Guarulhos International Airport

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Sao Paulo/Guarulhos
Governador Andre Franco Montoro International Airport
Aeroporto Internacional de
São Paulo / Guarulhos
Governador André Franco Montoro
IATA: GRU - ICAO: SBGR
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Operator Infraero
Serves São Paulo
Elevation AMSL 2,459 ft (750 m)
Coordinates 23°25′55″S, 46°28′10″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09R/27L 9,843 3,000 Asphalt
09L/27R 12,140 3,700 Asphalt

Guarulhos International Airport (IATA: GRU, ICAO: SBGR), officially known as Aeroporto Internacional de São Paulo/Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro, is an airport that serves São Paulo, Brazil, located in Guarulhos municipality, 22 km northeast of the São Paulo city centre. It is nicknamed by some as Cumbica, after the suburb in which it is located. Cumbica was also the name of a resident air force base (Former IATA code SBCB), officially known as "BASP - Base Aérea de São Paulo", today.

Guarulhos has two runways with a third originally projected runway under consideration. Construction is expected in 2006 with a projected runway size of 1800 x 30 m.

The airport has 2 passenger and 5 cargo terminals, with a new passenger terminal under planning as of 2004. The passenger terminals are in the same building, so there is no significant inconvenience in moving between the two. Several modifications in both terminals were made to alleviate congestion until the beginning of construction of T3, scheduled to start in 2006.

Guarulhos, Brazil's largest international airport, will, along with airports at Recife, Salvador, Maceió, Brasília and Rio de Janeiro, benefit from a US$1.65 billion upgrade plan that Infraero (the Brazilian airport authority) will carry out between 2003 and 2006.

In 1999, 16.5 million people passed through Guarulhos International Airport. By the time Infraero's plan to modernise Brazil's airports is complete in 2006, it was hoped that this number will be close to 28.5 million, but since then, the number fell to 11.5 million, being surpassed by Congonhas International Airport as São Paulo's busiest airport, which moved 12.5 million in 2003.

The airport is located in an area with frequent fog, often causing morning closures.

Contents

[edit] Terminals and destinations

[edit] Terminal 1 (TPS1)

External view of Terminal 1 (TPS1)
External view of Terminal 1 (TPS1)
Internal view of Terminal 1 (TPS1)
Internal view of Terminal 1 (TPS1)

[edit] Wing A

[edit] Wing B

  • Gol (Aracaju, Asunción, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Belém, Boa Vista, Brasília, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Campina Grande, Chapecó, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Córdoba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, Goiânia, Ilhéus, Imperatriz, Juazeiro do Norte, Lima, Londrina, Macapá, Maceió, Manaus, Maringá, Montevideo, Natal, Palmas, Petrolina, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Porto Velho, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Recife, Rio Branco, Salvador, Rosario, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santarém, Santiago, São Luís, Teresina, Vitória)
  • TAM (Aracaju, Belém, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Boa Vista, Brasília, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Campinas, Campo Grande, Caxias do Sul, Comandatuba, Corumbá, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, Goiânia, Ilhéus, Imperatriz, João Pessoa, Joinville, London-Heathrow, Londrina, Macapá, Maceió, Manaus, Marabá, Maringá, Miami, Milan-Malpensa [Starts 30 March 2007], Natal, New York-JFK, Palmas, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Porto Velho, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador, Santarém, Santiago, São Luís, Teresina, Vitória)
    • TAM Mercosur (Asunción, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Ciudad del Este, Cochabamba, Curitiba, Montevideo, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santiago)

[edit] Terminal 2 (TPS2)

External view of Terminal 2 (TPS2)
External view of Terminal 2 (TPS2)
Internal view of Terminal 2 (TPS2)
Internal view of Terminal 2 (TPS2)

[edit] Wing C

  • America Air (Alfenas, Belo Horizonte-Pampulha, Juiz de Fora, Lins, Ourinhos, São José dos Campos)
  • Air Minas (Bauru-Arealva, Belo Horizonte-Pampulha, Divinópolis, Varginha)
  • Pluna (Montevideo, Punta del Este)
  • Varig (Bogotá, Caracas, Fernando de Noronha, Fortaleza, Frankfurt, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador, Vitória)

[edit] Wing D

[edit] External links

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