Airport
São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport GRU
São Paulo, Brazil · Large airport · ICAO SBGR
São Paulo's main international gateway and the busiest airport in South America, though it sits in Guarulhos rather than the city proper. Most long-haul traffic between Brazil and Europe or North America routes through here.
Reference data
- IATA
- GRU
- ICAO
- SBGR
- Elevation
- 2,461 ft
- Coordinates
- -23.4313, -46.4699
Local time at GRU
16:35 GMT-3
Sat, 3 Oct 2026 · UTC−03:00 · America/Sao_Paulo
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Staying near GRU
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Nearby airports
Ranked by actual distance from GRU's coordinates, not by name or region. Useful when a fare or a schedule makes a neighbouring airport worth the ground transfer.
| IATA | Airport | City | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGH | Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport | São Paulo | 29 km | Look up |
| SJK | Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport | São José Dos Campos | 66 km | Look up |
| VCP | Viracopos International Airport | Campinas | 83 km | Look up |
| AQA | Araraquara Airport | Araraquara | 248 km | Look up |
| RAO | Leite Lopes Airport | Ribeirão Preto | 289 km | Look up |
| JTC | Bauru/Arealva–Moussa Nakhal Tobias State Airport | Bauru | 302 km | Look up |
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Official GRU website São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport on Wikipedia
Where this data comes from
Codes, coordinates and elevation come from the public-domain OurAirports dataset, pinned at build time — 4,133 airports, last refreshed 6 September 2026. The time zone is derived from the coordinates above.