São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport

São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governador André Franco Montoro
IATA: GRU – ICAO: SBGR
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Operator	Invepar-ACSA
Serves	São Paulo
Location	Guarulhos, Brazil
Opened	1985
Hub for	Avianca Brazil LATAM Brasil Gol Transportes Aéreos
Focus city for	Azul Brazilian Airlines
Elevation AMSL	750 m / 2,459 ft
Coordinates	23°26′8″S 46°28′23″W / 23.43556°S 46.47306°WCoordinates: 23°26′8″S 46°28′23″W / 23.43556°S 46.47306°W
Website	www.gru.com.br
Map
GRU Location in São Paulo State
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09R/27L 3,000 9,843 Asphalt 09L/27R 3,700 12,139 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 38,985,000[1] Aircraft operations 295,030[1] Metric tonnes of cargo (2014) 339,828[1] Economic & social impact $3.4 billion & 154.1 thousand[2]
Statistics: Infraero[3] GRU airport[1] Sources: Infraero[4] ANAC[5]

São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport (IATA: GRU, ICAO: SBGR), popularly known locally as Cumbica Airport after the district where it is located and the Brazilian Air Force base that still exists at the airport complex, is the main international airport serving São Paulo, Brazil. It is located in the municipality of Guarulhos in Greater São Paulo. Since November 28, 2001 the airport has been named after André Franco Montoro (1916–1999), former Governor of São Paulo state.^[6] The airport was rebranded as GRU Airport in 2012.^[7]

In Brazil the airport was ranked first in terms of transported passengers, aircraft operations, and cargo handled in 2012, placing it as the busiest airport in Latin America by passenger traffic (38,985,000 in 2015).^[1] Guarulhos has slot restrictions, operating with a maximum of 45 operations/hour^[8] and being one of the five airports with such restrictions in Brazil (the others are São Paulo-Congonhas, Brasília, Belo Horizonte-Pampulha and Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont).^[9]

Since 2012, the airport has been operated by a consortium composed of Invepar S/A, Airports Company South Africa, and Infraero.^[10] Some of its facilities are shared with the São Paulo Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.

History

On June 6, 1967, in response to the growth of the air traffic in Brazil, the Brazilian military government initiated studies concerning the renovation of the airport infrastructure in Brazil. As part of the conclusions of these studies, because of their location, strategic importance, and security issues, new passenger facilities would be constructed in the areas of Galeão Air Force Base in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo Air Force Base in São Paulo.

In relation to São Paulo, the initial planning of the airport involved three runways and four passenger terminals. However, the first phase of the construction comprising two runways and two terminals started only on August 11, 1980. The airport was officially inaugurated on January 20, 1985. Quickly Guarulhos became the city's primary airport, supplanting São Paulo–Congonhas Airport.

In 1989 the runways were extended and the terminals renovated, enlarged, and had their capacity increased from 7.5 million to 8.25 million passengers/year. The whole complex covered 13.86 square kilometres (3,425 acres), of which 5 square kilometres (1,200 acres) is urbanized area.

Construction of Terminal 3, capable of handling 12 million passengers per year, had been planned since 2001 but due to a myriad of political and economic problems, the actual construction didn't begin until 2011.

In 2010, the airport served more than 26.8 million passengers, an increase of 24% over 2009 and passenger volumes were 31% in excess of its capacity rated at 20.5 million per year at its present configuration.^[3]

In order to relieve the acute overcrowding at Terminals 1 and 2, Infraero announced on May 17, 2011 that the former cargo terminals of defunct airlines VASP and Transbrasil, later used by Federal Agencies, would undergo renovations and adaptations for use as domestic passenger terminals with remote boarding. This new terminal was initially called Terminal 4 (T4).^[11] The first phase of the renovations, comprising the former VASP terminal, opened on February 8, 2012,^[12][13] and the second phase, comprising the former Transbrasil terminal,was opened in June 2013. Contrary to what had been announced before, the new terminal will be permanent. Webjet was the first airline to use the new facility.^[14] The new terminal, in its first phase, increased the capacity of the airport in 5.5 million passengers/year and, in the second phase to 8 million passengers/year. In total, Guarulhos would then be able to handle 28.5 million passengers/year.^[15]

Following a decision made on April 26, 2011 by the Federal Government for private companies being granted concessions to explore some Infraero airports,^[16] on February 6, 2012, the administration of the airport was conceded, for 20 years, to the Consortium Invepar-ACSA composed by the Brazilian Invepar, an Investments and Funds Society (90%) and the South African ACSA – Airports Company South Africa (10%).^[17] Infraero, the state-run organization, will remain with 49% of the shares of the company incorporated for the administration.^[18][19]

On 2 December 2015, the airport's terminals were renumbered. Former Terminal 4 was renumbered Terminal 1; former terminals 1 and 2, which were wings of a single building, became the new Terminal 2. Terminal 3 kept its numbering. The new numbering reflects the order by which terminals are reached when one arrives at the airport by the access road, and is expected to be less confusing in the long term. Check-in counters and gates were also renumbered, with the first digit being now the new terminal number.^[20]

Facilities

Airport Diagram

Control tower.

Runways and taxiways

GRU has two parallel runways. Runway 09R/27L is 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) long and 45 metres (148 ft) wide, while Runway 09L/27R is 3,700 metres (12,140 ft) long and 45 metres (148 ft) wide.^[21] The field elevation at the airport is 750 metres (2,459 ft) above mean sea level.^[22] There are high-speed exit taxiways on both runways that allow for traffic to depart the runway at higher speed to allow better efficiency for landing and takeoff traffic. Right now, there is an average of 650 takeoff and landing operations per day at the airport.^[4]

On 28 October 2015, the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (Anac) authorized Airbus A380 operations at Guarulhos Airport, effective four days later. The authorization was granted after extensive works were conducted on the taxiways and special taxiing procedures were established.^[23] As of July 2016, there are still no regular A380 flights at São Paulo-Guarulhos, but on 14 November 2015 Emirates operated a one-time special flight with the "superjumbo" on its Dubai-São Paulo route to commemorate its eight years of operations in Brazil.^[24]

Terminals

The airport has three passenger terminals, numbered 1, 2, and 3, according to their order along the airport access road when arriving from the city.

• Terminal 1 is the smallest and simplest. It has only domestic flights, and as of July 2016, only two airlines operate there: Azul and Passaredo. Terminal 1 has no jet bridges and no direct access to the other terminals, which can only be reached by a free shuttle bus.
• Terminal 2 is the oldest and largest, and for many years was the sole airport terminal, although its two wings were considered different terminals at the time. It has the majority of domestic flights and to Latin American destinations, as well as a few intercontinental flights.
• Terminal 3 is the newest and most modern. It has only international flights and concentrates most long-haul intercontinental traffic, in addition to the LATAM Group's Latin American flights. Five of the terminal's gates can accommodate the Airbus A380.^[23]

Terminals 2 and 3 are directly linked by a walkway.^[20]

The airport also has a large air cargo terminal with a built area of 97,000 square metres (1,040,000 sq ft) and capable of handling any type of cargo, including refrigerated and hazardous shipments.^[25]

Navigational aids

There are two navigational aids that GRU traffic uses. The Bonsucesso very high frequency omnidirectional range with distance measuring equipment (VOR-DME) is located 9.1 kilometres; 5.6 miles (4.9 nmi) to the east of GRU.^[21]

Future developments

Interior of Terminal 3

Infraero unveiled a R$ 1,489.5 million (US$784.7 USD million; €549.8 EUR million) investment plan to upgrade Guarulhos International Airport, focusing on preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics in 2016. The investment was supposed to be used as follows:^[26]

• Construction of additional taxiways. Cost: R$ 19M. Completion: April 2016.
• Enlargement of apron and taxiways. Cost: R$370,5M. Completion: May 2016.
• Construction of passenger Terminal 3. Cost: R$1,100M. Completed: March 2014. Opened for Star Alliance airlines in May.

Central to this investment plan is Terminal 3, which is projected to add 12 million passenger capacity to the 17 million of the existing two terminals. Plans for a third runway were decided to be "technically impracticable" and were cancelled in January 2008.

However, the former concessionary, Infraero, experienced many legal and bureaucratic difficulties, which prevented most (if any) of these improvements from being completed on schedule. As of April 2013, the new concessionary unveiled a new expansion project, which included the new Terminal 3 (with a different design than the one proposed by Infraero), the widening of the main runway in order to enable operations by the new Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8, and several other improvements in the existing terminals and parking area.

The terminal is now officially open and all Star Alliance airlines are in terminal 3, as well as many other overseas carriers. International flights by LATAM also use the facitity.

A train service development and construction has also been planned. This includes an Airport Express Line linking the airport to downtown São Paulo and a Rio–São Paulo high-speed rail connecting Guarulhos to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão and Campinas-Viracopos airports.^[27] As of 2016, however, both projects are stalled; the suburban rail service to the city (to be operated by CPTM, the São Paulo state commuter railway company) is scheduled to start operations in 2019, with a BRL 101 million budget overrun.^[28]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal/Wing
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza	2
Aerolíneas Argentinas operated by Austral Líneas Aéreas	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque	2
Aeroméxico	Mexico City	2
Air Canada	Toronto–Pearson	3
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Madrid	3
Air Europa	Madrid	2
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle	3
Alitalia	Rome–Fiumicino	3
American Airlines	Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York–JFK	3
Avianca Brazil	Aracaju, Brasília, Campo Grande, Chapecó, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Goiânia, Juazeiro do Norte, Natal, Passo Fundo, Petrolina, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Salvador da Bahia	2
Avianca	Bogotá	2
Avianca Perú	Lima	2
Azul Brazilian Airlines	Belém, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Belo Horizonte–Pampulha, Brasília, Cascavel, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Ilhéus, Juiz de Fora, Fortaleza, Londrina, Manaus, Maringá, Porto Alegre, Porto Velho, Recife, Ribeirão Preto, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro–Santos Dumont, Salvador da Bahia, Uberlândia, Vitória	1
Boliviana de Aviación	Cochabamba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru	2
British Airways	London–Heathrow	3
Copa Airlines	Panama City–Tocumen	2
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta, Detroit, New York–JFK, Orlando–International	2
Emirates	Dubai–International	3
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa, Lomé	2
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi (ends 26 March 2017)[29]	3
Gol Transportes Aéreos	Aracaju, Belém, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Brasília, Campo Grande, Caxias do Sul, Chapecó, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, Goiânia, Ilhéus, João Pessoa, Juazeiro do Norte, Londrina, Macapá, Maceió, Manaus, Maringá, Montes Claros, Natal, Navegantes, Petrolina, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Porto Velho, Recife, Ribeirão Preto, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Rio de Janeiro–Santos Dumont, Salvador da Bahia, São Luís, Teresina, Vitória	2
Gol Transportes Aéreos	Aruba, Asunción, Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cordoba, Mendoza, Montevideo, Punta Cana, Santiago de Chile, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru Seasonal: Punta del Este	2
Iberia	Madrid	3
KLM	Amsterdam	3
LATAM Argentina	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza	3
LATAM Brasil	Aracaju, Belém, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Brasília, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, Goiânia, Ilhéus, João Pessoa, Joinville, Londrina, Maceió, Manaus, Natal, Navegantes, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Recife, Ribeirão Preto, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Salvador da Bahia, São José do Rio Preto, São Luís, Vitória	2
LATAM Brasil	Barcelona, Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Bogotá, Córdoba, Frankfurt, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Lima, London–Heathrow, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Milan-Malpensa, Montevideo, New York–JFK, Orlando–MCO, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Punta del Este, Rosario, Santiago de Chile	3
LATAM Chile	Santiago de Chile	3
LATAM Paraguay	Asunción, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Ciudad del Este	3
LATAM Perú	Lima	3
Lufthansa	Frankfurt	3
Passaredo Linhas Aéreas	Cascavel, Ribeirão Preto, Vitória da Conquista	1
Qatar Airways	Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Doha	3
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca	2
South African Airways	Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo	3
Swiss International Air Lines	Zürich	3
TAAG Angola Airlines	Luanda	2
TAP Portugal	Lisbon, Porto	3
Turkish Airlines	Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Istanbul–Atatürk	3
United Airlines	Chicago–O'Hare, Houston–Intercontinental, Newark, Washington–Dulles	3

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Avianca Brasil Cargo	Manaus
LATAM Cargo Brasil	Belém–Val de Cans, Brasília, Fortaleza, Manaus, Recife
Rio Linhas Aéreas	Brasília, Cuiabá, Manaus, Recife, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Salvador da Bahia
Total Linhas Aéreas	Belo Horizonte–Confins, Curitiba–Afonso Pena, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Porto Alegre, Salvador da Bahia

Statistics

Passenger figures

External view of Terminal 3.

Guarulhos Airport at dawn.

An Avianca A318 and an Iberia A346 taxiing at Guarulhos Airport.

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-8

Year	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Passengers	38,985,000	39,573,000	36,460,923	32,177,594	29,964,108	26,849,185	21,727,649	20,997,813	19,560,963	16,580,842	16,855,026	12,940,193
Cargo (t)		339,828	343,784	448,274	465,255	384,587	351,788	425,884	424,157	419,848	470,944	435,594

Busiest routes

Busiest international routes by seat capacity (2013)^[30]

Ranking	City	Seats	Companies serving the route
1	Buenos Aires	2,398,905	Aerolíneas Argentinas, Austral Líneas Aéreas, Gol Transportes Aéreos, LAN Argentina, Qatar Airways, LATAM, Turkish Airlines
2	Miami	1,207,985	American Airlines, Gol Transportes Aéreos, LATAM
3	New York/Newark	1,038,618	American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, LATAM, United Airlines
4	Santiago	996,494	Gol Transportes Aéreos, LATAM
5	Paris	592,504	Air France, LATAM
6	Madrid	579,912	Air China, Air Europa, Iberia, LATAM
7	Lima	539,130	LAN Perú, Gol Transportes Aéreos, LATAM
8	Frankfurt	503,538	Lufthansa, LATAM
9	London	502,288	British Airways, LATAM
10	Montevideo	497,444	Gol Transportes Aéreos, LATAM
11	Panama City	452,600	Copa Airlines
12	Bogota	415,474	Avianca, LATAM
13	Mexico City	385,690	Aeroméxico, LATAM
14	Lisbon	369,659	TAP Portugal
15	Asuncion	353,576	LATAM
16	Orlando	316,672	Gol Transportes Aéreos, LATAM

Busiest intercontinental routes at São Paulo Guarulhos International Airport (2014) - ANAC^[31]

Rank	City	Passengers
1	Madrid	620,285
2	Paris	569,928
3	Frankfurt	449,666
4	London	435,757
5	Dubai	398,425
6	Amsterdam	247,327
7	Lisbon	204,209
8	Rome	203,784
9	Abu Dhabi	202,503
10	Munich	170,608
11	Zurich	159,368
12	Doha	145,433
13	Johannesburg	132,822
14	Milan	139,396
15	Istanbul	114,095
16	Luanda	69,088
17	Barcelona	55,999
18	Porto	48,207
19	Addis Ababa	28,901
20	Seoul	23,626
21	Casablanca	21,342
22	Beijing	17,408
23	Singapore	11,992
24	Lomé	6,409

Accidents and incidents

• On 28 January 1986, a VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registered PP-SME flying from Guarulhos to Belo Horizonte unknowingly tried to take-off from Guarulhos,during foggy conditions, from a taxiway. The take-off was aborted, but the aircraft overran, collided with a dyke and broke in two. One passenger died.^[32]
• On 21 March 1989, a Transbrasil cargo Boeing 707-349C registered PT-TCS operating flight 801, flying from Manaus to São Paulo-Guarulhos, crashed at the district of Vila Barros in Guarulhos, shortly before touch-down at runway 09R. That day, at 12:00, the runway was going to be closed for maintenance and the crew decided to speed up procedures to touch-down before closure (it was already 11:54). In a hurry, one of the crew members, by mistake, activated the air-dynamic brakes, and the aircraft lost too much speed to have enough aerodynamic support (resulting in a stall). As a consequence the aircraft crashed approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the airport. There were 25 fatalities, of which three were crew members and 22 were civilians on the ground. As well as the 22 fatalities, there were also over 100 injured on the ground.^[33]
• On 2 March 1996, a Madrid Táxi Aéreo Gates Learjet 25D registered PT-LSD transporting the Brazilian comedy rock band Mamonas Assassinas crashed into Cantareira mountain range, located north of the airport, at 23:16 local time killing all 9 passengers on board. The aircraft was on final approach to land on the runway 09R, but went around. As it flew toward the runway for a second attempt to land, the ATC instructed the pilots to make a right turn heading south, but they turned north (left) and crashed into the mountain range at 3,300 feet (1,000 m), 10.0 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the airport.
• On 14 September 2002, a Total Linhas Aéreas ATR42-312 registered PT-MTS on a cargo flight between São Paulo-Guarulhos and Londrina crashed while en route near Paranapanema. The crew of 2 died.^[34]

Access

The airport is located 25 km (16 mi) from downtown São Paulo.

Car

The airport has its own highway system: Rodovia Hélio Smidt Highway which connects the airport to Presidente Dutra Highway or Ayrton Senna Highway. Residents of Guarulhos can access the road via Monteiro Lobato Avenue. Taxi stands are located outside each of the two terminals on the Arrivals level; inside there are car rental agency representatives.

Bus

Bus transportation is available through the Airport Bus Service, an executive bus line, administered by EMTU and operated by Consórcio Internorte - Área 3. This service provides transportation connecting Guarulhos to Congonhas airport; to Tietê Bus Terminal; to Palmeiras-Barra Funda Intermodal Terminal, to Faria Lima Ave; To Republica Square (Praça da República); To Berrini Ave., Itaim Bibi district; and to the circuit of hotels along Paulista Avenue and Rua Augusta. The ride takes about one hour, depending on traffic.^[35] At the airport, tickets can be purchased at the counter located outside the lounge of the Terminal 1, Wing B's arrivals level.

Pássaro Marron/EMTU, a syndicate of the Internorte Consortium, offers two regular bus lines, 257 and 299, connecting Tatuapé subway station (Linha Vermelha) with Guarulhos Airport every 30 minutes. At Tatuapé, both buses can be picked up on the street level. At the airport, the stop for both buses is on the median of the Arrivals-level road connecting Terminals 1 and 2.

Gol Airlines and LATAM offer for their passengers free bus transfers between Guarulhos and Congonhas airports at regular times.^[36][37]

Viação Cometa offers daily departures to and from the airport and the cities of Santos, Sorocaba, São Vicente, and Praia Grande.^[38] Lirabus operates daily buses between the airport and Campinas. Pássaro Marron offers bus services to São José dos Campos with departures every two hours. Viação Transdutra connects the airport with the city of Arujá.

Rail

Currently, there is no rail access to Guarulhos. Line 13 of the São Paulo's suburban rail system, operated by CPTM, is under construction and was expected to begin operating in 2015,^[39] but as of 2016 the start of operations has been postponed to 2019.^[28]

Trivia

• The Tropic of Capricorn goes directly through runway 09R/27L, at exactly 23° 26' 13.8" S, 46° 28' 52.8" W as of April 2016 (the exact latitude of the Tropics varies by a fraction of an arc-second every year).^[40]

See also

• List of airports in Brazil

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External links

Media related to São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Airport information for SBGR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
• Airport information for SBGR at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for SBGR at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for GRU at Aviation Safety Network