Goiânia International Airport

Goiânia/Santa Genoveva International Airport
Aeroporto Internacional de Goiânia/Santa Genoveva
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator
ServesGoiânia
Time zoneBRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL748 m (2,454 ft)
Coordinates16°37′57″S 049°13′16″W / 16.63250°S 49.22111°W / -16.63250; -49.22111
Websiteaeroportos.motiva.com.br/goiania-go/
Map
GYN is located in Brazil
GYN
GYN
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,500 7,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2025)
Passengers3,856,638 Increase 22%
Aircraft Operations57,605 Increase 11%
Statistics: Motiva[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC,[3] DECEA[4]

Goiânia/Santa Genoveva International Airport (IATA: GYN, ICAO: SBGO) is the airport serving Goiânia, Brazil.

It is operated by Motiva.

History

The airport was commissioned in 1955, although operations started a few years earlier. In 1974, Infraero started to operate the airport.

In 2010, the government of the state of Goiás, in order to encourage tourism and aviation, reduced the tax on petrol from 15% to 3%.[5] After such a reduction, there was some interest from airlines to build a hub at Santa Genoveva Airport,[6] but operational limitations prevented the immediate implementation of such a plan.

The old passenger terminal was capable of handling 600,000 passengers/year, but in its last few years it had been operating beyond its capacity; in 2015, it handled more than 5 times its capacity. On May 9, 2016, a new passenger terminal located on the opposite side of the old and across the runway was opened. It is capable of handling 6,3 million passengers/year.[7] This new terminal has 32 check-in counters and 8 jetways, apart from the usual amenities such as stores and restaurants.[8]

Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021, CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[9] On April 26, 2025 CCR was rebranded as Motiva.[10]

On November 18, 2025 the entire airports portfolio of Motiva was sold to the Mexican airport operator ASUR. Motiva will cease to operate airports.[11] On February 10, 2026 the transaction was still pending government approval.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Belo Horizonte–Confins,[12] Campinas,[13] Maceió,[14] Palmas,[15] Recife[16]
Seasonal: Salvador da Bahia[17]
Gol Linhas Aéreas Brasília,[18] Cuiabá,[19] Rio de Janeiro–Galeão,[20] Salvador da Bahia,[21] São Paulo–Congonhas,[22] São Paulo–Guarulhos[23]
LATAM Brasil Brasília,[24] São Paulo–Congonhas,[25] São Paulo–Guarulhos[24]

Statistics

Terminal land-side

Following are the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to Infraero (2007-2021) and Motiva (2022-2025) reports:[26][27][1]

YearPassengerAircraftCargo (t)
20253,856,638 Increase 22%57,605 Increase 11%
20243,157,061 Decrease 1%52,085 Decrease 5%
20233,181,90954,901
2022a1,964,76344,492
20212,100,107 Increase 42%49,981 Increase 38%7,905 Increase 109%
20201,477,049 Decrease 55%36,116 Decrease 35%3,776 Decrease 59%
20193,302,785 Increase 2%55,861 Decrease 16%9,169 Decrease 2%
20183,224,837 Increase 4%66,855 Increase 12%9,380 Increase 24%
20173,088,274 Increase 2%59,879 Increase 1%7,563 Increase 31%
20163,016,798 Decrease 9%59,142 Decrease 9%5,758 Decrease 15%
20153,312,290 Decrease 2%65,019 Decrease 1%6,736 Decrease 8%
20143,363,192 Increase 12%65,678 Increase 6%7,301 Decrease 5%
20133,000,592 Decrease 2%61,847 Decrease 13%7,694 Decrease 3%
20123,076,858 Increase 10%71,030 Increase 1%7,945 Increase 11%
20112,802,002 Increase 19%70,128 Increase 8%7,174 Increase 41%
20102,348,648 Increase 33%64,678 Increase 23%5,097 Decrease 9%
20091,772,424 Increase 14%52,584 Increase 13%5,645 Decrease 11%
20081,554,000 Steady46,564 Increase 8%6,370 Decrease 4%
20071,546,47643,1366,605

Note:
a: 2022 series provided by CCR is incomplete, lacking data for the months of January, February and part of March.

Accidents and incidents

  • 22 February 1975: VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMU en route from Goiânia to Brasília was hijacked by 1 person who demanded ransom. The hijacker was taken down.[28]
  • 29 September 1988: VASP Boeing 737-300 registration PP-SNT operating Flight 375 en route from Belo Horizonte-Confins to Rio de Janeiro was hijacked by 1 person who wanted to force a crash on the Palácio do Planalto, the official presidential workplace in Brasília. The pilot convinced the hijacker to divert to Goiânia where an emergency landing was made. The hijack ended with 1 victim.[29][30]
  • 14 January 2011: a Beechcraft B200 Super King Air registration PR-ART belonging to CMN Construtora Meio Norte while on a VOR approach to Goiânia-Santa Genoveva Airport runway 32 in heavy rain, impacted Santo Antônio Hill, 11 km short of the runway. The pilot and five passengers were fatally injured.[31]

Access

The airport is located 8 km (5 mi) from downtown Goiânia.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Informações operacionais-movimentação aeroportuária". Motiva (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "Goiânia". Motiva (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "SANTA GENOVEVA (SBGO)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Schapochnik, Claudio (1 April 2010). "Goiás reduz a alíquota do ICMS sobre querosene de aviação" (in Portuguese). Panrotas. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  6. ↑ "Fórum de Turismo anuncia instalação em setembro. Serão 14 voos diários" (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado de Goiás. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  7. ↑ "Novo aeroporto de Goiânia deve ser inauguado com a presença de Dilma" (in Portuguese). G1. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Novo terminal do aeroporto de Goiânia foi inaugurado hoje". Aeroflap (in Portuguese). 9 May 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  9. ↑ "Governo federal arrecada R$ 3,3 bilhões com leilão de 22 aeroportos". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "CCR agora é Motiva". Neofeed (in Portuguese). 14 July 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  11. ↑ "Motiva (MOTV3) vende aeroportos para Asur por R$ 11,5 bilhões". Infomoney (in Portuguese). 19 November 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  12. ↑ "Aeroporto de Confins passa a receber voos inéditos da Azul". Portal Eventos (in Portuguese). 14 January 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "Azul amplia oferta para o verão com 460 voos extras a partir de Campinas". Panrotas (in Portuguese). 10 November 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Goiânia tem novos voos de temporada para o Nordeste e ligação com Jundiaí (SP)". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 2 July 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Cancelamento de voo da Azul causa superlotação e tumulto em Palmas". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 20 December 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  16. ↑ Nilo, Clara (19 March 2025). "Azul lança rota sazonal entre Recife e Florianópolis". Jamildo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  17. ↑ "Azul amplia operações em Salvador com 432 voos extras na alta temporada". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 18 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "Gol e Avianca passam a oferecer novos voos em codeshare a partir de Brasília". Panrotas (in Portuguese). 24 July 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  19. ↑ "Após quase 15 anos, GOL Linhas Aéreas retomará voos entre Cuiabá e Goiânia a partir de 30 de abril". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 2 April 2026. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  20. ↑ "Rio de Janeiro ganha aumento de 40% de capacidade em voos da Gol na alta temporada". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 25 October 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  21. ↑ "GOL reativa seu hub no aeroporto de Salvador". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  22. ↑ "Gol terá mais voos de Congonhas para Rio, Brasília, Curitiba e Porto Alegre". Panrotas (in Portuguese). 25 March 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  23. ↑ "Gol aumenta voos de SP para MG, GO, SC, PR e Interior". Panrotas (in Portuguese). 4 April 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  24. 1 2 "Veja quando cada cidade começará a ter voos com os novos jatos Embraer E2 da LATAM". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 12 August 2026. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
  25. ↑ "LATAM anuncia ampliação de quase dois dígitos na oferta de voos domésticos no Brasil até junho". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 2 March 2026. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
  26. ↑ "Anuário Estatístico Operacional" (PDF). Infraero (in Portuguese). 12 April 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  27. ↑ "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  28. ↑ "Incident description PP-SMU". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  29. ↑ "Incident description PP-SNT". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  30. ↑ "Sangue no vôo 375". Abril: Veja (in Portuguese). 5 October 1988. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  31. ↑ "Accident description PR-ART". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
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