Congonhas-São Paulo Airport

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The Aeroporto de Congonhas in São Paulo (IATA: CGH, ICAO: SBSP ) is a Brazilian airport. It is located on Avenida Washington Luís in the south adjacent to the center of the city.

Was opened the airport in 1936, the first flight was carried out in Rio de Janeiro as a target and was from an airplane of VASP.

Reason for the construction was to create an airport for the city of São Paulo, who would be adversely affected by flooding at high water of the Rio Tietê, as the Campo de Marte (Mars Field ) was the case.

Due to its small capacity, the relatively short runways and its central, already completely rebuilding situation of São Paulo - Guarulhos airport located north-east was built in 1985. Since then, start at the Aeroporto Internacional de Congonhas only domestic flights.

In the 1970s, a hall overlooking the airstrip was often used for graduations, weddings and the like.

Due to the large number of passengers a project for the renovation and modernization of the airport by the Infraero was launched. This was to ensure the capacity of 12 million passengers a year to meet in the future. The implementation started in 2003. The first phase, the reconstruction of the arrival and departure area and the installation of passenger boarding bridges for the convenience of getting in and out was completed on 15 August 2004. The second phase, with changes in the gate area, construction of a parking garage for 3,000 vehicles and improve traffic flow in early 2007 was completed. From February to June 2007 also both start and runways were renewed.

Airlines and destinations

The airport is served only by following airlines operating domestic services:

• Avianca Brazil
• TAM Linhas Aéreas
• NHT Linhas Aéreas
• Gol Transportes Aéreos
• Pantanal Linhas Aéreas

Incidents

• On 31 October 1996 TAM Linhas crashed - Aéreas Flight 402 shortly after takeoff from Congonhas off after the plane touched an apartment building and several other buildings. All 90 passengers and six crew members on board, as well as three other people on the ground were killed in the accident.
• On 8 August 2006, replaced the front cabin door of a Fokker 100 TAM Linhas Aéreas of shortly after taking off from the body of the machine and fell on the roof of a supermarket. In the incident, no one was injured and the machine could easily make an emergency landing.
• On 17 July 2007, TAM Linhas - - Aéreas Flight 3054 crashed in Porto Alegre coming with 181 passengers and six crew members when landing on runway 35L. The plane shot over the end of the wet runway and crashed into a cargo terminal building outside the airport. The accident also 12 people were killed on the ground. It was the worst air disaster in Brazilian history and created a comprehensive discussion of the Brazilian air traffic control, the infrastructure of airports, especially the congestion of the airport Congonhas, whether its present location amidst dense urban area.