Sorocaba Airport SDCO / SOD
Brazil's fastest-growing business-aviation airport, 90 km west of São Paulo with 24-hour operations, no slots, no noise restrictions and major MRO and hangar clusters. No customs, so it serves as the parking and maintenance base after international clearance at Guarulhos; 80 minutes by road or 30 by helicopter.
5,347 ft
Longest runway
80 min
Drive to São Paulo
1
FBOs / handlers
2,077 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- No
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1, Avgas 100LL
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 90 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Light to large-cabin jets on a 1,630 m runway; domestic only.
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Líder Aviação Sorocaba
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Compare published takeoff distances
Initial comparison of published takeoff distances and runway length (5,347 ft). Confirm aircraft suitability and current restrictions with the operator.
Within the screening threshold
- Gulfstream Aerospace G350 5,050 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G400 5,000 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 900DX 4,890 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 900C 4,935 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS 4,675 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 600 4,717 ft
Above the screening threshold
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 6X needs 5,115 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 900B needs 5,144 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation X needs 5,200 ft
Other airports for São Paulo
- São Paulo Congonhas Airport SBSP 6,365 ft · 25 min
- São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport SBGR 12,139 ft · 45 min
What it costs to fly here privately
Sources and credits
- Sorocaba Airport · SDCO at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons