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 Recife Airport to the City Center
Recife, or Recife/Guararapes – Gilberto Freyre International Airport (REC), with its long name, serves Recife, the 4th largest city in Brazil. Since the city of Recife is a developed and crowded city, many different means of transportation are used to reach the city center. The most economical of these is to take the bus.
Many different lines operate between the airport and the central districts. Lines 33 and 42 of these reach Praia de Boa Viagem in 15 minutes and reach the historical city center of Recife in 30 minutes. From other lines passing through the airport, number 152 goes to Jordão de Baixo, number 153 goes to Brigadeiro Ivo Borges and number 163 goes to Cajueiro Seco. Buses run every 20 to 30 minutes between 04.00 in the morning and 23.50 in the evening.
Another economical option is to take the subway. The airport metro stop (Estação do Aeroporto), which is connected to the terminal building with an overpass, is a 3-minute walk away. There are two main lines that stop at this stop. Among these, the central line passes between 05:00 and 23:00, seven days a week, at intervals of 4-7 minutes. The other is the south line and it works 7 days a week between 05.00 and 23.00 and passes at 8-minute intervals.
You can check the official website of the train lines to be sure of your destination. You can search the website by the name of CBTU.
Of course, taxis, which are indispensable for every airport, are another option. You have multiple options here. Of these, Taxi Especial and Táxi Aeroporto are slightly more expensive than taxi stands authorized to pick up passengers from the airport and Taxi Comun, that is, ordinary taxis.
It is also possible to use the Uber application at the airport. Drivers pick up their passengers from the taxi drop-off point in front of the arrivals floor.