Connection time calculator, immigration and security, and how to move between terminals at GIG.
At Rio de Janeiro Galeão airport, passengers connecting between two international flights can usually stay in the transit area without going through immigration. If you connect from an international to a domestic flight, you enter the country here: you go through immigration and collect and re-check your bags.
The airport has 2 terminals or concourses (Terminal 2 domestic, Terminal 2 international).
Connecting passengers go through a transfer security screening.
Is your layover at GIG long enough? Pick your connection and get an estimate with the times of this airport.
Terminals / concourses: Terminal 2 domestic, Terminal 2 international
Getting between them: Walking inside Terminal 2; distances are short
Scheduled passenger flights use Terminal 2, with domestic departures on one side and international on the other; Terminal 1 is used for administration, general aviation and charter flights. International-to-international passengers stay in the transit zone following the International Connections signs and go through a transfer security check, with no immigration.
International to domestic: you leave the transit zone, clear immigration, collect your bags and check them in again. Domestic to international: normal security and immigration.
Estimate based on typical times at this airport, not your airline's official minimum connection time. Immigration and security lines change with the time of day and season. On a single ticket, the airline must rebook you if you miss the connection; on separate tickets, it does not.
Sources: cestee.com.
Times are estimates: always check with your airline.
