Vale do Aço Regional Airport Aeroporto Regional do Vale do Aço | |||||||||||
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 Passenger terminal of the Vale do Aço Regional Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
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| Serves | Ipatinga | ||||||||||
| Location | Santana do Paraíso,Brazil | ||||||||||
| Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 240 m / 786 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°28′14″S042°29′17″W / 19.47056°S 42.48806°W /-19.47056; -42.48806 | ||||||||||
| Website | www4 | ||||||||||
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| Statistics: Infraero[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2]ANAC,[3]DECEA[4] | |||||||||||
Vale do Aço Regional Airport (IATA:IPN,ICAO:SBIP), formerly known asUsiminas Airport, is theairport servingIpatinga, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality ofSantana do Paraíso.
It is operated byInfraero.
Formerly owned and managed by the steel manufacturerUsiminas, in 2012 the administration began to be conducted in partnership with Socicam.[5] However, in March 2016 the concessionary became temporarily the sole administrator. On August 7, 2020, the State ofMinas Gerais signed a contract of operation withInfraero.[6][7]
As result of structural problems on the runway, on February 20, 2019,ANAC suspended all operations at the airport, so that the concessionary could solve the problems.[8] The airport was reopened on December 1, 2021.[9]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Azul Brazilian Airlines | Belo Horizonte–Confins |
The airport is located 4 km (2 mi) from downtown Santana do Paraíso and 5 km (3 mi) from Ipatinga.
