Brasilia International Airport as a whole is known as the Brasilia International Airport – President Juscelino Kubitschek. The Brasilia International Airport serves the city of Brasilia that handles over 9 million passengers each year. This airport is among the most modern airports in Brazil, South America. The airport holds total 136 shop spaces for the travellers who can spend time at the airport.
The airport is operated by the Infraero and is named after the former President of Brazil – Juscelino Kubitschek. The airport opened its second runway in the year 2006. In the year 2009, the airport handled 12,213,825 passengers and also 162,349 aircraft movements. Through this, the airport became the 3rd busiest airport in the country by passenger traffic as well as aircraft movements. The Brasilia International Airport (BSB) has total two terminals and also has an official website from where you can get all the information about the airport. The website of this airport is www.infraero.gov.br.
About the location of the airport, it lies at a distance of 11 kilometres towards the south of Brasilia. To transfer between the terminals there is a shuttle service available. While getting departed at the airport, you can dive down to your respective destination and get sufficient rest. As the airport is the third busiest one, you can have all the basic facilities at the site. The airport has good facilities for car parking. With the long and short term parking facilities, the airport boasts 800 cars in the car parking area and could be found within an easy distance from the terminal.
Some of the airlines that are operated from this airport are Delta Air Lines, Gol Airlines that are operated by the Varig, Gol Airlines, OceanAir, TAM, Passaredo, SETE Linhas Aereas, TAP Portugal, Webjet, TRIP Linhas Aereas, and Webjet. To reach to your destination, you can hire a car from the car hire companies operated at the airport. Companies like Interlocadora, Hertz, Disbrave, Localiza, Unidas, and Locarauto have their desks are the airport from where you can hire one. In fact, you can reach to your destination through bus or taxi as well that operates outside the airport.
Those who are seeking for information related to the airport or tourism or the nearby tourist attractions in the city can head to the information desk. The information desk could be found inside the Departures hall and also offer a variety of leaflets, maps and brochures. Here you will get touch screen information terminal as well. The airport provides all basic facilities like the other airports – Money and Communications, Eating and drinking, Shopping, Luggage, and other facilities with conference and business facilities as well.
The facilities over all includes, 2 banks, 6 ATMs, post office, bureau de change, restaurant, number of snack bars, many shops along with the music and gift shops, left luggage facilities, first aid station and a travel agent, VIP lounge, and few others. The airport also provides facilities to the disabled travellers like TTDs, lifts, disabled toilets, ramps, wheelchairs, first aid, and medical facilities. Besides this, the disabled traveller should contact the information desk that is situated inside the Departures hall for any kind of assistance.
If you want accommodation, then you should known that the airport has no hotels, but most of the accommodation is done at the city’s central district hotel sector. You can book a room in advance from the Brasilia Tourist Information that is situated at the airport or depends upon your arrival. The hotel sector has some reputed and excellent hotels like the 5 star Kubitschek Plaza, 4 star Eron, 4 star Manhatan Plaza, and the 4 star Torre Palace.
Well, when you have time to explore the city do not waste it in the airport or in your room. Try to explore few of the nearby sights and attractions and make your holiday or trip special. No wonder, the Brasilia International Airport is itself great attractions, bbut apart from this, there are many amazing attractions worth a visit. Some of the attractions, which you can explore in the city, are Brasilia National Park, Botanic Garden, Dom Bosco Chapel, the Cathedral, Palacio dos Arcos / Palacio Itamaraty, Square of the Three Powers that is Praca dos Tres Poderes, Lake Paranoa, Parque Rogerio Phyton Farias, Chapada dos Veadeiros, and many others.
With good facilities, the airport serves to its best to all, which you can enjoy and if possible enjoy some of the nearby attractions from the airport and get fascinated.
A friend of mine had her flight delayed at this airport.. She took her cab into Brasilia and got a fascinating view of the historic monuments and city’s constructions .
There are also some interesting displays about Brasilia at the ministry buildings…