Salvador Airport
- URL: Salvador (SSA)
- Time zone: GMT -3
- Service telephone: +55 71 3204-1010
- Address: Aeroporto Internacional de Salvador-Deputado-Luís Eduardo Magalhães, Praça Gago Coutinho s/n°, CEP:41.520-970, Salvador - BA, Brasil
- Operating company: INFRAERO, Aeroportos Brasileiros
- Parking: Paid parking for about 1350 vehicles in front of the terminal.
- Nearby cities: Salvador (21 km), Camaçari (24 km), Alagoinhas (87 km), Feira de Santana (100 km)
- Directions by car: The airport is on the BA-099 motorway, in the neighbouring city of Lauro de Freitas, about . 20 miles north east of Salvador.
- Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (14.52%), Tuesday (14.27%), Wednesday (14.64%), Thursday (14.95%), Friday (14.89%), Saturday (12.49%), Sunday (14.24%)
- Alternative spelling: Салвадор, Баия, Σαλβαντόρ, סלבדור, سالفادور,باهيا, साल्वाडोर, बाहिया, ซัลวาดอร์, サルヴァドール, 사우바도르, 薩爾瓦多
Most popular destinations from Salvador (Flights per week )
- Sao Paulo-Congonhas (104, 9,78 %)
- Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport (73, 6,87 %)
- Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont (61, 5,74 %)
- Belo Horizonte (50, 4,70 %)
- Recife-Pernambuco (49, 4,61 %)
- Campinas-Viracopos International Airport (48, 4,52 %)
- Rio de Janeiro Galeao (39, 3,67 %)
- Fortaleza-Ceara (38, 3,57 %)
- Brasilia (34, 3,20 %)
- Porto Seguro (23, 2,16 %)
- other (51.18 %)
Top airlines (percentage of departures and arrivals)
- Gol Transportes Aéreos (1155, 52,79 %)
- Azul Brazilian Airlines (448, 20,48 %)
- LATAM Chile (424, 19,38 %)
- Passaredo Transportes Aéreos (97, 4,43 %)
- Aerolineas Argentinas (36, 1,65 %)
- other (1.28 %)
Location
First in use in 1925, the airport is about 20 miles north east of Salvador in the neighbouring city of Lauro de Freitas. From Salvador use the motorway BA-099 towards Lauro de Freitas and then follow the signs to the airport. the airport exit is directly on the BA-099.
There is a regular minibus service at 20 minute intervals between the airport and the Praça de Sé, nea the old town of Salvador-Pelouriho. There is also an airport bus that leaves the terminals and goes to the centre of Salvador. Timetable details are available locally.
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