Yelp Review 2025 #195:…read more A domestic airport connecting Rio to different parts of Brazil. It's a smaller airport but it's super close to the heart of Rio. From Lapa, it only takes about 15 minutes to get to Santos Dumont Airport. The only irritating part I've experienced here was nobody seems to be able to help me at the ticketing office and check-in counter at LATAM to get an upgrade. Their app won't let me upgrade after multiple attempts so I decided, I'll do it in person. But nope, they're not helpful. Aside from that, I liked flying out of this airport. It has a shopping area and a hotel connected to the airport. Starbucks is on the same floor as the check-in counters before security. There's a McDonald's and a bunch of Brazilian eateries. There are shops you can get gifts, souvenirs, coffee, chocolate, toys, etc. The best part is its proximity to Sugarloaf Mountain. You can see it as you're taxiing on the runway, at takeoff/ landing.

We had a great experience at the airport but not the best experience of the GLO airline. They…read moredidn't notify us that our flight was canceled, we kept trying to check in but it wouldn't allow us and then went to got to the airport they told us that our particular flight had been canceled they would put us on a different flight. We had time to walk around, and shop, and go get a beer. We went to Cafe Puey and Monterio was fantastic, even though he spoke no English, he was willing to help us. Then our friend showed up and told us to go outside right around the corner from the airport and there was a little mall, that was fun. I WOULD go back.

Upon our arrival it was not bad, we got our luggage within a reasonable time after landing. Getting…read morean uber was easy u head outside to the designated area. On our way out it was easy as well, security was nice & quick we had a nice amount of time & were able to go to the Plaza premium lounge, nice looking lounge. If u don't have lounge access no problem there are a lot of places available for food, drinks & shopping enough to keep u occupied. My only complain for this airport would be if it were a bit more organized, there was a lot of people & seemed like it was not as clear to view flight info on the monitors. For such a big airport overall it was as easy as u can expect, no crazy delays & plenty of options to help u pass the time.

The terminal and gate that we were at were aged looking, but the seats did have a/c plugs and USBs…read morecharging ports. The restrooms were clean and food is priced much more reasonable than IAH Houston.