Airports
Campo de Marte Targeted for Closure in 2020
The airport has attracted the attention of real-estate developers and faces closure, a move U.S. operators have seen in recent years.
High rises have sprouted to the north of Campo de Marte’s runway, and developers have their eyes on the flight path. (photo: Chad Trautvetter)
High rises have sprouted to the north of Campo de Marte’s runway, and developers have their eyes on the flight path. (photo: Chad Trautvetter)

Campo de Marte (SBMT) is São Paulo's first airport, Brazil's busiest GA airport, and the country's 10th busiest overall. Near subway lines and the city center, in a region once neglected but now growing more fashionable, the airport and especially the flight path have increasingly attracted the interest of real-estate developers. The governor of São Paulo has promised, or threatened, to close the airport, which has operated for 99 years, to fixed-wing operations by 2020. Essential for business, public safety, and medical emergency traffic, the airport has been seen as a future home for LABACE as well as a support base for UAM (urban air mobility).


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