Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport

ICAO SBSP23.6277°S 46.6546°W802 m / 2,631 ftLarge airport

Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport (IATA: CGH, ICAO: SBSP) is a large airport in São Paulo, Brazil. It opened in 1936. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,940 m (6,365 ft). It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 18.2 million passengers.

Timeline

4 events · 1936–2011

1936

OpenedCongonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport opens.

31 OCT 1996

DisasterTAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402.99 killed

17 JUL 2007

DisasterTAM Airlines Flight 3054.187 killed

20 DEC 2011

MilestoneListed as Conpresp Good Class.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

17R/35L147° / 327° · LIT

LENGTH1,940 m6,365 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

17L/35R147° / 327° · LIT

LENGTH1,495 m4,905 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022

17.3M

17.9M

19.1M

20.6M

21.6M

22.1M

22.8M

7.0M

9.7M

18.2M

111213141516171819202122

Routes

40 destinations · 1 country

Year-round39

Seasonal3

CLVNelson Ribeiro Guimarães AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos687 km427 mi AJUAracaju - Santa Maria AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil1,734 km1,077 mi SLZMarechal Cunha Machado International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos2,354 km1,463 mi

Most destinationsGol Transportes Aéreos 39LATAM Brasil 30

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CGH. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “São Paulo–Congonhas Airport” (revision of 15 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers18.2M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#126of 3,974 · #5 South America · #2 BR Longest runway1,940 m6,365 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,205of 29,823 · =315 South America · =96 BR Elevation802 m2,631 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=6,478of 43,341 · =770 South America · =469 BR AgeOpened 19362026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=649of 15,079 · =15 South America · =7 BR Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =21 South America · =4 BR

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels

APPSAO PAULO APP119.800

ATISATIS127.650

CLDCLNC DEL120.600

GNDGND121.900

TWRSAO PAULO TWR127.150

ILSRWY 17R - ISP109.300

ILSRWY 35L - ISO109.700