Vale do Aço Regional Airport

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 (2023)
Passengers 191,016 38% Aircraft Operations 5,343 14% Metric tonnes of cargo 167 61%
Statistics: Infraero[1] Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

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.

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
Voepass^a	São Paulo–Congonhas

Note:
^a: Flight operated with Voepass equipment on behalf of LATAM Brasil.

Access

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

See also

• List of airports in Brazil

References

1. "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 26 February 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
2. "Aeroporto Regional Vale do Aço". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 June 2023.
3. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
4. "USIMINAS (SBIP)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
5. "Edital sobre licitação do aeroporto previsto para ser publicado em março". Diário do aço (in Portuguese). 1 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
6. "Contrato emergencial para aeroporto". Diário do aço (in Portuguese). 10 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
7. "Governo de MG contrata Infraero para administrar aeroporto do Vale do Aço". Aero Magazine (in Portuguese). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
8. "ANAC interdita o aeroporto de Ipatinga por falta de segurança". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). 20 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
9. "Solenidade marca a reabertura do Aeroporto Regional do Vale do Aço". Diário do Aço (in Portuguese). 1 December 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2023.

External links

• Airport information for SBIP at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for SBIP at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for IPN at Aviation Safety Network