Interesting news in the Brazilian press today:
http://oglobo.globo.com/sp/mat/2007/07/22/296915827.asp
Apparently a recently constructed hotel has reduced the effective length of the runway when landing from 1940 to 1810 meters since the planes have to come in at a different angle. No time to do a full translation, but here are some highlights:
* Hotel is 50 meters high, located at 600 meters from the runway and not yet in use
* The construction of the hotel was approved by aviation authorities in May 2001 after having refused to approve it initially for 5 months.
* Landing safety was not mentioned in the approval, but the noise that would be caused to hotel guests was.
* The city government will investigate and if any irregularities are found then the demolition of the building will be considered