Rio de Janeiro/Galeão – Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport

Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (IATA: GIG, ICAO: SBGL), popularly known by its original name Galeão International Airport, is the main international airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The airport was originally named after the neighborhood of Galeão: Praia do Galeão (Galleon Beach) is located in front of the original passenger terminal (the present passenger terminal of the Brazilian Air Force). This beach is the location where the galleon Padre Eterno was built in 1663. On January 5, 1999 the name was changed adding a tribute to the Brazilian musician Antonio Carlos Jobim. Galeão Airport is explicitly mentioned in his composition Samba do Avião. Since March 30, 2026 the facility is jointly managed by the concessionary RioGaleão (formed by Infraero, Changi Airport Group, and Vinci) and the winner of the reconcession bidding process AENA. Some of its facilities are shared with the Galeão Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.

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