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Foz do Iguaçu, BR
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Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil · South America
A one-terminal Motiva field on BR-469: 2.25 million passengers in 2025, a 2,705 m runway, three domestic-only lounges, Uber and a R$5 bus — and almost all of the flow is still GRU, GIG and CGH plus a thin JetSMART SCL door.
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Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil · South America
A one-terminal Motiva field on BR-469: 2.25 million passengers in 2025, a 2,705 m runway, three domestic-only lounges, Uber and a R$5 bus — and almost all of the flow is still GRU, GIG and CGH plus a thin JetSMART SCL door.
An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.
Most important tips
A compact traveler cheat sheet for timing, terminals, food, and disruption checks.
LATAM's general table is 2 hours for a domestic departure and 3 hours for an international one. IGU is not in the domestic exception list. Budget extra on the morning GRU bank when the single hall stacks.
LATAM's Brazil exception list for a 3-hour domestic buffer is GRU, CGH, BSB, SDU, GIG, POA, CWB, REC, FOR, SSA, BEL, CNF, FLN, GYN, PMW, MCP — IGU is not on it. Motiva also tells SCL passengers to allow three hours because of the second inspection and emigration.
Check-in is on the ground floor; security and the departure hold are upstairs. The Lounge Cataratas sits opposite Gate 2. Advantage is left after Dufry. Emerald is at the far end of the Duty Free corridor between gates 3 and 7.
SCL passengers share the first airside, then a second inspection and emigration into the international hold. Priority Pass and LoungeKey rooms are domestic boarding passes only. DragonPass explore/airport/IGU prints no lounge name — Emerald is press-verified, not a PP room.
Buy water landside or just after the first security filter on a domestic departure. Empty or buy 100 ml for JetSMART SCL. Operator has no published fountain map.
ANAC Resolução 515 100 ml / 1 L bag is for international flights and for anyone boarding from the international hold. A domestic GRU/GIG/CGH boarding pass is a different sterile. Duty Free liquids only help if you are already in that international hold with a sealed STEB.
The live 2,705 m runway is in passenger service. Overnight closures through 24 Oct 2026 hit the small hours, not the GRU morning bank. Do not sit leftover ficha 2,195 m as the live length.
AISWEB NOTAM N0085 / E4275/26 closes runway 15/33 daily 0330–0750 UTC (00:30–04:50 local) from 3 Sep to 24 Oct 2026. That is overnight maintenance, not a daytime hall closure. Bird hazard is a standing AISWEB note.
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Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
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Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
Worth-it density and access quality.
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Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport and the Foz do Iguaçu city center
4 ways into the city, compared on time, cost, and luggage.
3 lounges with access rules, hours, and verdicts. 2 rated worth it.
Treat IGR (Puerto Iguazú, Argentina) as a different airport. Same falls, different country, different sterile, different lounges. Your booking that says IGU is the Brazilian field on BR-469.
5 rated amenities — food, Wi-Fi, quiet spots, family, and sleep.
Where to refill for free, and where a bottle costs the least airside.
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Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport and the Foz do Iguaçu city center
Compare prepaid private transfers to Foz do Iguaçu — useful overnight, with luggage, or when you want a locked-in fare before you land.
Live Uber product at IGU. Trailing-month city→airport UberX about R$36, 12 km, 21 min. Comfort R$45, Moto R$19.
Tip: Uber Taxi is not an IGU product. Match plate and driver; ignore solicitors. Bolt is not shown for Brazil here.
Motiva-named curb line from TTU to the National Park via the airport. R$5 from 2 May 2024.
Tip: Curb stop on the airport meio-fio. Leftover WikiRoutes R$4.50 leftover-stale. Interval leftover-unverified as a 2026 sheet — check Foztrans the morning you fly.
Motiva-named rank on passenger terminal Piso 1. Fare unpublished on the operator page.
Tip: Do not sit leftover aggregator dollar flats as a 2026 Coopertaxi tariff.
Official on-airport lot. Motiva: consult Tarobá's table. (45) 3521-4272 / WA 99968-2153. 1,068 bays in Tarobá Nov 2025.
Tip: Online booking at aeroestar.com.br. Operator ficha leftover 1,010 leftover-stale vs Tarobá 1,068.
The older Advantage room, left after Dufry. Live PP 4.5/925. Max stay 3 hours. Conference extra. No showers. May–Jul 2026 renovation is over. Domestic only.
Full access guide
Add a photoThird domestic room, rebranded from Latitude to Emerald as of the 17 Jul 2026 Viagem Black walk-through. DragonPass / VAC. Do not mix leftover Argentine IGR lounge A10802. No showers in the press write-up. Not a Priority Pass door.
Full access guide
Add a photoSmall domestic-only room opposite Gate 2. Live PP 4.4/394. Unlimited stay on the PP sheet. No showers. Not for JetSMART SCL once you have crossed into the international hold.
Full access guide
Add a photoDomestic airside opposite Gate 2. Priority Pass / LoungeKey IGU1 04:00–20:00, unlimited stay, child under 12, play area. No showers.
Domestic airside, left after Dufry. Priority Pass 03:00–21:00 / LoungeKey IGU 03:40–20:20 leftover-conflicts. Max 3 h. No showers.
Airside first-floor corridor toward gates 2–7 after Fase 1B. Landmark for Advantage (turn left) and Emerald (far end). STEB liquids only help SCL passengers already in the international hold.
Motiva-named curb line, TTU ↔ National Park via the airport. Foztrans R$5 from 2 May 2024. No metro, no airport rail.
Domestic hold +700 m² and a new international hall with jet bridges on the same roof. Still one terminal — seating is better than the pre-2025 hall, not a hub-scale quiet zone.
LATAM's 3-hour domestic exception is GRU, CGH, BSB, SDU, GIG and other large halls. IGU is the general 2 h / 3 h table. Motiva also wants three hours for SCL because of the second inspection.
Typical first-filter wait is about 15 minutes in this one-hall field. Budget extra on the morning GRU bank. ANAC 100 ml is the SCL / international-hold rule, not a domestic boarding pass.
One roof, short walk from check-in to Gate 2.
SCL passengers lose the lounges once they cross the second filter.
Priority Pass: Cataratas (Gate 2, unlimited) or Advantage (after Dufry, 3 h). DragonPass / VAC: Emerald at gates 3–7. Do not put DragonPass on the PP rooms.
Amex Platinum uses Cataratas via Priority Pass. LoungeKey codes are IGU1 (Cataratas) and IGU (Advantage). May–Jul 2026 Advantage renovation is over. Showers false on every live facility list.
Three rooms in a 2.2-million-passenger field.
None of them cover JetSMART SCL once you are in the international hold.
Motiva 13 km to centre. Uber trailing window 12 km / 21 min / about R$36 UberX. Bus 120 Parque Nacional is R$5. Coopertaxi Cataratas sits on Piso 1 with an unpublished till.
Uber Taxi is not an IGU product. Bolt is hidden on this site's South America map. Parking is Tarobá — Motiva says consult their table; leftover R$32.90–35 leftover-conflicts, so sit unpublished till plus (45) 3521-4272.
App ride and a named municipal bus both exist.
No rail, no airport hotel, taxi fare unpublished.
Check-in downstairs, security and gates upstairs. Argentine IGR is a different airport. Overnight runway maintenance through 24 Oct 2026 is 00:30–04:50 local, not a hall shutdown.
Live AISWEB runway is 2,705 × 45 m, homologated 2 Oct 2025. Operator ficha leftover 2,195 m leftover-stale. US/Canada/Australia eVisa from 10 Apr 2025 at brazil.vfsevisa.com.
Ground-floor check-in hall and landside snack points before you walk up to security
Honest cheap bottle is before the first filter. Motiva has no fountain map.
First-floor domestic security filter after check-in; sealed bottle stays in the bag on a domestic boarding pass
ANAC 100 ml is the international / international-hold rule, not a domestic GRU boarding pass. Leave a sealed bottle in the bag on a domestic departure. Empty it for SCL.
First-floor departure hold after security, along the Dufry / Duty Free corridor toward gates 2–7
Once you are through the filter, café and retail on the departure corridor are the remaining bottle. Duty Free liquids only help SCL passengers already in the international hold with a sealed STEB.
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Typical operations snapshot — editorial, not live news. File dated Sep 23, 2026.
Typical delay mix from the same editorial snapshot — not a live feed. Current operations are on Overview.
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