Info Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport
Name airport: Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport City: São Paulo
Country: Brazil
IATA Code: GRU
Latitude: -23.4355564117432
Longitude: -46.4730567932129
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São Paulo/Guarulhos – Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (IATA: GRU, ICAO: SBGR), also known as Cumbica International Airport, is a major Brazilian airport, the country's busiest by passenger traffic, located in the district of Cumbica, in the city of Guarulhos in metropolitan São Paulo. The airport is located 25 kilometers from São Paulo downtown. It began operations in 1985.
A hub in South America, Guarulhos is Brazil's busiest airport by both passenger traffic and aircraft movements, handling 20,400,304 passengers and 194,184 aircraft movements in 2008. By cargo traffic, it is the second busiest airport in Latin America only exceeded by El Dorado International Airport of Bogotá, also the airport is the 36th busiest airport in the world. However, this airport was put in the world's third place in number of delayed flights by Forbes magazine in January, 2008.
Comprising 3,425 acres (14 km²), of which 5 km² is urbanized area, the airport's infrastructure has its own highway system: Rodovia Helio Smidt from the airport is connected to Rodovia Presidente Dutra and Rodovia Ayrton Senna.
All passenger traffic is divided between two terminals (TPS1 and TPS2). With 260 check-in counters, the airport is operational 24 hours a day. 39 national and international airlines fly from São Paulo-Guarulhos to 28 different countries, as well as more than 100 cities in Brazil and the world.
El Al is the newest airline to start operations at the airport in May 2009, with flights to Israel. Air China was the latest airline to cease operations at the airport on 14 September 2008, citing rising fuel costs. However, Air China announced that it will resume services to the airport effective December 20, 2009. Qatar Airways postponed its plans to fly to São Paulo, from the first half of 2007 to the first half of 2008, and later indefinitely, due to a lack of aircraft.
Airport plans call for the construction of two additional terminals (TPS3 and TPS4) and a third runway, bringing the airport to full capacity for passenger and cargo operations.
On 28 November 2001, a federal law changed the airport name to honor the ex-governor of São Paulo state, André Franco Montoro, deceased in 1999, although the official name is hardly ever used by locals, who normally refer to it as Guarulhos Airport or, even more commonly, just Cumbica, after the Guarulhos neighbourhood and name of the Brazilian Air Force base that exists at the site in which the airport was built.
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