Guarulhos Airport Sarts Operating with New Numbers Designating the Runway Headwaters

Guarulhos Airport Sarts Operating with New Numbers Designating the Runway Headwaters

 

The designations of the head of runways at São Paulo International Airport, in Guarulhos (GRU / SBGR), underwent changes for the first time since its opening in 1985. The identification is intended to guide pilots on the steering during takeoff and landing procedures. The change took effect from Thursday, September 8, 2022.

 

According to the Department of Airspace Control (DECEA), the two digits that identify the thresholds of a runway are defined according to its bearing or magnetic compass orientation. They can range from 1 to 36. When the compass is pointed to a certain headland and indicates 250 degrees, for example, it is identified with the number 25.

At Guarulhos Airport, the directions of the runways changed from 95 to 96 and from 275 to 276. Thus, it was necessary to replace the horizontal and vertical signs on the ground of the headland designations, rounding them to the upper tens, that is, to 10 and 28, respectively.

 

“These numbers serve as an aid to controllers in directing flights when they tell pilots which runways they should take off or land on. Since the inauguration of Guarulhos Airport, 37 years ago, the same identification was used”, said the director of operations at GRU Airport, Admilson Silva.

 

The designation numbers of runway thresholds may change over time due to magnetic declination, which is the angle between Earth's True North and Earth's Magnetic North. The average change is 1 degree every 10 years.

 

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