São Paulo/Congonhas Airport Шаблон:Airport codes Шаблон:IPA-pt is ane o the three commercial airports servin São Paulo, Brazil. The airport is namit efter the neebourheid whaur it is locatit, formerly called Vila Congonhas, property o the stryndants o Lucas Antônio Monteiro de Barros (1767–1851), Viscoont o Congonhas do Campo, first preses o the Province o São Paulo efter the unthirldom o Brazil in 1822, durin the Empire. In turn, the Viscoont's domain wis namit efter the plural o a shrub kent in Brazil as congonha-do-campo (Luxemburgia polyandra, o the Ochnaceae faimily).
In 2012 the airport wis rankit 3rd in terms o transportit passengers, 2nt in terms o aircraft operations, an 6t in terms o cargo handled in Brazil, placin it amangst the busiest airports in the kintra.