Viracopos-Campinas International Airport (IATA: VCP, ICAO: SBKP) is an international airport in the municipality of Campinas, in São Paulo. It is an important air traffic center in Brazil and the largest air cargo center in South America by surface. Viracopos is the hub of AZUL Linhas Aéreas and is also the main air cargo hub of LATAM Cargo. Since the São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport is operating at full capacity and cannot be further expanded, Viracopos Airport is also important for pa... Viracopos-Campinas International Airport (IATA: VCP, ICAO: SBKP) is an international airport in the municipality of Campinas, in São Paulo. It is an important air traffic center in Brazil and the largest air cargo center in South America by surface. Viracopos is the hub of AZUL Linhas Aéreas and is also the main air cargo hub of LATAM Cargo. Since the São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport is operating at full capacity and cannot be further expanded, Viracopos Airport is also important for passenger traffic.
Located 17 kilometers from the center of Campinas and 95 kilometers from the center of São Paulo, Viracopos is the second main cargo air terminal in the country. Its cargo terminal has an area of 81 thousand m² and accounts for about 18% of the total cargo handling registered at Brazilian airports. It is the main international airport in the interior of São Paulo and also serves the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. [4]
Viracopos has also shown great growth in the volume of passengers transported since 2008, with the start of operations of Azul Linhas Aéreas. In 2012, 8. 8 million passengers were transported from the terminal. In 2014, there were almost 10 million and in 2015 Viracopos reached 10. 3 million passengers. The volume of passengers and cargo is in full expansion, with the execution of the expansion and modernization works of the complex. After all, given its strategic position in the national airline industry, Viracopos integrated, alongside Brasília Airport and Guarulhos Airport, the first airport concession package carried out by the Federal Government in February 2012.
On February 6, 2012, the Aeroportos Brasil Consortium, formed by Triunfo Participações e Investimentos, UTC Participações and the French Egis Airport Operation, won the Viracopos auction with a bid of R $ 3. 821 billion and will be responsible for the administration and modernization airport complex over the next 30 years. After the auction, the Concessionaire Aeroportos Brasil Viracopos signed, on June 14, 2012, the airport concession contract, announcing investments of R $ 9. 5 billion for the expansion and modernization of the complex during the 30 years of the concession. Of this total, R $ 3 billion will be invested by 2015 in the construction of a new passenger terminal for the transportation of 25 million passengers per year.
