| Popular Airport | Reese Airport |
|---|---|
| Popular Airlines | |
| Approximate Flight Duration | 10 hour 10 min |
| Approximate Travel Distance | 8143 Km |
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A Merino Benitez Airport, 16 kilometers west of Santiago city center, can be quickly reached by taxi or metro. Passengers can also go to the airport with special vehicles that can be rented from car rental companies.
Taxis that can take you from Santiago to Merino Benitez Airport in about 20 minutes, are applying a high tariff on weekends, holidays and night time.
With the metro that you can take from the Los Heroes metro station in Santiago you can reach the Barrancas stop which is just 10 minutes away from the airport. To use the metro you can buy tickets from the counters around the station. From Barrancas stop you have to take an 8 minute taxi ride to the airport.
Avis, Budget, Enterprise and Alamo car hire companies provide you the option to rent a car with or without a driver. You can rent a car from these companies at any time, or arrange a private vehicle to pick you up from wherever you are and take you to the airport.
There is a four-storey terminal building at A Merino Benitez Airport, which covers a large area. The terminal building, which is undergoing renovations, is planned to be opened in 2020 with much wider features. The current terminal building has duty free shops, luggage space and parking space on the ground floor. On the first floor there are rest rooms reserved for VIP companies, on the second floor, shops, restaurants and entrance doors are located. On the third floor of the building, there is also a check-in area reserved for the customers of restaurants and VIP passengers.
You can find bank ATMs, telephone operator shops, pharmacies, travel agency shops, health care room and insurance offices spread over different floors of the building. In the terminal there is a reserved area for those who are VIP passengers. In this section you can access VIP lounges of Latam, Pacific Club, Voyage, Delta Sky Club, American Airlines and Avianca companies.
There are many restaurants, cafes and bars in the airport for travelers to meet their eating and drinking needs. These are La Pausa, Cybo Bistro, Fritz, Gatsby, Ruby Tuesday, Subway, Telepizza, Johnny Rockets, Pronto Copec, McDonald's, Cafe Danes, Bakery & Co, Cafe On Time, Cinnabon, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Tamarugo, Patagonia Cafe, Espression Lavazza , Vinum and Heineken Star Lounge.
Among the places you can shop at the airport are stores ranging from cosmetics to clothing, technology and music to jewelry. Among these are Bath & Body Works, MAC Cosmetics, Punto Musical, Samsung, MacOnline Express, Garmin, Gizmobies, Fotokina, MOW, La Cava del Vino, Kubox, Jugueteria Alemana, BirttShop Chile, Licantai, Toc's, Rumbo Sur, Piedra Linda, Sol y Mar , Piedras Australes, Jewelery Me, Swarovski and Hugo Boss.
It is possible to fly directly to the cities such as Las Vegas, Denver, Houston and Dallas from Lubbock International Airport, located about 5 miles (8 km.) outside the city center. Passengers who arrive at the airport and want to get to the city center can choose from a variety of alternatives, such as taxi, private transfer service, and car rental providing transportation services from Lubbock International Airport.
Passengers taking a taxi or other vehicles can have the chance to reach the city center on an economical, safe and fast journey thanks to the fact that Lubbock International Airport is only 5 miles away from the city center.
Besides, the passengers staying in one of the hotels in the area can also enjoy hotel shuttles providing transfer service between Lubbock International Airport and the city center at affordable prices or free of charge.
Prior reservation is required to benefit from hotel shuttles. On the other hand, taxis or rental cars can be used directly upon arrival at the airport without a reservation.
Lubbock International Airport is a frequently preferred airport for transportation to the area. For this reason, the passengers arriving at the airport won't have any difficulty finding a taxi at the terminal exit. However, if you need to arrive late to the city center from the airport and can't find a taxi in front of the terminal building, you can take the car rental option at Lubbock International Airport.
The offices of car rental companies such as Alamo, Hertz, National, Enterprise, Thrifty, and AVIS are at the service of passengers at Lubbock International Airport. You can contact almost all of the car rental offices at the airport via the phone and internet in advance, and you can book the car you need. Once you rent a car after your arrival at the airport, head to the city center from Lubbock International Airport and then you will reach the city center in about 15 minutes.
As in many parts of the country, private transfer services are among the options for the passengers who would like to get to the city center from Lubbock International Airport. Moreover, some hotels in Lubbock and around provide airport transfer service free of charge. You can contact your hotel in advance and you can enjoy a comfortable journey to the city center from Lubbock International Airport taking advantage of the hotel shuttle service, if available. You can get information at the information desk at Lubbock International Airport for private transfer services and you can call a service company to arrange a transfer vehicle at the airport terminal. If the number of passengers who want to get to the city center from the airport is 6 or above, you can choose a larger vehicle. The transfer services provide direct transfer from terminal buildings of Lubbock International Airport to the hotels and other points in the city center.
