São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport

São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport is an airport that serves São Paulo, Brazil, located 25 km north of the city centre. It is sometimes called Cumbica Airport, after the suburb in which it is located.

Its IATA code is GRU and ICAO code is SBGR.

The airport is the busiest in Brazil in terms of transported passengers (41,307,915 in 2023), aircraft operations, and cargo handled.[1]

Line 13-Jade of the São Paulo Metro Rail Transport Network connects with the airport through Aeroporto-Guarulhos Station. A single fare provides access to all lines in the São Paulo Metro system. This line started its operations on March 31, 2018.[2] That makes São Paulo's São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) the first among major South American airport hubs (such as Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Santiago de Chile, Lima, El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, and Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport) to have a direct railway connection.[3] [4] [5][6][7] [8]

Aeroporto-Guarulhos station is located near Terminal 1, and passengers can access Terminals 2 and 3 via a free shuttle service. [9]

The following airlines fly into Guarulhos:

Many of these airlines have lounges at Guarulhos, most of which have internet access and mobile phone support, along with two meeting rooms for corporate executives.

There are also several restaurants, bookstores and cafés in the airport.

Other websites


  1. "GRU Airport - Aeroporto Internacional de São Paulo". GRU Airport - Aeroporto Internacional de São Paulo. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  2. "Estação da CPTM que leva ao Aeroporto de Guarulhos é inaugurada". March 31, 2018. Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  3. "Transporte Público". Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  4. "Cómo ir del Aeropuerto de Buenos Aires (Ezeiza) al centro". El Viajista (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  5. "Boric: El Metro llegará al Aeropuerto". Nuevo Pudahuel (in Spanish). 20 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  6. "Ramal de la Línea 4 del Metro que conectará con el aeropuerto Jorge Chávez será completamente autónomo". Energiminas (in Spanish). 1 April 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  7. "El Metro de Bogotá se conectaría con el Aeropuerto El Dorado: esto dijo el alcalde". Infobae (in Spanish). 21 May 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  8. "Com investimento de R$ 2 bi, Rio planeja metrô leve para o Aeroporto do Galeão". CNN Brasil (in Portuguese). 24 May 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  9. Ishioka, Leandro (2018-04-19). "No Japão, as estações que de fato conectam transporte e cidade" [In Japan, the stations that actually connect the transportation system to the cities]. Esquina.net (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-19.