Airport Rio de Janeiro - Galeao
- URL: Rio de Janeiro - Galeao (GIG)
- Time zone: GMT -3
- Service telephone: +55 21 3398-5050
- Address: Aeroporto Internacional do Rio de Janeiro/Galeão - Antônio Carlos Jobim, Avenida 20 de Janeiro, s/nº lha do Governador, CEP: 21.941-570, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brasil
- Operating company: INFRAERO, Aeroportos Brasileiros
- Parking: Paid parking for about 2740 vehicles in front of the terminal.
- Nearby cities: Duque de Caxias (7 km), Rio de Janeiro (11 km), São João de Meriti (13 km), Nilópolis (17 km), Niterói (17 km), Belford Roxo (17 km), Nova Iguaçu (22 km), Queimados (34 km), Petrópolis (34 km), Itaboraí (40 km)
- Directions by car: The airport is about 12 miles north of downtown Rio de Janeiro.
- Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (14.82%), Tuesday (15.03%), Wednesday (14.40%), Thursday (14.28%), Friday (14.61%), Saturday (12.48%), Sunday (14.38%)
- Alternative spelling: Galeão - Antônio Carlos Jobim, Aeroporto Internacional António Carlos Jobim, Rio de Janeyro, Rio de Žaneiras, Riodežaneiro, Ріо-де-Жанейро, Рио де Жанеиро, Рио де Жанейро-Антониу Карлуш Жобим, Рыа-дэ-Жанэйра, Рыё-дэ-Жанэйра, Ρίο ντε Τζανέιρο, ریو دوژانیرو, ريو دي جانيرو, ריו דה ז'ניירו, Ռիո դե Ժանեյրո, რიო-დე-ჟანეირო, রিউ দি জানেইরু, रियो डि जेनेरो, ரியோ டி ஜனேரோ, รีโอเดจาเนโร, リオデジャネイロ州, 리우데자네이루 주, 里约热内卢, 里約熱內盧州
Most popular destinations from Rio de Janeiro - Galeao (Flights per week )
- Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery (146, 9,00 %)
- Santiago de Chile - Arturo Merino Benitez (82, 5,05 %)
- Buenos Aires-Ezeiza International Airport (80, 4,93 %)
- Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport (65, 4,00 %)
- Campinas-Viracopos International Airport (50, 3,08 %)
- Salvador (50, 3,08 %)
- Fortaleza-Ceara (47, 2,90 %)
- Miami International Airport, FL (36, 2,22 %)
- Natal (35, 2,16 %)
- Recife-Pernambuco (34, 2,09 %)
- other (61.49 %)
Top airlines (percentage of departures and arrivals)
- Gol Transportes Aéreos (1673, 51,72 %)
- LATAM Chile (354, 10,94 %)
- Aerolineas Argentinas (244, 7,54 %)
- Azul Brazilian Airlines (190, 5,87 %)
- Flybondi (128, 3,96 %)
- American Airlines (76, 2,35 %)
- British Airways (64, 1,98 %)
- Air France (64, 1,98 %)
- United Airlines (64, 1,98 %)
- Copa Airlines (64, 1,98 %)
- other (9.7 %)
Location
First in use in 1945, the airport is about 12 miles north of downtown Rio de Janeiro on an island, the Ilha do Governador. Between the inner city and the airport there is an airport bus, operated by "Real Auto Onibus“, that runs at 20 to 30 minute intervals between the hours of 5 am and 11 pm. There are also taxis in front of the terminal.
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