37-537: São Paulo Airport may refer to the following airports serving São Paulo, Brazil: São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport (IATA: GRU, ICAO: SBGR) – newer airport, serving mainly international routes São Paulo–Congonhas Airport (IATA: CGH, ICAO: SBSP) – older airport, serving mainly domestic routes Viracopos International Airport (IATA: VCP, ICAO: SBKP) – airport serving Campinas, São Paulo State Campo de Marte Airport (ICAO: SBMT) – São Paulo's first airport, housing
74-438: A Constitution, in a provisional government. The 1930 Revolution also affected São Paulo by eroding the autonomy that states enjoyed during the term of the 1891 Constitution and preventing the inauguration of the governor of São Paulo, Júlio Prestes , who had been elected president of Brazil in 1930 , while simultaneously overthrowing President Washington Luís , who was governor of São Paulo from 1920 to 1924. These events marked
111-436: A few months, the state of São Paulo rebelled against the federal government. Counting on the support of the political elites of two other powerful states, Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul, the politicians from São Paulo expected a quick war. However, the expected support did not materialize, and São Paulo's revolt was overwhelmed by force on October 2, 1932. In total, there were 87 days of fighting (July 9 to October 4, 1932—with
148-558: A flying school and general aviation services [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about airports with the same or similar names. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended airport article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=São_Paulo_International_Airport&oldid=1082508665 " Category : Airport disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
185-484: A mere 4.4 cartridges a day per soldier. Brazil equipped approximately 100,000 men, but taking into account that a third of this amount never went to the front (they were kept to protect the rearguards and for security purposes in the other states), their numerical superiority was of some 2 to 1. The main front was initially the eastern Paraíba Valley that led to Rio de Janeiro , then the capital of Brazil. The 2nd Division revolted and advanced against Rio de Janeiro, but
222-408: A new cargo terminal. The second phase of the passenger terminal expansion project was completed in 2005 and a new control tower was built, storage and processing facilities for the cargo terminal expanded, and the passenger terminal was entirely revamped. A third phase of expansion, which would build a second runway by 2013, was projected. However, since the airport was conceded in 2012, the deadline for
259-410: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Viracopos International Airport Viracopos/Campinas International Airport ( IATA : VCP , ICAO : SBKP ) (sometimes referred to as São Paulo/Campinas or São Paulo/Viracopos ) is an international airport serving the municipality of Campinas , in the state of São Paulo . On 6 January 1987,
296-756: Is located 82 km (51 mi) northwest of the state capital city of São Paulo and 20 km (12 mi) southwest of downtown Campinas, adjacent to the Bandeirantes - Anhanguera highway complex, which connects the capital city to the interior of São Paulo state . [REDACTED] Media related to Viracopos-Campinas International Airport at Wikimedia Commons Constitutionalist Revolution Loyalist victory Constitutionalists [REDACTED] São Paulo [REDACTED] Maracaju Loyalists [REDACTED] Brazil The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 (sometimes also referred to as Paulista War or Brazilian Civil War )
333-532: Is located very close to downtown. At that time, Viracopos even appeared on the Guinness Book of Records as the furthest airport from the city it allegedly served. The airport's title as the main international airport of São Paulo ended in 1985 with the opening of São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport , and Viracopos entered into a decade of stagnation, with all international and most domestic flights transferred to Guarulhos and Congonhas. However, recognizing
370-521: Is part of the multiple airport system set around the city of São Paulo (code SAO). An airline that files services with the code VCP has flights displayed when passengers or travel agents request service from São Paulo, whereas flights filed with the code CPQ are displayed as service from Campinas, not São Paulo. A similar example is New York City (NYC), in which the airport codes LGA ( LaGuardia Airport ), JFK ( John F. Kennedy International Airport ), and EWR ( Newark Liberty International Airport ) are used for
407-525: Is the name given to the uprising of the population of the Brazilian state of São Paulo against the Brazilian Revolution of 1930 when Getúlio Vargas assumed the nation's presidency; Vargas was supported by the people, the military and the political elites of Minas Gerais , Rio Grande do Sul and Paraíba . The movement grew out of local resentment from the fact that Vargas ruled by decree, unbound by
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#1732887226169444-753: The 1950s, it started being used by cargo companies. In 1960, it was improved with a 3,240 m runway, long enough to accommodate the first generation of intercontinental jet planes such as the Boeing 707 , de Havilland Comet , Vickers VC10 , Convair 990 , and Douglas DC-8 , and the airport was officially inaugurated on 19 October 1960, same day where it also received its first international flight. Furthermore, Viracopos Airport served (and still serves) as an alternate airport for Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport and São Paulo airports particularly because it rarely closes due to bad weather conditions (an average of only 5 days per year). After 1960, Viracopos became
481-528: The French Aeroports Egis Avia (10%). Infraero, the state-run organization, remains with 49% of the shares of the company incorporated for the administration. The facility encompasses 1,766 hectares (4,364 acres ) of airport property and contains one 3,240m runway. Following is the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to Infraero (2007-2012) and Aeroportos Brasil (2013-2023) reports: The airport
518-554: The Infraero original plan never occurred. Since the concession to Consortium Aeroportos Brasil, a new investment program focusing particularly on the construction of a new terminal was announced. The phase 1 of the new passenger terminal opened in May 2015. Responding to critiques to the situation of its airports, on May 18, 2011, Infraero released a list evaluating some of its most important airports according to its saturation levels. According to
555-668: The Mixed Brigade based in the southern part of Mato Grosso . These forces were reinforced by the Força Pública Paulista (the military police of São Paulo state), and the MMDC militias. In all, there were some 11,000–15,000 men at the beginning of the conflict, later joined by thousands of volunteers. In fact, according to authors such as Hilton, São Paulo equipped some 40 battalions of volunteers, but García de Gabiola states that he had identified up to 80 of them, of some 300 men each. At
592-429: The airport name was officially normalised to its present form. It is named after the neighbourhood where it is located. It is operated by Aeroportos Brasil. The IATA airport code of Viracopos is VCP and the specific city code of Campinas is CPQ. Sometimes both codes are used as one although there is a distinction between them in airline reservation systems: VCP, together with CGH (Congonhas) and GRU (Guarulhos) ,
629-638: The cruiser Rio Grande do Sul , escorted by two destroyers, Pará and Sergipe . To support the mission, the Naval Aviation sent three Savoia-Marchetti S.55 A (numbers 1, 4 and 8) and two Martin PM (numbers 111 and 112) planes. These five planes left Galeão on July 12. All were temporarily based at the caves of the Island of São Sebastião , near the village of Vila Bela (current Ilhabela ). The Navy also intended to send some Vought O2U-2A Corsairs to Vila Bela, but
666-516: The enactment of a new Constitution in 1934. However, the new Constitution was short-lived, as in 1937, amidst growing extremism on the left and right wings of the political spectrum, Vargas closed the National Congress and enacted another Constitution , which established the so-called Estado Novo after a coup d'état . July 9 marks the beginning of the Revolution of 1932, and is a holiday and
703-538: The end of the First Brazilian Republic . The Revolution's main goal was to press the provisional government headed by Getúlio Vargas to adopt and then abide by a new Constitution, since Júlio Prestes was kept from taking office. However, as the movement developed and resentment against Vargas and his revolutionary government grew deeper, it came to advocate the overthrow of the Federal Government, and it
740-509: The end, taking into account that in the São Paulo state armory's there were only between 15,000 and 29,000 rifles depending on the source, the Paulistas were never able to arm more than 35,000 men maximum. Additionally, the Paulistas had only 6 million cartridges, failing their attempts to acquire some additional 500 million, so, for an army of some 30,000 men fighting for 3 months, it represented
777-559: The government forces were still some 150 km from the capital São Paulo when the war ended. In the south of São Paulo, government forces created the South Detachment, made of the federal 3rd and 5th divisions, 3 cavalry divisions and the gaucho brigade of Rio Grande do Sul reaching 18,000 men against just 3-5,000 Paulistas depending on the date. The federal forces broke through the rebel defensive line in Itararé on July 17, producing
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#1732887226169814-732: The largest advance in the war, but they were still very far from São Paulo when the war ended. Finally, the decisive front was the Minas Gerais Front, which was only active after August 2. The 4th Federal Division, based in Minas Gerais,together with the Police of Minas Gerais and other states' troops, broke through the rebel defensive line in Eleutério (a district of Itapira ) on August 26, advancing some 50 km towards Campinas , adding 18,000 soldiers against some 7,000 Paulistas . The 4th Division
851-403: The last two days after the surrender of São Paulo), with a total of 934 official deaths, though non-official estimates report up to 2,200 dead, and many cities in the state of São Paulo suffered damage. In spite of its military defeat, some of the movement's main demands were granted by Vargas afterwards: the appointment of a non-military state governor, the election of a Constituent Assembly, and
888-674: The list, Viracopos was considered to be requiring attention, operating between 70% and 85% of its capacity. Following a decision made on 26 April 2011 by the Federal Government for private companies being granted concessions to operate some Infraero airports, on 6 February 2012, the administration of the airport was conceded, for 30 years, to the Consortium Aeroportos Brasil composed of the Brazilian Triunfo, an Investments and Funds Society (45%), UTC Engenharia e Participações, an Engineering and Investments Society (45%), and
925-563: The most important civic date of the state of São Paulo. The Paulistas (as the inhabitants of São Paulo are known) consider the Revolution of 1932 as the greatest movement of its civic history. It was the first major revolt against the government of Getúlio Vargas. According to García de Gabiola, when the revolution began the Paulistas only swayed one of the 8 divisions of the Brazilian Army (the 2nd Division, based in São Paulo), and half of
962-422: The movement's commanders sought separatism. The uprising began on July 9, 1932, after four protesting students were killed by government troops on May 23, 1932. On the wake of their deaths, a movement called MMDC started, named from the initials of the names of each of the four students killed: Martins, Miragaia, Dráusio and Camargo. A fifth victim, Alvarenga, was also shot that night, but died months later. In
999-789: The new runway was postponed until 2018. Being the second busiest cargo airport in Brazil, Viracopos has 77,000 square meters (646,000 square feet) of cargo terminals, 1,700 square meters (18,300 square feet) for animal cargo, and 1,480 cubic meters (52,200 square feet) of refrigerated space. As a major import/export hub, Viracopos enjoys 'express lanes' for courier traffic which are exceptionally quick and unbureaucratic by Brazilian standards. Between 2008 and 2010, passenger traffic grew from 1.02 million in 2008 to 7.5 million in 2011. The airport can handle 7 million passengers/year. The number of flights offered has increased dramatically since Azul Brazilian Airlines made Viracopos its main hub . In August 2009,
1036-460: The parish priest and the residents of the neighborhood. This resulted in excessive drinking and quarrels, in which the festival booths were torn down, or overturned, during the confusion. The name "Viracopos" was later used by the priest in sermons to refer to the event. Another version says that, on the site of the present airport, previously there had been a bar where herders had regularly met to exchange views and drink ("turn glasses"). So "Viracopos"
1073-498: The previous operator Infraero unveiled a R$ 2,814 million (US$ 1,482.6 million; €1,038.8 million) investment plan to upgrade Viracopos International Airport, focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics . The investment intended to provide a new runway, a new passenger terminal, and a new train route, with its main goal being to alleviate the air-traffic concentrated at Guarulhos International Airport. However, due to legal and bureaucratic issues,
1110-527: The primary international airport for São Paulo , because the runway of São Paulo-Congonhas Airport was too short to accommodate intercontinental jet planes. In practice, however, the distance of nearly 100 km from Viracopos to São Paulo made it very inconvenient for passengers and airlines. As a result, direct international passenger service was limited, because most international passengers simply opted to fly instead to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport and then connect to Congonhas Airport , which
1147-477: The same city, although Newark is located in a different city and state. There are two versions of the origin of the name Viracopos , which means "turn (or overturn) glasses" in Portuguese and can be metaphorically understood as drinking a large amount of an alcoholic beverage at once. According to the first version, in the beginning of the 20th century, during an annual fair, there was a misunderstanding between
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1184-420: The strategic importance of Viracopos for the economy, Infraero, the airport administrator in 1995, started to implement a master plan of renovations aiming at the building of a new airport, focusing its efforts on the segment of cargo transportation. The first phase was completed in the first half of 2004, when the airport received new passenger departure and arrival lounges, public areas, commercial concessions and
1221-462: Was even speculated that one of the Revolutionaries' goals was the secession of São Paulo from the Brazilian federation. However, it is noted that the separatist scenario was used as a guerrilla tactic by the Federal Government to turn the population in the rest of the country against the state of São Paulo, broadcasting the alleged separatist threat throughout the country. There is no evidence that
1258-419: Was first the name of the district and later of the airport. The origin of Viracopos Airport can be traced to a simple airfield near Campinas built during the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution in São Paulo. In 1946, shortly after World War II , the first runway was paved. In the following years, the airport began to take shape, with the construction of the first hangar in 1948 and the terminal in 1950. During
1295-647: Was likely just trying to protect the government based in Rio de Janeiro in case of a similar revolt happening there. In any case, Monteiro finally overruled Fragoso and the 1st Division was placed there just in time to block the Paulista advance. In the Paraíba, Góis Monteiro created the East Detachment, reaching some 34,000 men, against some 20,000 Paulistas , but after 3 months of trench warfare and despite advancing some 70 km,
1332-579: Was only 70 km from São Paulo. The Paulistas surrendered in October 2 to General Valdomiro Lima, uncle of Vargas' wife, Darci Vargas . In the naval theater, the Brazilian Navy had designated a naval task force to blockade São Paulo's main port, the Port of Santos , aiming to cut the rebels' only supply line by sea. On July 10 the destroyer Mato Grosso left the port of Rio de Janeiro . The following day,
1369-404: Was stopped dead by the loyal 1st Division based there under the command of General Góis Monteiro , on the border between the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. According to Hilton, General Tasso Fragoso , the chief of staff of the Brazilian Army, tried to oppose the deployment of the 1st Division in the valley, believing they were friendly to the rebels, but according to García de Gabiola he
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