{{Infobox airport | name = Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport | nativename = {{lang|pt|Aeroporto Regional Sílvio Name Júnior|italic=yes}} | nativename-a = | nativename-r = | image = MGF 11 2012 Maringa Regional Airport 4689.jpg | image-width = | caption = | IATA = MGF | ICAO = SBMG | LID = PR0004 | GPS = | WMO = | type = Public | owner-oper = | owner = | operator = Terminais Aéreos de Maringá – SBMG S.A.<br>SEIL | city-served = Maringá | opened = {{start date and years ago|df=y|2001|4|25}} | location = | hub = | timezone = BRT | utc = UTC−03:00 | metric-elev = yes | elevation-f = 1,801 | elevation-m = 549 | website = {{URL|http://aeroportomaringa.com.br/}} | coordinates = {{coord|23|28|35|S|052|01|04|W|region:BR-PR|display=it}} | pushpin_map = Paraná#Brazil | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_label = MGF | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_image = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil | metric-rwy = yes | r1-number = 10/28 | r1-length-f = 7,808 | r1-length-m = 2,380 | r1-surface = Asphalt | stat-year = 2011 | stat1-header = Passengers | stat1-data = 677,264 {{increase}} 33% | stat2-header = Aircraft Operations | stat2-data = 16,726 {{increase}} 10% | stat3-header = Metric tonnes of cargo | stat3-data = | footnotes = Statistics: SEIL<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infraestrutura.pr.gov.br/arquivos/File/aeroportos/Inf_Est_Aer_estat_de_passageiros.pdf|title=Estatística de passageiros|website=SEIL|language=pt|date=March 2012|access-date=18 July 2020|archive-date=5 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005022930/http://www.infraestrutura.pr.gov.br/arquivos/File/aeroportos/Inf_Est_Aer_estat_de_passageiros.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infraestrutura.pr.gov.br/arquivos/File/aeroportos/Inf_Est_Aer_estat_de_Pouso_mais_Decolagem_2005_2011.pdf|title=Movimentação de aeronaves|website=SEIL|language=pt|date=March 2012|access-date=18 July 2020|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085604/http://www.infraestrutura.pr.gov.br/arquivos/File/aeroportos/Inf_Est_Aer_estat_de_Pouso_mais_Decolagem_2005_2011.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><br>Sources: Airport Website,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aeroportomaringa.com.br/|title=Aeroporto Regional de Maringá|website=Aeroporto Regional de Maringá|access-date=18 May 2021|language=pt}}</ref> ANAC,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anac.gov.br/dadosabertos/areas-de-atuacao/aerodromos|title=Aeródromos|website=ANAC|date=29 April 2021|access-date=27 January 2022|language=pt}}</ref> DECEA<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aisweb.decea.mil.br/?i=aerodromos&codigo=SBMG|title=Silvio Name Junior (SBMG)|website=DECEA|access-date=29 March 2024|language=pt}}</ref> }}
'''Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport''' {{airport codes|MGF|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.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u16918.shtml | title=Vítima de acidente com bimotor era candidato a prefeito em Maringá | publisher=Folha.com | language=Portuguese | date=December 17, 2000 | accessdate=October 6, 2010 | first=Eduardo | last=Scolese}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maringahistorica.com.br/publicacoes/1654/aeroporto-regional-dr-gastao-vidigal-anos-1980|title=Aeroporto Regional Dr. Gastão Vidigal - Anos 1980|website=Maringá Histórica|access-date=14 October 2023|language=pt}}</ref>
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.
==Airlines and destinations== <!-- Please use only independent sources. The airport and the airline itself are not independent sources. --> {{Airport-dest-list |{{nowrap|Azul Brazilian Airlines}} | Campinas, Curitiba <!-- --> |Gol Linhas Aéreas | Curitiba, São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos <!-- --> |LATAM Brasil | São Paulo–Congonhas, São Paulo–Guarulhos }}
==Access== The airport is located {{convert|12|km|0|abbr=on}} from downtown Maringá.
==See also== {{Portal|Aviation|Brazil}} *List of airports in Brazil
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> File:Maringá Airport (MGF), Paraná, Brazil.jpg|alt=Aeroporto de Maringá (MGF)|Airport landside File:Maringá Airport (MGF), Check-in, Paraná, Brazil.jpg|alt=Balcões de check-in|Check-in area </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{GCM|SBMG|source=DAFIF}} *{{NWS-current|SBMG}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121020184222/http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=MGF Accident history for MGF] at Aviation Safety Network
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