SAO City Code: Sao Paulo IATA Airports
SAO identifies the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in IATA coding. Airport codes in this dataset for that city: GRU. A city code is not always the same as an airport code.
Overview
SAO is the IATA city code stored for Sao Paulo, Brazil (BR). City codes group one or more airports. In this dataset SAO is aligned with airport GRU. Some cities share the airport code; others (NYC, LON, TYO) do not. Airport names stored: GRU São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport. GDS availability and some pricing entries use the city code when the traveller can use any airport in the metro. Ticketed segments still print a specific airport such as JFK rather than NYC. This page does not list every airfield in the metropolitan area, only rows in the catalog. Timezone and ICAO live on each airport page.
How to use this page
- Search SAO or Sao Paulo in the city code finder.
- Open each airport page for ICAO and timezone.
- Parse the actual PNR to see which airport was ticketed.
Example
Example: a PNR city pair may use GRU as the airport. If a host screen shows city SAO, confirm it matches this metro before quoting.
FAQs
What is the SAO city code?
SAO is stored as the IATA city code for Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Is SAO an airport?
In this dataset SAO is also used with airport GRU.
Which airports are in Sao Paulo?
Stored airports: GRU. Others are unavailable in this dataset.
How is SAO used in a GDS?
City codes appear in some availability and pricing entries. Ticketed segments use a specific airport code.
Is SAO the same as NYC-style metro codes?
Here SAO matches a single stored airport. Metro codes such as NYC still differ from JFK.
What country is SAO?
Brazil (BR).
Can I convert a PNR that uses this city?
Yes. Paste the itinerary into the PNR parser. The ticketed airport codes on segments are what get parsed.
Are these all airports in the city?
No. Only airports present in this product dataset are listed.
How do I open SAO airport pages?
Use the airport links for GRU.
Where is the timezone?
On each airport page (IANA zone), not on the city code itself.
Do you invent missing city codes?
No. Unknown codes are marked unavailable.
When was this updated?
Content follows the stored city/airport catalog. Template date 17 Aug 2026.