(AMRI) Journey to promote Records in the Americas - P432 - Embraer Unidade Gavião Peixoto (Brazil): The airport with the longest public runway in the Americas - Worldkings

(AMRI) Journey to promote Records in the Americas - P432 - Embraer Unidade Gavião Peixoto (Brazil): The airport with the longest public runway in the Americas

16-01-2026

(worldkings) Embraer's facility in Gavião Peixoto, Brazil, hosts the airport with the longest public-use runway in the Americas, featuring the 4,967-meter (16,296 ft) Runway 02R/20L, built for Embraer's aircraft testing, making it one of the world's longest, though only part of it is certified for actual landings, serving as an extensive safety.

Embraer Unidade Gavião Peixoto (ICAO: SBGP) is a private aerodrome located near Gavião Peixoto, São Paulo, Brazil. It is owned and operated by Embraer and used for testing civil and military aircraft.

In October 2001 Embraer opened a plant on the Aerodrome of Gavião Peixoto, near Araraquara, to house the final assembly of aircraft and to test equipment and technology.

For this purpose, Embraer built runway 02/20 with 4,967 × 45 m, considered to be the longest public-use runway in the Americas and the fifth longest in the world. However, some length of this is taken up by a displaced threshold, leaving only 2,975 m available for northwards landings.

On 9 May 2023, Saab opened an assembly line for the Saab Gripen E at Unidade Gavião Peixoto Airport. It is the first Gripen assembly line outside of Sweden and will produce at least 15 of the 36 aircraft ordered by the Brazilian Air Force. It is intended that the first aircraft produced on this production line will be delivered in 2025.

According to en.wikipedia.org

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