Aeroporto Internacional de São Paulo - Guarulhos, Brazil
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S 23° 25.554 W 046° 29.001
23K E 348453 N 7408551
Sao Paulo's international airport. Located in the city of Guarulhos.
Waymark Code: WM1QV0
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Date Posted: 06/26/2007
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A hub in South America, Guarulhos is Brazil's busiest airport by international passenger traffic and the second-busiest airport in Brazil, behind Congonhas/São Paulo International Airport. By cargo traffic, it is the busiest airport in Latin America and the 34th busiest airport in the world.
All passenger traffic is divided between two terminals (TPS1 and TPS2). With 260 check-in counters, the operational activities occurs 24 hours per day. 37 national and international airlines, fly from São Paulo-Guarulhos to 23 different countries, as well as more than 100 cities in Brazil and the world.
On November 28, 2001 a federal law, changed the airport name to honor the ex-governor of the state of São Paulo, André Franco Montoro, who died in 1999. The official name is not usually used; most people prefer to refer to it as Guarulhos Airport or simply Cumbica.
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