Amazon Getting There

The Amazon’s regional hubs are at its two major cities, Belém (Aeroporto Internacional de Belém, BEL) and, especially, Manaus (Aeroporto Internacional de Manaus – Eduardo Gomes, MAO). All of the state capitals and some other major cities have decent airports.

There are few direct international flights into the Amazon. The Brazilian airline TAM runs a flight from Miami to Manaus. COPA flies from Panama City to Manaus and has code sharing agreements with big name carriers like Continental and KLM for connections. Most domestic and international travelers fly into São Paulo and catch domestic flights to the Amazon.

5 hours nonstop from Miami to Manaus; 3.5 hours nonstop from São Paulo to Manaus.