Airports

Santa Catarina has 2 international operating airfields – one in Florianópolis and another one in Navegantes, recently enlarged – besides other important regional airfields, which have normal operations and capacity for medium size airplanes, the case of Joinville, Chapecó, Blumenau, Lages and Forquilhinha/Criciúma. Completing the excellent area of coverage in the state, there are four sub-regional airports, in Caçador, Três Barras, Concórdia and São Miguel d’Oeste.

The Hercílio Luz Airport, in Florianópolis, an important tourist city in the country during the summer, is becoming increasingly more important as an event location, receives more than 1.5 million passengers per year, distributed in around 30 thousand flights.

By 2009, Florianópolis will receive a new passenger terminal, with a capacity for 2.7 million passengers per year (almost twice the current size), in an area of 27.4 thousand m2.