Imperatriz Airport
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Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport Aeroporto de Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Infraero | ||||||||||
| Serves | Imperatriz | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 131 m / 431 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 05°31′50″S 047°27′30″W / 5.53056°S 47.45833°WCoordinates: 05°31′50″S 047°27′30″W / 5.53056°S 47.45833°W | ||||||||||
| Website | Infraero IMP | ||||||||||
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Statistics: Infraero
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| Passengers | 328,929 |
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| Aircraft Operations | 9,177 |
| Metric tonnes of cargo | 1,554 |
Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport (IATA: IMP, ICAO: SBIZ) is the airport serving Imperatriz, Brazil. It is named after a former mayor of Imperatriz.
It is operated by Infraero.
Imperatriz has a long tradition of air services, which started with at the end of the 1930s with Syndicato Condor using seaplanes which landed at .
At the end of World War II, the first airport with a 1,200m x 30m earth runway was operational but it was subject to flooding during the rainy season. Even so, Cruzeiro do Sul, Real-Aerovias and later Varig maintained regular operations to Imperatriz.
Around the end of the 1960s studies were made for a completely new facility and the site of the present airport was chosen. The airport was opened in 1981 at the same time that an older facility was closed.
The airport is located 4 km (2 mi) from downtown Imperatriz.
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