Foz do Iguaçu International Airport
Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport, is the airport serving Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. It is named after the Iguazu Falls and provides air-connections to the falls located at Iguaçu National Park, and to Itaipu Dam.
It is operated by Motiva.
History
The airport was opened on January 7, 1974 replacing the older Iguassú National Park Airport, closer to downtown which was then closed.Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021, CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport. On April 26, 2025 CCR was rebranded as Motiva.
Statistics
Following is the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to Infraero and Motiva reports:| Year | Passenger | Aircraft | Cargo |
| 2025 | 2,274,784 23% | 19,335 15% | |
| 2024 | 1,850,980 4% | 16,850 1% | |
| 2023 | 1,919,109 | 16,622 | |
| 2022 | 1,185,316 | 11,897 | |
| 2021 | 951,540 16% | 10,319 21% | 366 26% |
| 2020 | 822,403 64% | 8,514 60% | 291 61% |
| 2019 | 2,314,532 1% | 21,117 1% | 747 2% |
| 2018 | 2,342,489 8% | 21,636 3% | 762 51% |
| 2017 | 2,177,298 18% | 20,929 14% | 504 3% |
| 2016 | 1,851,116 10% | 18,402 8% | 521 10% |
| 2015 | 2,056,050 9% | 20,065 6% | 577 57% |
| 2014 | 1,880,564 12% | 18,887 2% | 367 13% |
| 2013 | 1,677,460 4% | 18,524 7% | 324 46% |
| 2012 | 1,741,526 3% | 19,917 2% | 603 31% |
| 2011 | 1,691,392 46% | 20,365 28% | 879 9% |
| 2010 | 1,155,615 43% | 15,886 33% | 804 10% |
| 2009 | 807,540 5% | 11,918 10% | 733 3% |
| 2008 | 766,444 6% | 10,878 4% | 713 10% |
| 2007 | 721,385 | 10,410 | 649 |
Note:
Accidents and incidents
- 18 August 2000: a VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMG en route from Foz do Iguaçu to Curitiba was hijacked by five persons with the purpose of robbing 5 million that the aircraft was transporting. The pilot was forced to land at Porecatu where the hijackers fled with the money. No one was injured.