Where is CGH airport?

CGH is a large airport in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, at -23.6277, -46.6546, 802 m above sea level. It serves Sao Paulo.

Which other airports serve Sao Paulo?

Sao Paulo has 3 airports: CGH, GRU, VCP. The city code SAO stands for all of them on tickets and in flight searches.

What time zone is CGH in?

CGH is in the America/Sao_Paulo time zone, UTC−3.

How many passengers use CGH?

25,091,811 passengers in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026, according to ANAC, the Brazilian civil aviation agency (scheduled flights).

Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport opened in 1936.

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Large airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

IATA code: CGH
ICAO code: SBSP
City code: SAO; All Sao Paulo airports
Passengers: 25,091,811; Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Nonstop routes: 47; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−3; America/Sao_Paulo
Elevation: 802 m; 2,631 ft
Runways: 2; Longest 1,940 m

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About CGH

Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport is a large airport serving Sao Paulo, Brazil. It opened in 1936 and is run by Infraero. 25,091,811 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 47 nonstop routes from CGH. On tickets, the city code SAO covers it together with the other Sao Paulo airports.

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Busiest nonstop routes from CGH

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
CGH → SDU	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	366 km	3,995,762
CGH → BSB	Brasília, Brazil	869 km	2,191,344
CGH → POA	Porto Alegre, Brazil	836 km	2,146,965
CGH → CNF	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	522 km	2,051,670
CGH → CWB	São José dos Pinhais, Brazil	331 km	1,617,620
CGH → SSA	Salvador, Brazil	1,477 km	1,599,198
CGH → REC	Recife, Brazil	2,123 km	1,418,415
CGH → FLN	Florianópolis, Brazil	487 km	1,338,236
CGH → GYN	Goiânia, Brazil	820 km	983,074
CGH → NVT	Navegantes, Brazil	413 km	907,458
CGH → VIX	Vitória, Brazil	756 km	721,200
CGH → FOR	Fortaleza, Brazil	2,364 km	652,568
CGH → BPS	Porto Seguro, Brazil	1,123 km	569,538
CGH → IGU	Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil	823 km	545,856
CGH → GIG	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	360 km	401,515
CGH → MCZ	Maceió, Brazil	1,943 km	385,086
CGH → SJP	São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	421 km	326,386
CGH → CGB	Várzea Grande, Brazil	1,327 km	319,603
CGH → UDI	Uberlândia, Brazil	550 km	294,241
CGH → RAO	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	299 km	292,084
CGH → CGR	Campo Grande, Brazil	898 km	246,589
CGH → NAT	São Gonçalo do Amarante, Brazil	2,317 km	244,789
CGH → JOI	Joinville, Brazil	360 km	244,254
CGH → MGF	Maringá, Brazil	548 km	236,946
CGH → LDB	Londrina, Brazil	458 km	227,760
CGH → JPA	João Pessoa, Brazil	2,211 km	201,455
CGH → IOS	Ilhéus, Brazil	1,262 km	162,518
CGH → PPB	Presidente Prudente, Brazil	515 km	93,224
CGH → CXJ	Caxias do Sul, Brazil	765 km	85,115
CGH → IZA	Juiz de Fora, Brazil	428 km	80,971
CGH → MOC	Montes Claros, Brazil	821 km	80,478
CGH → SLZ	São Luís, Brazil	2,343 km	79,393
CGH → AJU	Aracaju, Brazil	1,729 km	64,268
CGH → ARU	Araçatuba, Brazil	476 km	62,649
CGH → CLV	Caldas Novas, Brazil	684 km	47,491
CGH → XAP	Chapecó, Brazil	718 km	44,874
CGH → BYO	Bonito, Brazil	1,042 km	30,117
CGH → PET	Pelotas, Brazil	1,056 km	27,803
CGH → THE	Teresina, Brazil	2,095 km	27,570
CGH → GEL	Santo Ângelo, Brazil	912 km	19,062

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports, ANAC (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026) for routes in and out of Brazil. Routes outside these are not counted.

Other airports in Sao Paulo

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
GRU	São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport	Sao Paulo	29 km
VCP	Viracopos International Airport	Sao Paulo	84 km

All Sao Paulo airports and the distances between them →

Nearest airports

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
SOD	Sorocaba Airport	Sorocaba, Brazil	87 km
SJK	Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport	São José dos Campos, Brazil	92 km
AQA	Araraquara Airport	Araraquara, Brazil	252 km
JTC	Bauru/Arealva–Moussa Nakhal Tobias State Airport	Bauru, Brazil	296 km
RAO	Leite Lopes Airport	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	300 km

Distance from CGH to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
CGH → LHR	London, United Kingdom	9,463 km	—
CGH → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	12,243 km	—
CGH → CDG	Paris, France	9,409 km	—
CGH → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	9,803 km	—
CGH → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	10,573 km	—
CGH → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	9,779 km	—
CGH → JFK	New York, United States	7,649 km	—
CGH → ATL	Atlanta, United States	7,495 km	—
CGH → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	9,906 km	—
CGH → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	16,011 km	—
CGH → HND	Tokyo, Japan	18,548 km	—
CGH → DOH	Doha, Qatar	11,883 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
17R/35L	1,940 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes
17L/35R	1,495 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes

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Location

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil · -23.6277, -46.6546

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Questions

Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport has the IATA code CGH and the ICAO code SBSP. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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