Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Aracatuba Airport, Araraquara Airport, Assis Airport, Avare-Arandu Airport, Barretos Airport, Bauru-Arealva Airport, Bauru Airport, Braganca Paulista Airport, Campo de Marte Airport, Campo dos Amarais Airport, Congonhas-Sao Paulo Airport, DAESP, Embraer Unidade Gaviao Peixoto Airport, Jundiai Airport, Leite Lopes Airport, Marilia Airport, Ourinhos Airport, Presidente Prudente Airport, Sao Carlos Airport, Sao Jose dos Campos Airport, Sao Jose do Rio Preto Airport, Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, Sao Pedro Airport (Brazil), Sorocaba Airport, Viracopos-Campinas International Airport. Excerpt: Sao Paulo/Guarulhos-Governador Andre Franco Montoro International Airport (IATA: GRU, ICAO: SBGR), formerly called Cumbica Airport after the district where it is located and the Air Force Base that still exists at the airport complex, is the main airport serving Sao Paulo, Brazil. It is located in the adjoining municipality of Guarulhos in Greater Sao Paulo. Since November 28, 2001 the airport is named after Andre Franco Montoro (1916-1999), former Governor of Sao Paulo. In 2011 the airport was ranked 1 in terms of transported passengers, aircraft operations, and cargo handled in Brazil, placing it amongst the busiest airports in the country. However, Guarulhos was also rated third place in most flight delays among major world airports by Forbes magazine in January 2008, and in 2011, according to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil, 25% of the flights left with delays greater than 15 minutes. Guarulhos has slot restrictions operating with a maximum of 45 operations/hour, being one of the three airports with such restrictions in Brazil. It is operated by Infraero and some of its facilities are shared with the Sao Paulo Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force. On June 6, 1967, in response the growth of the air traffic in Brazil, the Brazilian military government initiated studies concerning the renovation of the airport infrastructure in Brazil. As part of the conclusions of these studies, because of their location, strategic importance, and security issues, new passenger facilities would be constructed in the areas of Galeao Air Force Base in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo Air Force Base in Sao Paulo. In relation to Sao Paulo, the initial planning of the airport involved 3 runways and 4 passenger terminals. However, the first phase of the construction comprising two runways and two terminals started only on August 11, 1980. The airport was officially inaugurated on January 20, 1985. Quickly Guarulhos became the city's primary airport, supplanting Sao Paulo-C
