Popular Airport | Cecil Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 8 hour 50 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 7184 Km |
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.
You can easily reach the city centre from Jacksonville International Airport by taking a taxi or using the shuttle services available. Find out whether your hotel provides shuttle services.
If planning to hire a vehicle during your trip, you can get a deal with one of the car rental companies located in the airport and drive to the city centre. If you prefer public transportation, the metrobus is a viable alternative.
You can find a taxi stand downstairs at the arrival terminal’s baggage claim area. The journey to the city centre takes on average 15 minutes.
There are 7 different car rental companies in the airport. You can save time by reaching an agreement with a car rental company prior to your flight. Your rented vehicle will be parked at the ground floor of the airport car park facility. Take the Interstate 95 North (I-95 N) from the airport to the city centre. You can reach the city centre in 17 minutes in normal traffic conditions.
It is possible to get to the city centre in about an hour and a half by using buses 3 or 51 from the bus station outside of the arrivals terminal, and then by transferring to bus no. 1.
The shuttle service providers are located downstairs at the baggage claim area. You can reach the city centre comfortably with a shuttle service. A limousine service is also on offer for travellers that enjoy luxury. Be aware of chauffeurs that are not employed by the airport’s authorized service companies.
Some hotels in Jacksonville pick up guests that have already reserved a room in advance from the airport. Some hotels provide this service free of charge, but this service can also be costlier than a taxi.