Transportation from City Center to Salvador Bahia Airport
There are many ways to reach the airport from the city center. The fastest of these is to take a taxi or call a car from the Uber app. The distance is about 22 km and it takes an average of 30 minutes to reach by car under normal traffic conditions.
If you are looking for a more economical way, the airport buses passing through the city center are perfect for this job.
If you are coming from the direction of Praça da Sé, you should take the bus number 1001, if you are coming from the direction of Campo Grande, you should take the bus number 1002, if you are coming from the direction of Lapa, you should take the bus number 1003.
Buses from the city drop off their passengers at the terminal next to the airport parking lot. The journey takes approximately one hour and 20 minutes under normal traffic conditions.
Using the airport metro stands out as another economical option. The subways that pass through the city center at intervals of about 15 minutes arrive at the airport stop in approximately 50 minutes. After getting off at the last station, you reach the terminal building by taking the free shuttle from here. You can check the official website of Bahia Metro for information about metro services, travel schedule or stops.
Transportation from Brasília Airport to Brasília City Center
Brasília-Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport is the only airport in the city of Brasilia and there are many different vehicles to reach the city center.
One of them is special buses called “Ônibus Executivo”. These buses numbered 113, 113.1 and 113.2 carry passengers from the airport between the Brasília Convention Center and the North and South Hotel areas.
Buses run every 35 minutes between 07:05 and 20:50, Monday to Saturday, and the journey takes approximately 70 minutes. These buses do not run on holidays. Travel ticket price is only paid on the bus and again only in cash.
Another way to reach the city of Brasília is by city buses. In Brasília, which has a very developed public transport network, it is possible to find municipal buses that go to many parts of the city from the airport. You may need to transfer to the city center. You can check the BSB.aero website for a list of all lines passing through the airport.
The city of Brasília is a city where transportation applications such as UBER are used frequently. There is also a special place at the airport designed for this service. If you follow the "Praça Pick-up" signs at the airport, you will see your UBER driver waiting for you there.
Since pirate taxis are common here, he specifically warns airport passengers not to believe the people who approach you and say that you are your UBER driver, and to only get into the car with the license plate you see in the application.