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
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator
ServesIpatinga
LocationSantana do Paraíso, Brazil
Time zoneBRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL239 m / 784 ft
Coordinates19°28′14″S 042°29′17″W
Websitewww4.infraero.gov.br/aeroportos/aeroporto-regional-do-vale-do-aco/
Map
IPN is located in Brazil
IPN
IPN
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,005 6,578 Asphalt
Sources: Airport Website,[1] ANAC[2]

It is managed by contract by Infraero.

History

Formerly owned and managed by the steel manufacturer Usiminas, in 2012 the administration started to be conducted in partnership with Socicam.[3] However, in March 2016 the concessionary became temporarily the sole administrator. Later, the administration returned to Infraero.[4]

As result of structural problems on the runway, on February 20, 2019, ANAC suspended all operations at Usiminas Airport until the concessionary solves the problems.[5]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Belo Horizonte–Confins
Voepass Linhas Aéreasa São Paulo–Congonhas

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

Access

The airport is located 5 km (3 mi) from downtown Ipatinga.

See also

References
  1. "Aeroporto Regional Vale do Aço". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  3. "Edital sobre licitação do aeroporto previsto para ser publicado em março". Diário do aço (in Portuguese). 1 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  4. "Contrato emergencial para aeroporto". Diário do aço (in Portuguese). 10 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  5. "ANAC interdita o aeroporto de Ipatinga por falta de segurança". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). 20 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
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