Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport is the airport serving Cascavel

Cascavel

Cascavel is a city and municipality in western Paraná state, Brazil. The population is 296.975 inhabitants.The city is on a plateau 781 meters above sea level...

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Brazil

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It is operated by CETTRANS, the semi-independent Transportation Authority of Cascavel, indirectly related to the Municipality of Cascavel, and under the supervision of Aeroportos do Paraná (SETR)

Aeroportos do Paraná (SETR)

Aeroportos do Paraná is the department of airports infrastructure of the state of Paraná in Brazil. Aeroportos do Paraná is part of the Secretaria de Estado de Transportes do Estado do Paraná , and is responsible for the operational support of 36 public airports within the state, in partnership...

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History

The airport was inaugurated on November 12, 1977 and it is presently dedicated to general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

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Future developments

On July 5, 2010 in response to the increase of traffic at the airport, it was announced that the runway will be extended and enlarged from the present 1,615m x 30m to 1,730m x 45m.

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