Urubupungá–Ernesto Pochler Airport, formerly , was an airport that served Castilho and Urubupungá Complex, in Brazil until 2003, when services were suspended. It was closed and abandoned and in 2005.

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Urubupungá–Ernesto Pochler Airport was built by CESP as a support structure for the operation of the Urubupungá complex, formed by the hydroelectric plants

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, Jupiá and Três Irmãos on

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. In 1984 the facility was transferred to

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, and a few years later, before 2003, it was transferred to

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. In 2003 services were suspended due to bad conditions of the runway and in 2005 it was closed and abandoned.

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