São Paulo Air Force Base

São Paulo Air Force Base
São Paulo Air Force Base
Base Aérea de São Paulo
Guarulhos, São Paulo in Brazil
	São Paulo Air Force Base in 2010
Site information
Type	Air Force Base
Code	BASP
Owner	Brazilian Air Force
Controlled by	Brazilian Air Force
Open to; the public	No
Location
	SBGR Location in Brazil SBGR SBGR (Brazil)
Coordinates	23°26′08″S 46°28′23″W / 23.43556°S 46.47306°W
Site history
Built	1945
In use	1945-present
Garrison information
Current; commander	Cel. Av. Fernando Campos Montenegro
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: GRU, ICAO: SBGR, LID: SP0002
Elevation	750 metres (2,461 ft) AMSL
Runways
10R/28L	3,000 metres (9,843 ft) Asphalt
10L/28R	3,700 metres (12,139 ft) Asphalt
	Sources: DECEA

Base Aérea de São Paulo – BASP (IATA: GRU, ICAO: SBGR) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in Guarulhos, Brazil.

It shares some facilities with Gov. André Franco Montoro International Airport.

History

São Paulo Air Force Base was created on 22 May 1941 by Decree 3,302 at Campo de Marte Airport. On 26 January 1945 the base was transferred to its present location, then called Cumbica Farm.^[2]

Units

Since January 2017 there are no permanent flying units assigned to São Paulo Air Force Base. Whenever needed, the aerodrome is used as a support facility to other air units of the Brazilian Air Force, Navy and Army.

Former Units
May 1969–January 2018: 4th Squadron of Air Transportation (4°ETA) Carajá. The squadron was deactivated on 10 January 2018 and aircraft and personnel transferred to the 3rd Squadron of Air Transportation (3°ETA) based at Santa Cruz Air Force Base.^[3]

Access

The base is located 25 km from downtown São Paulo.

Gallery

This gallery displays aircraft that have been based at São Paulo. The gallery is not comprehensive.

Embraer C-95B Bandeirante (FAB)
Embraer C-97 Brasília (FAB)

References

^ "Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro (SBGR)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 April 2024.
^ Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica (2005). História Geral da Aeronáutica Brasileira: após o término da Segunda Guerra Mundial até a posse do Dr. Juscelino Kubitschek como Presidente da República (1946–1956) (in Portuguese). Vol. 4. Rio de Janeiro: INCAER. pp. 156–159.
^ "Em processo de Reestruturação, FAB se despede do Esquadrão Carajá". Força Aérea Brasileira (in Portuguese). 17 January 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2021.