SGIB
Itaipú Airport
VFR
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Name
Itaipú Airport
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ICAO / GPS
SGIB / SGIB
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
8:38 am (PYT)
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Municipality
Itaipú
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Coordinates
25° 24′ 27″ N 54° 37′ 9″ E
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Elevation
745 ft (227 m MSL)
About Itaipú Airport
Itaipu Airport (ICAO: SGIB) is an airport serving the city of Hernandarias in Alto Paraná Department, Paraguay.
The Itaipu non-directional beacon (ident: ITU) is located on the field. Both the Ciudad del Este vortac (ident: VES) and the Foz Do Iguacu VOR-DME (ident: FOZ) are within 13 nautical miles (24 kilometres) of the airport.
The airline Sol del Paraguay (PI) has plans to start daily (Mon-Fri) flights between Asuncion (ASU) and Itaipu, using a Cessna Grand Caravan 12-seat aircraft. It is hoped to start in August 2018, but this depends on the airport, which needs to make necessary improvements for commercial activities.