Where is VCP airport?

VCP is a large airport in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, at -23.0074, -47.1345, 661 m above sea level. It serves Sao Paulo.

Which other airports serve Sao Paulo?

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

What time zone is VCP in?

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

How many passengers use VCP?

12,534,994 passengers in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026, according to ANAC, the Brazilian civil aviation agency (scheduled flights).

Viracopos International Airport opened in 1960.

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Large airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

IATA code: VCP
ICAO code: SBKP
City code: SAO; All Sao Paulo airports
Passengers: 12,534,994; Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Nonstop routes: 77; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−3; America/Sao_Paulo
Elevation: 661 m; 2,169 ft
Runways: 1; Longest 3,240 m

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About VCP

Viracopos International Airport is a large airport serving Sao Paulo, Brazil. It opened in 1960 and is run by Infraero. 12,534,994 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 77 nonstop routes from VCP. On tickets, the city code SAO covers it together with the other Sao Paulo airports.

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Busiest nonstop routes from VCP

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
VCP → BSB	Brasília, Brazil	794 km	840,886
VCP → REC	Recife, Brazil	2,101 km	774,078
VCP → POA	Porto Alegre, Brazil	872 km	662,024
VCP → CNF	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	497 km	598,678
VCP → SSA	Salvador, Brazil	1,455 km	587,488
VCP → SDU	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	407 km	558,833
VCP → GIG	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	399 km	541,752
VCP → CWB	São José dos Pinhais, Brazil	348 km	488,033
VCP → GYN	Goiânia, Brazil	739 km	418,840
VCP → CGB	Várzea Grande, Brazil	1,246 km	411,974
VCP → FLN	Florianópolis, Brazil	536 km	351,957
VCP → MAO	Manaus, Brazil	2,612 km	332,928
VCP → NVT	Navegantes, Brazil	455 km	315,493
VCP → LIS	Lisbon, Portugal	7,904 km	311,274
VCP → VIX	Vitória, Brazil	772 km	307,137
VCP → FOR	Fortaleza, Brazil	2,321 km	306,590
VCP → BEL	Belém, Brazil	2,397 km	305,529
VCP → CGR	Campo Grande, Brazil	829 km	256,028
VCP → MCZ	Maceió, Brazil	1,921 km	225,046
VCP → IGU	Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil	800 km	222,818
VCP → BPS	Porto Seguro, Brazil	1,114 km	208,649
VCP → SJP	São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	338 km	177,901
VCP → RAO	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	218 km	173,968
VCP → ORY	Paris, France	9,342 km	168,145
VCP → MCO	Orlando, United States	6,771 km	160,231
VCP → UDI	Uberlândia, Brazil	470 km	159,736
VCP → CAC	Cascavel, Brazil	684 km	146,462
VCP → NAT	São Gonçalo do Amarante, Brazil	2,288 km	133,435
VCP → MGF	Maringá, Brazil	502 km	129,469
VCP → LDB	Londrina, Brazil	411 km	119,511
VCP → XAP	Chapecó, Brazil	720 km	115,271
VCP → JPA	João Pessoa, Brazil	2,187 km	110,097
VCP → THE	Teresina, Brazil	2,039 km	106,967
VCP → OPS	Sinop, Brazil	1,523 km	104,941
VCP → FLL	Fort Lauderdale, United States	6,492 km	104,907
VCP → JOI	Joinville, Brazil	394 km	104,305
VCP → SLZ	São Luís, Brazil	2,281 km	102,568
VCP → PFB	Passo Fundo, Brazil	780 km	101,528
VCP → MAD	Madrid, Spain	8,352 km	98,280
VCP → IOS	Ilhéus, Brazil	1,244 km	97,207

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.

Airlines at VCP on flights to and from the US

AD Azul Linhas Aereas Brazileiras S A · 1,028 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Other airports in Sao Paulo

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
GRU	São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport	Sao Paulo	83 km
CGH	Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre 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	64 km
SJK	Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport	São José dos Campos, Brazil	132 km
AQA	Araraquara Airport	Araraquara, Brazil	168 km
RAO	Leite Lopes Airport	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	218 km
JTC	Bauru/Arealva–Moussa Nakhal Tobias State Airport	Bauru, Brazil	220 km

Distance from VCP to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
VCP → LHR	London, United Kingdom	9,424 km	—
VCP → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	12,266 km	—
VCP → CDG	Paris, France	9,375 km	—
VCP → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	9,771 km	—
VCP → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	10,562 km	—
VCP → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	9,743 km	—
VCP → JFK	New York, United States	7,567 km	—
VCP → ATL	Atlanta, United States	7,411 km	—
VCP → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	9,825 km	—
VCP → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	16,090 km	—
VCP → HND	Tokyo, Japan	18,465 km	—
VCP → DOH	Doha, Qatar	11,905 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
15/33	3,240 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes

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Location

Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil · -23.0074, -47.1345

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Questions

Viracopos International Airport has the IATA code VCP and the ICAO code SBKP. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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