Chile's international airport, located in Santiago , the capital of the state, meets thousands of passengers every day from different corners of the earth. It is known that the airport of each country is its face, because it is these air gates that every traveler sees when flying to and flown away from the country.
Santiago Airport, Chile - description
Airport named after Commander Arturo Benitez is one of the largest air harbors in Latin America. It is located almost in the center of the country and forms an air hub in conjunction with the airport Padauel, located at some distance. The airport of Santiago de Chile can serve more than forty destinations around the world, including remote countries of Asia and Africa. In addition, it is located in the transit direction between Latin America and Oceania, which makes it the hub of this direction.
Since 1998, this air harbor has become state property, completely free of private owners and shareholders. Due to this, the air force's 2nd air brigade is based at the airport's territory, which is responsible not only for airspace security, but also in case of alarm will be able to provide prompt response in the nearby territory.
In 1994, the construction of a new passenger terminal was completed. Over time, it was equipped with new equipment and security systems. This sector is located between two parallel runways. Simultaneously with the terminal, a new dispatcher tower equipped with the latest equipment, a duty-free zone, which was rebuilt several times and a large hotel on the airport territory, was put into operation. The old terminal terminal operated until 2001 exclusively for domestic transportation, and then these directions were moved to the new building.
In 2007, work was completed on the restructuring of the runway. Santiago Chile Airport can be considered one of the most advanced and safe in Latin America.
What is in the airport?
The Santiago airport's passenger area is located on four floors, including an underground level:
- At the zero level there are the arrival zone, duty-free rooms, migration and customs control rooms, baggage belts, several exits to the underground parking lot and the sidewalk leading to the hotel.
- On the first floor there are offices of administration and airlines, as well as a lounge.
- The second floor is completely devoted to the services that are engaged in sending passengers. There is another duty-free shop, a departure zone with check-in desks, passport and customs control.
- The third floor is given for cafes and restaurants.
Santiago de Chile airport is characterized by the fact that there is everything for the convenience of passengers:
- in the airport building you can find several exchange offices, offices of international banks with 24-hour terminals;
- near the air harbor of Santiago are three hotels, one of which (Holiday Inn) is located on the airport, two at some distance;
- To date, the zone of duty-free trade has expanded, as there are 4 duty-free shops in the airport territory: two in the arrival zone, two - for departing tourists;
- the airport has over twenty food points on its territory, among which there are international fast-food companies;
- When building an air harbor in an international terminal, there are 6 lounges, servicing business class passengers and various airline bonus programs.