Flying to Belo Horizonte on a budget
Belo Horizonte is a mid-sized city served by 2 airports in Brazil. Across the city's airports, around 12 airlines operate roughly 68 documented route pairings, connecting Belo Horizonte to approximately 32 direct destinations worldwide. For budget travellers, having multiple airports in one city is usually good news. Secondary airports tend to host the lowest-cost carriers and the cheapest fares, but the trade-off is a slower (and sometimes pricier) ground transfer to the city centre.
The cheapest combination of base fare plus ground transport almost never lives at the same airport. As a rule of thumb, fly into the most-served airport when you have luggage, late arrival times, or a fixed work meeting. Fly into the cheapest secondary airport when you are travelling light, have flexible plans, and are arriving mid-day with the buses still running. We break down the airports below in order of route volume, so you can quickly see which carriers and destinations each one specialises in.
Airports serving Belo Horizonte
Tancredo Neves International Airport (CNF)
Brazil · 55 routes · 25 destinations
Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU)
Brazil · 13 routes · 12 destinations
Tips for landing in Belo Horizonte cheap
- Compare airports before booking. The headline-cheapest fare into the secondary airport is sometimes wiped out by a EUR 20+ ground transfer to the city centre.
- Check the last public-transport time. Late arrivals can force a pricey taxi if you miss the bus or train; verify against the inbound landing time, not the scheduled.
- Pre-book ground transport for arrival. A pre-paid bus ticket bought online is usually the cheapest predictable option; airport-counter taxi rates can run two to three times the metered fare.
- If you have multiple airports, fly in and out of different ones. Use Google Flights' multi-city search to capture the cheapest combination of one-ways across two airports.
- Watch for currency exchange traps. The airport bureaux are the worst place to change money; withdraw from a major-bank ATM in arrivals instead.
Top destinations from Belo Horizonte
| Code | City | Country |
|---|---|---|
| GRU | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
| MOC | Montes Claros | Brazil |
| UDI | Uberlandia | Brazil |
| VCP | Campinas | Brazil |
| IPN | Ipatinga | Brazil |
| BSB | Brasilia | Brazil |
| MIA | Miami | United States |
| BPS | Porto Seguro | Brazil |
| SDU | Rio De Janeiro | Brazil |
| SSA | Salvador | Brazil |
| GYN | Goiania | Brazil |
| REC | Recife | Brazil |
| VIX | Vitoria | Brazil |
| CGH | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
| GIG | Rio De Janeiro | Brazil |
| BEL | Belem | Brazil |
| CGB | Cuiaba | Brazil |
| CKS | Parauapebas | Brazil |
| CPV | Campina Grande | Brazil |
| CWB | Curitiba | Brazil |
Airlines flying from Belo Horizonte
American Airlines (AA)
United States
US Airways (US)
United States
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL)
Netherlands
Azul (AD)
Brazil · Budget
Sky Express (G3)
Greece · Budget
TAM Brazilian Airlines (JJ)
Brazil
TAP Portugal (TP)
Portugal
Copa Airlines (CM)
Panama
Aerolineas Argentinas (AR)
Argentina
Oceanair (O6)
Brazil
Changan Airlines (2Z)
China
Marusya Airways (Y8)
Russia