Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (IATA: MGF, ICAO: SBMG), is the airport serving Maringá, Brazil. It is named after Sílvio Name Júnior (1967-2000), a local businessman and politician who died in a plane crash.[6]
It is operated by Terminais Aéreos de Maringá – SBMG, a semi-independent Transportation Authority of Maringá, indirectly related to the Municipality of Maringá, and under the supervision of Aeroportos do Paraná (SEIL).
History
The airport was built as a replacement to Dr. Gastão Vidigal Regional Airport, which was closed.[7]
The facility was built between October, 1994 and September 16, 2000. It began operating on April 25, 2001.
Its terminal is designed to handle more than 430,000 passengers per year.