CGH · São Paulo, Brazil
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport.
--:--:-- · BRT (UTC-03:00) · 23.6277° S, 46.6546° W
São Paulo–Congonhas Airport
Domestic airport in São Paulo, Brazil
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for CGH
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 5974; ident SBSP; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
aenabrasil.com.br
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
São Paulo–Congonhas Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
18 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
CGH / SBSP
OurAirports ident
SBSP
GPS / local code
SBSP / SP0001
ISO region
BR-SP
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
large scheduled-service airport
Official host
aenabrasil.com.br
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q862401
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 7:10 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--BRT · UTC-03:00
Time zone
BRT
America/Sao_Paulo · UTC-03:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
9.1 km
Approximate distance to central São Paulo.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Brasília
Languages
Portuguese
Currency
BRL (R$)
Country area
8,515,767 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
6,365 ft / 1,940 m
Runway surface
asphalt (2)
Opened / operator
1936 · The City of São Paulo
Owner / entity
Q862401
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
large scheduled-service airport
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
18 source-backed signals
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport is a large scheduled-service airport for São Paulo, Brazil. São Paulo's built-up core sits roughly 9.1 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Sao_Paulo (UTC-03:00, BRT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport (CGH / SBSP) is at 23.6277° S, 46.6546° W, elevation 2,631 ft (802 m), serving São Paulo, Brazil.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
São Paulo is in Brazil (capital Brasília); regulated by Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC); on America/Sao_Paulo (BRT, UTC-03:00); working languages: Portuguese; currency: BRL (R$).
Distance from central São Paulo: 9 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for CGH.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport (CGH / SBSP)
São Paulo–Congonhas Airport · Domestic airport in São Paulo, Brazil
Source identifiers
SBSP · SBSP · SP0001 · BR-SP
aenabrasil.com.br · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Campo Belo
campo-belo-11962400 · 1.4 km from CGH
Brazil · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · population 71,058 · city coordinates -23.6281, -46.6679
2. Jabaquara
jabaquara · 2.7 km from CGH
Brazil · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · population 214,958 · city coordinates -23.6505, -46.6459
3. Cursino
cursino · 3.5 km from CGH
Brazil · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · population 103,171 · city coordinates -23.6314, -46.6207
4. Moema
moema · 3.7 km from CGH
Brazil · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · population 81,899 · city coordinates -23.5952, -46.6645
5. Bosque Saúde
bosque-saude · 3.8 km from CGH
Brazil · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · population 128,469 · city coordinates -23.6093, -46.6230
6. Vila Mariana
vila-mariana · 4.8 km from CGH
Brazil · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · population 127,286 · city coordinates -23.5883, -46.6346
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. GRU SBGR
São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · São Paulo
29 km from CGH · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · elevation 2,461 ft (750 m) · airport coordinates -23.4313, -46.4700
2. CWB SBCT
Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport · Curitiba
331 km from CGH · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · elevation 2,988 ft (911 m) · airport coordinates -25.5285, -49.1758
3. GIG SBGL
Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport · Rio De Janeiro
360 km from CGH · America/Sao_Paulo · +0h · elevation 28 ft (9 m) · airport coordinates -22.8100, -43.2506
Route-time reference set
1. CGH-CWB
Curitiba · 331 km · 1h 15m
America/Sao_Paulo · +0h from CGH; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. CGH-GIG
Rio De Janeiro · 360 km · 1h 17m
America/Sao_Paulo · +0h from CGH; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 6,365 ft / 1,940 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt (2)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for CGH.
Runway identifiers
17L/35R · 17R/35L
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. GRU SBGR
São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · São Paulo · 29 km from CGH
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 2,461 ft (750 m) · -23.4313, -46.4700
2. CWB SBCT
Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport · Curitiba · 331 km from CGH
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 2,988 ft (911 m) · -25.5285, -49.1758
3. GIG SBGL
Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport · Rio De Janeiro · 360 km from CGH
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 28 ft (9 m) · -22.8100, -43.2506
4. SDU SBRJ
Santos Dumont Airport · Rio de Janeiro · 365 km from CGH
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 11 ft (3 m) · -22.9104, -43.1628
5. CNF SBCF
Tancredo Neves International Airport · Belo Horizonte · 524 km from CGH
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 2,721 ft (829 m) · -19.6357, -43.9669
6. GYN SBGO
Santa Genoveva International Airport · Goiânia · 823 km from CGH
large airport · America/Sao_Paulo · brazil · 2,450 ft (747 m) · -16.6320, -49.2207
Country and authority
CGH sits in Brazil (Federative Republic of Brazil), whose capital is Brasília. Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, South America.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: Portuguese. Currency context: BRL (R$). CGH is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Domestic airport in São Paulo, Brazil. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q862401 · Congonhas-São Paulo Airport. Administrative area: São Paulo · Q10391371. Named after: São Paulo. Entity official-site cross-check: infraero.gov.br
Field and clock profile
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport is a moderate-elevation field at 2,631 ft (802 m), positioned at 23.6277° S, 46.6546° W in the Southern subtropics. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 6,365 ft / 1,940 m. The airport clock uses America/Sao_Paulo (BRT, UTC-03:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Campo Belo is the closest retained city-time anchor at 1.4 km. GRU São Paulo is the closest retained airport alternative at 29 km.
Country airport peers
CGH is compared with GRU São Paulo at 29 km, CWB Curitiba at 331 km, GIG Rio De Janeiro at 360 km, SDU Rio de Janeiro at 365 km, CNF Belo Horizonte at 524 km inside the retained Brazil airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
CGH-CWB Curitiba: 331 km, about 1h 15m, +0h. CGH-GIG Rio De Janeiro: 360 km, about 1h 17m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident SBSP backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. aenabrasil.com.br is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 6,365 ft / 1,940 m
Runway identifiers
17L/35R, 17R/35L
OurAirports classifies CGH as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.
CGH (SBSP) is a moderate-elevation field at 2,631 ft (802 m) in the subtropics, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
CGH sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
CGH's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 6,365 ft / 1,940 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt (2).
The City of São Paulo is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for CGH.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at aenabrasil.com.br, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for CGH
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
CGH uses America/Sao_Paulo (BRT, UTC-03:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport is about 9.1 km from central São Paulo; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
GRU São Paulo is the closest retained alternate at 29 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
aenabrasil.com.br is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place CGH inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
CGH ranks #3 in the curated Brazil airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 15 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
CGH shares America/Sao_Paulo with BSB Brasília BR · CNF Belo Horizonte BR · CWB Curitiba BR · GIG Rio De Janeiro BR · GRU São Paulo BR · GYN Goiânia BR. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
CGH is 2,631 ft (802 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include TUS 2,643 ft (806 m) (12 ft delta) · TYN 2,575 ft (785 m) (56 ft delta) · ADJ 2,555 ft (779 m) (76 ft delta) · CNF 2,721 ft (829 m) (90 ft delta) · GRU 2,461 ft (750 m) (170 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
CGH's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are GRU 29 km +0h · CWB 331 km +0h · GIG 360 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curitiba | CWB | 331 km | 1h 15m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Rio De Janeiro | GIG | 360 km | 1h 17m | +0h | --:--:-- |
CGH to CWB
Curitiba
Distance 331 km; estimated travel window 1h 15m; destination zone America/Sao_Paulo is +0h from CGH. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
CGH to GIG
Rio De Janeiro
Distance 360 km; estimated travel window 1h 17m; destination zone America/Sao_Paulo is +0h from CGH. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central São Paulo is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
São Paulo is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from CGH, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Campo Belo
campo-belo-11962400 · 1.4 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Jabaquara
jabaquara · 2.7 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Cursino
cursino · 3.5 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Moema
moema · 3.7 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bosque Saúde
bosque-saude · 3.8 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Vila Mariana
vila-mariana · 4.8 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Ipiranga
ipiranga · 5.0 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Cidade Ademar
cidade-ademar · 5.1 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Santo Amaro
santo-amaro · 5.4 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Itaim Bibi
itaim-bibi · 5.4 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Sacomã
sacoma · 5.8 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Campo Grande
campo-grande-11962397 · 6.2 km · America/Sao_Paulo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Curitiba (CWB), Rio De Janeiro (GIG). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 2 runways; longest runway 6,365 ft / 1,940 m; identifiers 17L/35R, 17R/35L.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt (2); 2 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: The City of São Paulo.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1936.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from CGH. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportGRU
São Paulo · large airport
- Distance
- 29 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 2,461 ft (750 m)
Compare against GRU when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Curitiba-Afonso Pena International AirportCWB
Curitiba · large airport
- Distance
- 331 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 2,988 ft (911 m)
Compare against CWB when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportGIG
Rio De Janeiro · large airport
- Distance
- 360 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 28 ft (9 m)
Compare against GIG when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport (CGH) in?▾
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport is in the America/Sao_Paulo timezone (UTC-03:00, BRT).
What are the codes for Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport?▾
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport uses IATA code CGH and ICAO code SBSP.
Where is Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport located?▾
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport is located in São Paulo, Brazil at coordinates 23.6277° S, 46.6546° W, with an elevation of 2,631 ft (802 m) (moderate-elevation field in the subtropics).
How far is Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport from central São Paulo?▾
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport sits roughly 9.1 km from the nearest mapped city center for São Paulo.
Which route reference is most useful from CGH?▾
Curitiba (CWB) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 15m, destination timezone America/Sao_Paulo, and a +0h difference from CGH.
Which authority regulates CGH?▾
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport sits inside Brazil, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC).
What other airports in Brazil are close peers to CGH?▾
CGH's curated peers in Brazil on this site include GRU São Paulo, CWB Curitiba, GIG Rio De Janeiro, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport have?▾
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 6,365 ft / 1,940 m; identifiers include 17L/35R, 17R/35L.