Guarulhos International Airport
Guarulhos International Airport (IATA airport code GRU) is an airport that serves São Paulo, Brazil, located in Guarulhos municipality, 22km northeast of the São Paulo city centre. It is sometimes called Cumbica Airport, after the suburb in which it is located.
Guarulhos has two runways: 09L/27R is 12140 feet (3700 metres) long and 09R/27L is 9843 feet (3000 m) long. Both are at an altitude of 2459 feet (749.5 m). A third runway will be added by 2006.
The airport has 2 passenger and 5 cargo terminals, with a new passenger terminal under construction as of 2002.
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 is hoped that this number will be close to 28.5 million.
The following major international airlines fly into Guarulhos:
Many of these airlines have lounges at Guarulhos, most of which have internet access and mobile phone support, along with two meeting rooms for corporate executives.
There are also several restaurants, bookstores and cafés in the airport.
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