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Sao Paulo / Guarulhos - Governador Andre Franco Montoro International Airport (IATA: GRU, ICAO: SBGR), popularly known locally as Cumbica Airport after the district where it is located and the Brazilian Air Force base that still exists at the airport complex, is the main international airport serving Sao Paulo, Brazil. It is located in the municipality of Guarulhos in Greater Sao Paulo. Since November 28, 2001 the airport has been named after Andre Franco Montoro (1916 - 1999), former Governor of Sao Paulo state. The airport was rebranded as GRU Airport in 2012.
In Brazil the airport was ranked first in terms of transported passengers, aircraft operations, and cargo handled in 2012, placing it as the busiest airport in Latin America by passenger traffic (39,573,000 in 2014). Guarulhos has slot restrictions, operating with a maximum of 45 operations/hour and being one of the five airports with such restrictions in Brazil (the others are Sao Paulo - Congonhas, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte - Pampulha and Rio de Janeiro - Santos Dumont).