Tancredo Neves International Airport
| Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport Aeroporto Internacional Tancredo Neves/Confins |
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| IATA: CNF – ICAO: SBCF | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | BH Airport | ||||||||||
| Serves | Belo Horizonte | ||||||||||
| Location | Confins, Brazil | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Azul Brazilian Airlines Gol Transportes Aéreos |
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| Focus city for | TAM Airlines | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 827 m / 2,713 ft | ||||||||||
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| Website | bh-airport.com.br/ | ||||||||||
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Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (IATA: CNF, ICAO: SBCF), formerly called Confins International Airport, is the main airport serving Belo Horizonte and Metropolitan Area, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of Confins. Since 2 September 1986 the airport is named after Tancredo de Almeida Neves (1910–1985), President-elect of Brazil.[4]
It is operated by BH Airport S.A..
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History
The airport was built by Infraero and inaugurated in 1984. Its purpose was to lessen the congestion at Pampulha Airport, which at the time was operating at 120% of its capacity of 1.3 million passengers per year. It was expected that by 1990, passenger movement at Confins would be nearly 2 million passengers per year. However, it surpassed the 1 million passenger mark only 22 years later. Presently its maximum operational capacity is 5 million passengers per year.[5]
After its inauguration, just a small fraction of the capacity of Confins was used. This was partly due to its distance from downtown Belo Horizonte and, until recently, to the lack of satisfactory transportation alternatives for the pricey (about USD40) taxi rides. The over-crowded Pampulha Airport remained the airport of choice.
In order to revert this scenario, in March 2005 the government of the state of Minas Gerais with the support of agencies of the Federal government decided to restrict Pampulha to operations of aircraft with capacity of up to 50 passengers.[6] In the months thereafter, most operations were forced to move to Confins and the airport gained a new momentum. At that time, 130 flights were transferred from Pampulha to Confins, increasing annual passenger flow from 350,000 to around 3.0 million that year.
The problems related to the distance of Confins to downtown Belo Horizonte were lessened by recent projects such as the improvement of the highway that links the city center to the airport (MG-10 highway), part of a larger project called Linha Verde (Green Line), which seeks to reduce the time needed to reach the airport.[7] Another project called the "Industrial Airport" in underway. In this project the government will exempt tax of businesses interested in settling their operations near the airport.[8]
Its cargo facilities have a capacity of handling 18.000 tones (39.682.000 lb) and the warehouse has 6.400 m² (68.889 ft²).
The main maintenance facilities of Gol Airlines are located at this airport.[9]
On 26 April 2011 it was confirmed that in order to speed-up much needed renovation and up-grade works, private companies will be granted a concession to explore some Infraero airports among them, on a second phase, Confins.[10] The plan was confirmed on 31 May 2011 and it was added that Infraero would retain 49% of the shares of each privatized airport and that negotioations are expected to be concluded on the first half of 2012.[11]
On 22 November 2013 the Brazilian Government had a bidding process to determine the operator of the airport from 2014 until 2044. The group BH Airport formed by CCR (75%) and the administrator of Munich and Zurich Airports (25%) won the competition.[12][13]
On September 16, 2015, a provisory international terminal - terminal 3 - was opened. Since that day terminal 1 handles only domestic operations, while a new terminal 2 is under construction.[14]
Future developments
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. On 31 August 2009, the previous concessionary, Infraero, unveiled a BRL342.3 million (USD180.3 million; EUR126.4 million) investment plan to up-grade Tancredo Neves International Airport focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The investiment was supposed to be distributed as follows:[15]
- Parking. Value 6.8. Completed: July 2010[16]
- Extension of runway, enlargement of apron and cargo terminal, construction of further taxiways. Value 120.0. Completion: July 2013
- Renovation of the passenger terminal. Value 215.5. Completion: March 2014
Presently, the extension of the runway and the renovation of the passenger terminal are still being implemented.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Total Linhas Aéreas | Fortaleza, Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo-Guarulhos |
| ABSA Cargo | Campinas, Fortaleza, Miami |
| Florida West | Miami |
| Mas Air | Miami |
| LAN Cargo | Campinas, Miami |
Accidents and incidents
- 15 September 2001: a TAM Airlines Fokker 100 registration PT-MRN operating the charter flight 9755, flying from Recife to Campinas-Viracopos, following an uncontrolled engine failure en route to Campinas had 3 cabin windows shattered by fragments of the engine and made an emergency landing at Belo Horizonte-Confins. One passenger was sucked out partly and held by another passenger until the aircraft landed. The passenger did not survive.[18][19]
Access
The airport is located 38 km (24 mi) north of downtown Belo Horizonte. It is regularly served by buses, taxis and Executive Airport Shuttle Buses. When using buses, transfer to the subway of Belo Horizonte is possible.
See also
References
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tancredo Neves International Airport. |
- Airport information for SBCF at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for SBCF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for SBCF at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for CNF at Aviation Safety Network
