese). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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