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São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport

Aeroporto Internacional de São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governador André Franco Montoro
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
OperatorInvepar-ACSA
ServesSão Paulo
LocationGuarulhos, Brazil
Hub for
Elevation AMSL750 m / 2,459 ft
Websitewww.gru.com.br
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09R/27L 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
09L/27R 3,700 12,139 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers36,460,923
Aircraft operations273,882
Metric tonnes of cargo448,274
Economic & social impact$3.4 billion & 154.1 thousand[1]
Statistics: Infraero[2]
Sources: Infraero[3] ANAC[4]

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 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.[5] The airport was rebranded as GRU Airport in 2012.[6]

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 (36,000,000 in 2013).[7] 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.

The Tropic of Capricorn goes directly through the southern tip of the airport.[11]

Control tower.

History

On June 6, 1967, in response 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 covert 3,425 acres (13.86 km2), of which 1,200 acres (5 km2) 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.[2]

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 is now called Terminal 4 (T4).[12] The first phase of the renovations, comprising the former VASP terminal, opened on February 8, 2012,[13][14] and the second phase, comprising the former Transbrasil terminal, will open by December 2012.[needs update] Contrary to what was announced before, T4 will be permanent. Webjet was the first airline to use the new facility.[15] The new terminal, in its first phase, increased the capacity of the airport in 5.5 million passengers/year and, in the second phase it will increase to 8 million passengers/year. In total, Guarulhos will then be able to handle 28.5 million passengers/year.[16]

Following a decision made on April 26, 2011 by the Federal Government for private companies being granted concessions to explore some Infraero airports,[17] 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%).[18] Infraero, the state-run organization, will remain with 49% of the shares of the company incorporated for the administration.[19][20]

Facilities

GRU has two parallel runways. Runway 9R/27L is 9,843 feet (3,000 m) long and 148 feet (45 m) wide, while Runway 9L/27R is 12,140 feet (3,700 m) long and 148 feet (45 m) wide.[21] The field elevation at the Airport is 2,459 feet (750 m) 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 at the Airport.[3]

There are two navigational aids that GRU traffic uses. The Bonsucesso very high frequency omnidirectional range with distance measuring equipment (VOR-DME) is located 4.9 nautical miles (9.1 km; 5.6 mi) to the east of GRU.[21] The terminal is split into two: TPS1 and TPS2.[23] There are two main terminals with piers coming out of each one. Because the two are connected, transferring between the two is easy. There are about 260 check-in counters and 370 companies established there, generating about 53,000 jobs.[23]

Future developments

Interior of the new Terminal 3
International passenger destinations as of June 2014

On 31 August 2009, 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 which will be held in Brazil, São Paulo being one of the venue cities. The investment will be used as follows:[24][needs update]

  • Construction of additional taxiways. Cost: R$ 19M. Completion: April 2011 (work not yet completed in August 2011).
  • Enlargement of apron and taxiways. Cost: R$370,5M. Completion: July 2011 (work not yet completed in August 2011).
  • Construction of passenger Terminal 3. Cost: R$1,1M. Completion: 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, 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 airport is no longer managed by Infraero. The new (private) managers have unveiled a new expansion project, which includes a 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.

A train service development and construction has also been given high priority. This include 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.[25]

Statistics

Year 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Passengers 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) 448,274 465,255 384,587 351,788 425,884 424,157 419,848 470,944 435,594

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinationsTerminal/
Wing
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Mendoza
Seasonal: San Carlos de Bariloche, Malargüe 		1A
Aerolíneas Argentinas
operated by Austral Líneas Aéreas 		Buenos Aires–Aeroparque 1A
Aeroméxico Mexico City
Seasonal: Cancún 		1A
Air Canada Toronto–Pearson 3
Air China Beijing–Capital, Madrid 3
Air Europa Madrid 2C
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle 1A (3 from 02.08.2014)
Alitalia Rome–Fiumicino 3
American Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York–JFK 2D
Avianca Bogotá 1A
Avianca Brazil Belo Horizonte–Confins, Brasília, Campo Grande, Chapecó, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Goiânia (begins 11 August 2014),[26] Juazeiro do Norte, Natal, Passo Fundo, Petrolina, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Salvador da Bahia 1A
Avianca Peru Lima 1A
Azul Brazilian Airlines Araçatuba, Araxá, Bauru/Arealva, Belém, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Belo Horizonte–Pampulha, Brasília, Campinas, Cascavel, Criciúma, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Foz do Iguaçu, Governador Valadares, Ilhéus, Ipatinga, Joinville, Londrina, Manaus, Marília, Maringá, Navegantes, Porto Alegre, Porto Velho, Presidente Prudente, Recife, Resende, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro–Santos Dumont, Rondonópolis, Salvador da Bahia, São José do Rio Preto, Uberlândia, Varginha, Vitória 4
Boliviana de Aviación Cochabamba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru 2D
BQB Líneas Aéreas Montevideo 2C
British Airways London–Heathrow 1A
Copa Airlines Panama City 2D
Cubana de Aviación Havana 1A
Delta Air Lines Atlanta, Detroit, New York–JFK 2C
Emirates Dubai–International 3
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa, Lomé 1B
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi 3
Gol Transportes Aéreos Aracaju, Asunción, Belém, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Brasília, Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Campo Grande, Caxias do Sul, Cordoba, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, Goiânia, Ilhéus, João Pessoa, Londrina, Macapá, Maceió, Manaus, Maringá, Montevideo, Natal, Navegantes, Orlando, Petrolina, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Porto Velho, Recife, Ribeirão Preto, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Rio de Janeiro–Santos Dumont, Santiago de Chile, Salvador da Bahia, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru, Santo Domingo–Las Americas, São Luís, Teresina, Vitória 2C
Gol Transportes Aéreos
operated by Varig 		Aruba, Barbados, Caracas, Punta Cana, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão 2C
Iberia Madrid 1A (3 from 07.08.2014)
KLM Amsterdam 1A (3 from 02.08.2014)
Korean Air Los Angeles, Seoul–Incheon 3
LAN Airlines Santiago de Chile 2D
LAN Argentina Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza 2D
LAN Colombia Bogotá 2D
LAN Perú Lima 2D
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich 3
Passaredo Linhas Aéreas Cuiabá, Goiânia, Palmas, Ribeirão Preto, Salvador da Bahia, São José do Rio Preto, Três Lagoas, Uberlândia, Vitória da Conquista, Cascavel 4
Qatar Airways Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Doha 3F
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca 1A
Singapore Airlines Barcelona, Singapore 3
Sky Airline Santiago de Chile 2C
South African Airways Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo 2D
Swiss International Air Lines Zurich 3
TAAG Angola Airlines Luanda 2D
TAM Airlines Aracaju, Belém, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Boa Vista, Brasília, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, Frankfurt, Goiânia, Ilhéus, João Pessoa, Joinville, London–Heathrow, Londrina, Maceió, Madrid, Manaus, Mexico City, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Natal, Navegantes, New York–JFK, Orlando, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Recife, Ribeirão Preto, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Salvador da Bahia, São José do Rio Preto, São Luís, Vitória 1B
TAM Airlines Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Caracas, Córdoba, Lima, Montevideo, Rosario, Santiago de Chile 2D
TAM Airlines Paraguay Asunción, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Ciudad del Este 2D
TAME Lima, Quito 1A
TAP Portugal Lisbon, Porto 3F
Turkish Airlines Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Istanbul–Atatürk 3G
United Airlines Chicago–O'Hare, Houston–Intercontinental, Newark, Washington–Dulles 3
US Airways Charlotte (ends 2 October 2014)[27] 2D

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
ABSA Cargo Airline Belém–Val de Cans, Fortaleza, Manaus, Recife
Rio Linhas Aéreas Brasília, 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

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.[28]
  • 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.[29]
  • 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), 6.2 miles (10.0 km) from the airport.[citation needed]
  • 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.[30]

Access

Guarulhos Airport at dawn.
Bus service to the city.
Approach Lighting System CAT II at Guarulhos Airport.

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.

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.[31] 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.

As of December 1, 2011, one-way fare on either bus costs R$4.05 and can be paid to the driver in cash upon boarding. Ticket counters for this service can be found at the Arrivals areas of both Terminals 1 and 2.

Gol Airlines and TAM Airlines offer for their passengers free bus transfers between Guarulhos and Congonhas airports at regular times.[32][33]

Viação Cometa offers daily departures to and from the airport and the cities of Santos, São Vicente, and Praia Grande.[34] 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.

Taxi

Taxi stands are located outside each of the two terminals on the Arrivals level.

Car Rental

There are car rental facilities at the airport.

See also

References

  1. ^ "São Paulo–Guarulhos International airport - Economic and social impact". Ecquants. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Movimento operacional da rede Infraero de janeiro a dezembro de 2012" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Infraero. January 14, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Sao Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport". Infraero. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  4. ^ "Lista de aeródromos públicos" (in Portuguese). ANAC.
  5. ^ "Lei n˚10.314, de 28 de novembro de 2001" (in Portuguese). Lei Direto. November 28, 2001. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
  6. ^ Dores, Kelly (November 27, 2012). "Aeroporto de Guarulhos adota nova identidade: GRU Airport". propmark (in Portuguese). Editora Referência. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  7. ^ "Estatísticas" (in Portuguese). Infraero. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
  8. ^ Komatsu, Alberto (March 16, 2010). "ANAC vai por limite de pouso e decolagem em mais seis aeroportos" (in Portuguese). Valor Online. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  9. ^ "Anac restringe pousos e decolagens". Revista em Discussão (in Portuguese). Senado Federal (Brazilian Federal Senate). November 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  10. ^ "Invepar Website". Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  11. ^ "View of São Paulo-Guarulhos airport centered on the Tropic of Capricorn". Google Maps. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  12. ^ Salomon, Marta (May 18, 2011). "Galpão vira terminal em Guarulhos" (in Portuguese). O Estado de São Paulo. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  13. ^ Borges, André (December 16, 2012). "Terminal de Guarulhos fica pronto só em 2012" (in Portuguese). Valor Econômico. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  14. ^ "Novo terminal de Cumbica fica só para janeiro" (in Portuguese). Veja. December 18, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2011.
  15. ^ "Webjet passa a utilizar o terminal 4 de Cumbica no dia 8" (in Portuguese). O Estado de São Paulo. February 2, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  16. ^ Costa, Nataly (December 1, 2011). "Cumbica inaugura no dia 20 mais um terminal, a 2 quilômetros dos atuais" (in Portuguese). O Estado de São Paulo. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
  17. ^ Bitencourt, Rafael (April 26, 2011). "Governo define concessão de obras em 3 aeroportos, diz Palocci" (in Portuguese). Valor Online. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  18. ^ Rittner, Daniel (February 7, 2012). "Cumbica, Viracopos e Brasília são privatizados" (in Portuguese). Valor Econômico. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  19. ^ Salomon, Marta; Monteiro, Tânia (June 1, 2011). "Governo pretende privatizar três aeroportos e abrir o capital da Infraero" (in Portuguese). O Estado de São Paulo: Economia. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  20. ^ "Brazil moves swiftly (at last) to award airport concessions". Centre for Aviation. February 9, 2014. Archived from the original on March 15, 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ a b http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=BR32944&sch=SBGR
  22. ^ http://www.gcmap.com/airport/SBGR
  23. ^ a b http://www.execbrazil.com
  24. ^ Rittner, Daniel; Braga, Paulo Victor (August 31, 2009). "Infraero vai gastar R$5 bi em reforma de aeroportos". Valor Econômico (in Portuguese). pp. A4.
  25. ^ "Trem de alta velocidade" (in Portuguese). Ministério dos Transportes. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  26. ^ "Goiânia ganha voo da Avianca em agosto" (in Portuguese). Panrotas. July 10, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  27. ^ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/american-airlines-adjusts-international-winter-schedule-269425731.html
  28. ^ "Accident description PP-SME". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  29. ^ "Accident description PT-TCS". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  30. ^ "Accident description PT-MTS". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
  31. ^ "Airport Bus Service" (in Portuguese). EMTU. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
  32. ^ "Transporte para aeroportos" (in Portuguese). Gol Airlines. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  33. ^ "Traslados Nacionais". TAM Airlines. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  34. ^ Caprioli Turismo Template:Pt icon

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