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Campinas-Viracopos International Airport (CPQ)
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| Time zone: |
GMT -3 |
| Country: |
Brazil (BR) |
| Latitude / Longitude: |
23°0'26"S / 47°8'4"W |
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| Service telephone: |
+55 19 3725-5000 |
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The airport is in the south western end of town at the BR-075 motorway towards Indaiatuba, about 10 miles south west of the city centre of Campinas. |
| Address: |
Aeroporto Internacional de Viracopos/Campinas, Rodovia Santos Dumont Km 66 Campinas - SP, CEP:13055-900, Brasil |
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| Operating Company: |
INFRAERO, Aeroportos Brasileiros |
Take-off and landing: |
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| Parking spaces: |
Paid parking for about 800 vehicles in front of the terminal. |
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| Altitude of runway: |
625 m |
Length of runway: |
1200 m |
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Nearby cities:
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Indaiatuba (13 km), Campinas (14 km), Hortolândia (19 km), Sumaré (25 km), Jundiaí (32 km), Itu (33 km), Americana (36 km), Várzea Paulista (39 km), Francisco Morato (50 km), Franco da Rocha (54 km)
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Operating airlines:
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Gol Transportes Aereos, Air France, American Airlines
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Alternative airports:
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Sorocaba (SOD) 64 km, Sao Paulo - Metropolitan Area ( CGH, GRU, CPQ, VCP) (SAO) 79 km, Sao Paulo - Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) 83 km, Sao Paulo-Congonhas (CGH) 85 km, Sao Jose Dos Campos (SJK) 132 km, Pouso Alegre (PPY) 148 km |
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Description:
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Campinas-Viracopos International Airport is one of the most important airports in Brazil. It is the second most important airport in Brazil and is about 55 miles north of the city of Sao Paulo. Both of Sao Paulos airports, Congonhas and Guarulhos, have reached the limits of their capacities and the Brazilian civil aviation authority, INFRAERO, has planned to extend Campinas-Viracopos Airport beginning in 2009 in order to meet the needs of growing air traffic in the area. According to plans, the airport is due to become the largest in the country even in the whole of Latin America. The airport code CPQ results in misleading information as this IATA - Code was originally used for Campinas - Amarais Airport, for this reason Campinas - Viracopos also has an alternative IATA-Code VCP, which has however only been used by a few Brazilian airlines.
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Location:
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Opened in 1960, the airport is about 10 miles south west of the city centre near the motorway SP-075 towards Indaiatuba. There is a regular shuttle bus service number 193 and 198 operated by TRANSURC. Timetable details are available locally.
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History:
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Destinations:
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Regular scheduled flights from Campinas-Viracopos are currently operated by GOL Linhas Aéreas to Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasilia, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Maringa, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador and Vitoria, TAM Linhas Aéreas to Belem, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasilia, Curitiba, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Guarulhos and Salvador and TRIP Linhas Aéreas to Alta Floresta, Belo Horizonte-Pamulha, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Ipatinga, Londrina, Maringá, Rondonópolis, Salvador and Sinop.
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