Vale do Aço Regional Airport

Vale do Aço Regional Airport (IATA: IPN, ICAO: SBIP), formerly known as Usiminas Airport, is the airport serving Ipatinga, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of Santana do Paraíso.

Vale do Aço Regional Airport Aeroporto Regional do Vale do Aço
Passenger terminal of the Vale do Aço Regional Airport
IATA: IPN ICAO: SBIP LID: MG0007
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Usiminas (1959–2016) Socicam (2016–2020) Infraero (2020–present)
Serves	Ipatinga
Location	Santana do Paraíso, Brazil
Time zone	BRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	240 m / 786 ft
Coordinates	19°28′14″S 042°29′17″W
Website	www4.infraero.gov.br/aeroporto-ipatinga/
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 2,004 6,575 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers 176,466 8% Aircraft Operations 5,569 4% Metric tonnes of cargo 226 35%
Statistics: Infraero[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

It is operated by Infraero.

History

Formerly owned and managed by the steel manufacturer Usiminas, 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 of Minas Gerais signed a contract of operation with Infraero.^[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 and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines	Belo Horizonte–Confins

Access

The airport is located 4 km (2 mi) from downtown Santana do Paraíso and 5 km (3 mi) from Ipatinga.

See also

• Aviation portal
• Brazil portal

• List of airports in Brazil