--- title: "GRU — São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro Airport, São Paulo · Orbit" description: "São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU/SBGR) serves São Paulo, Brazil. Opened 1985, named after Franco Montoro." url: https://orbitflights.app/airports/gru --- São Paulo · Brazil · South America # GRU — São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport serves São Paulo, Brazil, 21 km from the city centre, and sits at 23.4°S, 46.5°W. This site carries 7 routes touching it, with the great circle distance for each. **IATA** GRU the code on your bag tag **ICAO** SBGR used by air traffic control **Opened** 1985 per Wikidata **Passengers** 34.4M in 2022 ## History & name Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo opened in 1985 and honours Franco Montoro, a Brazilian politician (1916–1999). Operated by Infraero, it lies 21 km from São Paulo at 2,461 feet, with two runways up to 3,700 m, and handled 34.4 million passengers in 2022. Named after **Franco Montoro** — Brazilian politician (1916–1999) Read more: [Wikipedia ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o%5FPaulo-Guarulhos%5FInternational%5FAirport) · [Wikidata ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q385406) ## At a glance **Full name** São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport **Serves** São Paulo, Brazil **City centre** 21 km from São Paulo **Opened** 1985 **Operator** Infraero **Passengers** 34.4 million in 2022 **Runways** 2 runways, longest 3,700 m **Elevation** 2,461 ft (750 m) **Map** [Open in Google Maps ↗](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=-23.43130,-46.47000) **Website** [gru.com.br ↗](http://www.gru.com.br/) ## Where it sits 23.4°S, 46.5°W puts GRU in the southern hemisphere, 2,605 km from the equator and 7,402 km from the South pole. Of the 661 airports on this site it is the **602nd** most northerly, which makes it the 60th most southerly. ## Straight through the middle Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 23.4°N, 133.5°E. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Naha (OKA) in Japan, still 669 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean. ## What’s near it The closest other airport on this site is **Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre** (CGH), 29 km away in a straight line. 2 airports here sit within 100 km — worth checking which one your ticket actually says. CGH Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre 29 km VCP Viracopos 83 km ## Distances from GRU Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air. The longest is Singapore, at 15,995 km. | To | | Distance | Estimated | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | --- | --------- | --------- | | [Rio de Janeiro](https://orbitflights.app/routes/gru-to-gig) | GIG | 336 km | 55m | | [Buenos Aires](https://orbitflights.app/routes/gru-to-eze) | EZE | 1,723 km | 2h 38m | | [Santiago](https://orbitflights.app/routes/gru-to-scl) | SCL | 2,615 km | 3h 45m | | [Miami](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-gru) | MIA | 6,574 km | 8h 40m | | [Madrid](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mad-to-gru) | MAD | 8,378 km | 10h 55m | | [London](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-gru) | LHR | 9,460 km | 12h 15m | | [Singapore](https://orbitflights.app/routes/gru-to-sin) | SIN | 15,995 km | 20h 23m | [Distance from GRU to any airport →](https://orbitflights.app/distance?from=GRU&to=SIN) [Map a trip from GRU →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=GRU-SIN) ## Where these facts come from The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/) (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/) (CC0); the city centre from [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/) (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates. What you won’t find: terminal maps, airline lists, shops or live departures. Orbit is a logbook, not a flight tracker, and a page that guessed at those would be worse than one that leaves them out. [Measure GRU to anywhere →](https://orbitflights.app/distance) [Flights to São Paulo →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/sao-paulo) ## Flown through GRU? Orbit knows all 8,801 airports offline and works out the distance the moment you enter two codes. [Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit) --- Markdown copy of https://orbitflights.app/airports/gru for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt