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Tancredo Neves International Airport

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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Tancredo Neves International Airport

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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Belo Horizonte's gateway to Brazil and the world.

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1984

Location

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Tancredo Neves International Airport, commonly known as Confins Airport, is the primary international airport serving Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais state in Brazil. It is named after Tancredo Neves, the Brazilian president-elect who died in 1985 before taking office. The airport is located approximately 38 kilometers north of Belo Horizonte city center, near the municipality of Confins. It handles the majority of international and domestic traffic for the metropolitan region, having largely supplanted the older Pampulha Airport for most scheduled services. Confins serves as an important hub for LATAM Brasil and GOL Linhas Aéreas, connecting Belo Horizonte to major Brazilian cities as well as international destinations in Europe, North America, and other parts of South America.

Terminals

The airport operates with a single main passenger terminal that has undergone expansions and renovations to accommodate growing traffic.

Getting to & from

Ground transport options include the Move BRT express bus service, conventional buses, taxis, and app-based ride services connecting the airport to Belo Horizonte city center.

Airlines here

Major carriers operating at Confins include LATAM Brasil, GOL Linhas Aéreas, Azul Brazilian Airlines, and select international carriers such as Air France, TAP Air Portugal, and American Airlines.

Notable facts

›Named after Tancredo Neves, Brazil's first civilian president-elect after the military dictatorship, who died before his inauguration.
›Located near the town of Confins, giving rise to the airport's common informal name.
›Replaced Pampulha Airport as the region's main commercial aviation hub after opening in 1984.
›BH Airport consortium, led by CCR, has held the concession to operate the airport since 2014.
›The airport handled over 10 million passengers annually before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted air travel.

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Route map (33 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

American Airlines

Air Paradise International

Azul

Aerolineas Argentinas

Copa Airlines

City Connexion Airlines

Gol Transportes Aéreos

Sky Express

TAM Brazilian Airlines

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Oceanair

TAP Portugal

US Airways

Routes

CNF → MIAAA · 763

CNF → BPSAD · E95

CNF → CGBAD · E95 E90

CNF → CPVAD · E90

CNF → FORAD · E95

CNF → IPNAD · AT7

CNF → IZAAD · AT7

CNF → RAOAD · AT7

CNF → SDUAD · E90 E95

CNF → SSAAD · E95

CNF → UBAAD · AT7

CNF → UDIAD · E95

CNF → VCPAD · E95 E90

CNF → VIXAD · E95 E90

CNF → BELAD · E95

CNF → BSBAD · E95

CNF → CKSAD · E95

CNF → CWBAD · E95 E90

CNF → GRUAD · E90 E95

CNF → GYNAD · E90

CNF → IMPAD · E95

CNF → MAOAD · E95

CNF → MOCAD · E90 E95

CNF → POAAD · E95

CNF → RECAD · E90 E95

CNF → SLZAD · E95

CNF → VDCAD · AT7

CNF → AEPAR · E90

CNF → PTYCM · 738 73G

CNF → BSBG3 · 738 73G

CNF → CGHG3 · 738 73G

CNF → GIGG3 · 738 73G

CNF → GRUG3 · 738 73G

CNF → MOCG3 · 73G

CNF → VCPG3 · 738

CNF → BPSG3 · 738

CNF → GYNG3 · 73G

CNF → IOSG3 · 73G

CNF → RECG3 · 738

CNF → SDUG3 · 738 73G

CNF → SSAG3 · 738

CNF → UDIG3 · 738 73G

CNF → VIXG3 · 73G 738

CNF → CGHJJ · 319 320

CNF → GIGJJ · 320

CNF → GRUJJ · 320 321

CNF → SSAJJ · 320

CNF → BPSJJ · 320 319

CNF → BSBJJ · 320 319

CNF → MIAJJ · 763

CNF → SDUJJ · 319

CNF → GRUKL · 738

CNF → BSBO6 · 100

CNF → LISTP · 332 343

CNF → MIAUS · 763

Aircraft operating here

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Encyclopaedia

Belo Horizonte/Confins–Tancredo Neves International Airport, formerly called Confins International Airport, is the primary international airport serving Belo Horizonte, located in the municipality of Confins, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Since 2 September 1986, the airport is named after Tancredo de Almeida Neves (1910–1985), President-elect of Brazil.

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