Airports
Brazil’s First Greenfield Bizav Airport Opens Amid Fanfare
São Paulo Catarina Aeroporto Executivo, Brazil’s first greenfield business aviation airport, opened on December 16 after six years of construction.
Francisco Lyra, CFly partner and president of the Brazilian Aviation Institute, addresses the audience at the opening ceremony for São Paulo Catarina Aeroporto Executivo, Brazil’s first purpose-built business aviation airport. JHSF Chairman José Auriemo Neto, ANAC Director Ricardo Bezerra,  Governor João Doria,  and JHSF president Thiago Alonso Oliveira look on from the dais.
Francisco Lyra, CFly partner and president of the Brazilian Aviation Institute, addresses the audience at the opening ceremony for São Paulo Catarina Aeroporto Executivo, Brazil’s first purpose-built business aviation airport. JHSF Chairman José Auriemo Neto, ANAC Director Ricardo Bezerra, Governor João Doria, and JHSF president Thiago Alonso Oliveira look on from the dais.

São Paulo Catarina Aeroporto Executivo, Brazil’s first greenfield business aviation airport, opened on December 16 after six years of moving mountains—both literally and figuratively—to create an 8,100-foot/2,470-m runway. That's long enough to allow nearly all business jet models to take off with a full load of fuel for intercontinental flights.