Afonso Pena International Airport (IATA: CWB, ICAO: SBCT) is the main airport serving Curitiba, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of São José dos Pinhais. It is named after Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena (1847–1909), the 6th President of Brazil.
In 2011 the airport was ranked 10th in terms of transported passengers and cargo handled in Brazil, placing it amongst the busiest airports in the country. It is operated by Infraero.
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