By Air in Quito

By Air

American Airlines and LanEcuador have daily flights between Miami and Quito. Continental flies nonstop between Houston and Quito and between Newark and Quito with a stop in Bogotá, Colombia. If you're coming from the United Kingdom, you can connect in Miami with American or LanEcuador, in Amsterdam with KLM, or in Madrid with Iberia. From Australia or New Zealand, connect in Los Angeles to flights on American or Continental.

Tame, Ícaro, and AeroGal are Ecuador's major domestic carriers; all offer flights several times daily to Guayaquil and Cuenca. Tame also flies between Quito and San Cristóbal and Baltra in the Galápagos Islands and to the mainland towns of Coca, Esmeraldas, Lago Agrio, Loja, Macas, Machala, Manta, Portoviejo, and Tulcán. AeroGal also flies between Quito and Baltra and San Cristóbal.

Airlines & Contacts

AeroGal (02/225-7202). Aeropostal (02/226-8936). American (02/226-0900). Avianca (02/255-6715). Continental (02/255-7170). Ícaro (02/245-0928). Iberia (02/255-8033). KLM (02/255-7170). LanEcuador (02/299-2300). Santa Bárbara Airlines (02/225-4194). TACA Peru (800/008-222 toll free in Ecuador). Tame (02/231-1921).

Airports & Transfers

Quito's small Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre (UIO) is 8 km (5 mi) north of the city center.

Stop at the Cooperativa de Taxis Aeropuerto booth beyond the customs barrier to arrange taxi transport. Prices are a fixed $5 for a ride to the New City.

The new Aeropuerto Internacional de Quito, to be constructed near Puembo, about an hour east of the capital, is on the drawing board at this writing. The $75 million facility is scheduled to open in 2009.

Airport Information

Aeropuerto Mariscal Sucre (02/294-4900).

Transfers

Cooperativa de Taxis Aeopuerto (02/330-2200).