The Concessionaire Managing São Paulo International Airport, in Guarulhos, GRU Airport, Reported on Tuesday (17) that Guarulhos Airport, the Busiest in South America, Registered About 34.4 Million Passengers in 2022.
From January to December of the previous year, there were more than 243,888 flights that landed or took off from the airfield, including both domestic and international trips. With all these numbers, it averages 2.87 million passengers and 19,600 takeoffs and landings per month at this airport terminal in São Paulo.
Just in December of the previous year, the movement was around 3.3 million passengers. During this long period, there were 23,183 takeoffs and landings, both domestic and international, with national operations seeing an average of 70,672 passengers per day with over 500 landings and takeoffs. GRU Airport operated to 112 destinations, including more than 50 international and 60 domestic, all in the previous year. The most sought-after places were: Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte/Confins, Recife, Buenos Aires, Panama City, and Santiago, Chile.
International Flights
The share of international flights represented about 31% of the total volume of passengers transported in December 2022. For the whole year (January to December), there were more than 10.8 million passengers transported.
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Still speaking of Guarulhos Airport, in December, the Cargo Terminal (TECA) reported movement of about 23,700 tons of products related to international cargo operated at the terminal, including exports and imports.
About more than 12,200 tons of cargo were moved related to imports, with over 106 tons of cargo processed through its imports in courier warehouses. However, exports totaled 11,500 tons moved, with about 193 tons processed by courier warehouses. The volumes moved by postal services and domestic cargo are not included in this report.
The Storage of Cargo Will Be Done in Segregated Areas Authorized by the Federal Revenue.
Those freight agents interested in the operation must request authorization from the agency and may also consult the concessionaire’s websites for additional and updated information.
GRU’s TECA is one of the largest, if not the largest, airport complexes in Brazil – located in an area of approximately 100,000 m² – and it has one of the largest refrigeration complexes in airports in Brazil, with around 30,000 m³ of capacity for import and export storage. The 24 cold chambers that cover that entire space and temperature ranges cater to a variety of products. Additionally, this space includes over 400 positions for refrigerated containers for import.

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