Guarujá Civil Metropolitan Aerodrome

Guarujá Civil Metropolitan Airport (IATA: SSZ, ICAO: SBST) is an airport under construction to serve Guarujá, Santos and the Santos Metropolitan Region in Brazil.

Guarujá Civil Metropolitan Aerodrome


Aeroporto Civil Metropolitano do Guarujá
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
Operator
ServesSantos
LocationGuarujá, Brazil
Time zoneBRT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL4 m / 13 ft
Coordinates23°55′41″S 046°17′59″W
Websitewww4.infraero.gov.br/aeroporto-guaruja/
Map
SSZ is located in Brazil
SSZ
SSZ
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 1,390 4,560 Asphalt
Sources: Airport Website,[1] ANAC[2]

It is operated by Infraero.

Some of its facilities will be shared with Santos Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.

History

Plans to use the site of Santos Air Force Base also as a civil aerodrome started in 2018. In 2019 the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Brazilian Air Force signed the agreement.

On July 3, 2020 Infraero started to manage the civil portion of the site and to conduct works regarding the construction of a terminal.[3]

It is expected that the facility will open on the second semester of 2023.[4]

Access

The airport is located 9 km (6 mi) from Guarujá and 17 km (11 mi) from Santos.

See also

References
  1. "Aeroródromo Civil Metropolitano de Guarujá". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  3. "Aeródromo Civil Metropolitano de Guarujá". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. "Liberada a verba das obras do aeroporto de Guarujá-SP; resta apenas o aval da Cetesb". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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