POV footage shows how the sheer number of obstacles there is landing a plane at the second busiest airport in Brazil
Published on Dec 01, 2025 at 9:43 AM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Dec 01, 2025 at 6:50 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Ben Thompson
Incredible footage shows how smartly pilots have to navigate to perform a landing at Congonhas Airport, São Paulo – the second busiest airport in Brazil.
The airport first opened up in 1936 and is one of four commercial airports serving the city of São Paulo; it’s also one of the busiest, with more than 23 million passengers traveling through last year.
And landing at the airport is no mean feat, as the clip above shows, with pilots having to swoop the plane in for landing over the tops of dozens of tall buildings as they head towards the runway.
The clip, which was filmed by luizricardo.kadinho, might leave the average person with some seriously sweaty palms, but it serves to prove just how skilled airline pilots really are.
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With a background in both local and national press in the UK, Claire moved to New Zealand before joining the editorial team at Supercar Blondie in May 2024. As a Senior Content Writer working on New Zealand Standard Time (NZST), Claire was the first writer on the team to make the site’s output a slick 24/7 operation covering the latest in automotive news.
