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

It is operated by Infraero.

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

History

Plans to use the site of the 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 3 July 2020 Infraero started to manage the civil portion of the site and to conduct works regarding the construction of a terminal.[4]

The facility is expected to open in mid-2025.[5]

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. ^ "Santos (SBST)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Aeródromo Civil Metropolitano de Guarujá". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Aeroporto do Guarujá deve sair em 2025; Gol e Azul já demonstram interesse". Panrotas (in Portuguese). 11 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
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