São Paulo Congonhas Airport SBSP / CGH
The business capital's downtown airport, 25 minutes from Avenida Faria Lima and Itaim Bibi, with Líder's FBO and a saturated slot regime. Short runway, night curfew and severe parking limits push most jets to Guarulhos or Sorocaba after drop-off; helicopter transfer from Congonhas is standard. Customs available for cleared flights.
6,365 ft
Longest runway
25 min
Drive to São Paulo
2
FBOs / handlers
2,631 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 06:00–23:00 (curfew)
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- Yes
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 8 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Up to super-midsize/large-cabin (Legacy 600, Challenger 650, Falcon 2000); heavy jets weight-limited on a 1,940 m runway.
- Website
- www.aeroportocongonhas.net
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Líder Aviação Congonhas
- Universal Aviation Brazil
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 6,365 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Bombardier Global 8000 5,760 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X 5,900 ft
- Bombardier Global 7500 5,800 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G800 6,000 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G600 5,700 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E needs 6,076 ft
- Bombardier Global 6500 needs 6,145 ft
- Bombardier Global Express XRS needs 6,190 ft
Other airports for São Paulo
- Sorocaba Airport SDCO 5,347 ft · 80 min
- São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport SBGR 12,139 ft · 45 min