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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.

Taxi

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.

Metro

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.

Car Rental

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.

Airport Information

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.

The distance between Argentina Pajas Blancas Airport and Cordoba city center is approximately 11 kilometers. The airport provides domestic and international flights and Even if the transportation from the airport to the city center is not too far, your arrival time may be longer than expected during the heavy traffic times . You can easily transfer from the airport to the city center by means of transportation such as bus, taxi and airport shuttle. If you want to rent a car, you can make a choice from both international and local companies in accordance with the standards you desire.

Bus

The most commonly used vehicle for transfers from Pajas Blancas Airport to the city center is the airport bus called Taravella. You will encounter these buses when you leave the terminal at the airport and they depart frequently.

The last stop on the route of the bus route 394 is the Monte Grande Train Station in the city center.

The bus route 4 takes a route that follows the archway in south of the city center. The last stop of the buses following the D20 motorway is the University Campus.

These buses depart every 15 minutes during the rush hours of airport traffic, and at other times, they depart every 30 minutes.

Another bus line from Pajas Blancas Airport to the city center is the bus route 25. These buses take place in front of the ground floor at the terminal exit. And they depart in every 15 minutes and stops at more bus stations than the Taravella airport bus.

You can also use Aerobus express shuttle buses in addition to public buses where you can travel by paying 4,50 Argentine peso. These express shuttle buses are available between 05:20 am and 00:25 am and they depart at the beginning of every hour. The travel takes about 50 minutes. The transportation costs of express shuttle buses are a little more than the public bus lines, and you can use the shuttle buses with prepaid cards instead of tickets. You can buy these cards at the airport booths.

If you prefer a bus ride to reach to the city center, we advise you to plan your time taking into account the traffic density and the bus stations. It takes one hour to get to the city center by bus.

Taxi

Taxi services at Pajas Blancas Airport are controlled by the Cordoba Municipality. In the taxis lined up one after the other outside the terminal, only the next taxi in the queue can take passengers. Taking a taxi is also one of the fastest transportation options for transfer, and you can reach to the city center for 75 Argentine Pesos up to half an hour. Global Remises (Tel +54 351 475 3083) and Remis (Tel +54 351 428 5600) companies provide service by taxis operated by the municipality of Cordoba.

Car Rental

There is a section in the arrivals terminal at the airport where the car rental companies are located. You can rent any car from international or local car rental companies to create your own comfort and enjoy driving on foreign roads. If you book an online reservation before your travel, you can also pick up the vehicle of your choice from the company in this section. Car rental companies at Pajas Blancas Airport are open between the hours of 07: 00-23: 00.

Some of the companies that provide service at the Pajas Blancas Airport are followings:

Alamo (Tel +54 351 475 3076/3077), Avis (Tel +54 351 475 0815/0785), Localiza (Tel +54 351 475 3005), Annie Millet-Hertz (Tel +54 351 475 0581/0587), Annie Millet-Hertz (Tel +54 351 475 0581 / 0587) Avis (Tel +54 351 475 0815 / 0785)Europcar (Tel +54 351 475 9038) Europcar (Tel +54 351 475 9038).

Airport Shuttle  

You can prefer the upper segment cars as well as comfortable and chauffeur-driven vehicles for the group transfers at Pajas Blancas Airport. You can reach to the city center in 45 minutes by paying 15 American dollars by means of the Global VIP at the airport (tel +54 342 456 3386/800 555 5488).