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Metro, commuter rail, buses, walking and taxis answer one essential planning question in a very large city. Every day nearly 100,000 people pass through São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport (IATA: GRU, ICAO:SBGR), which connects Brazil to 28 countries. There are 370 companies established there, generating 53,000 jobs. The airport's two terminals are designed to handle 16 million passengers a year, but the airport currently handles 27 million users. Construction of a third passenger terminal, which would raise yearly capacity to 29 million passengers, is pending. The project, in the tendering phase, is part of the airport's master expansion plan. São Paulo International Airport is also one of the main air cargo hubs in Brazil. The roughly 100 cargo flights a day carry everything from fruits grown in the São Francisco Valley to medications. The airport's cargo terminal is South America's largest and stands behind only Mexico City's in all of Latin America. In 2003, over 75 thousand metric tons of freight passed through the container terminal. Congonhas-São Paulo Airport or just Congonhas Airport (IATA: CGH, ICAO: SBSP) is one of São Paulo's three commercial airports, situated 8 kilometres (5 miles) from the city downtown at Washington Luís Avenue, in the Campo Belo district. It is owned by the City of São Paulo and managed by Infraero. In 2007, it was the.