Connecting at Havana Cuba airport

Connection time calculator, immigration and security, and how to move between terminals at HAV.

How connections work at HAV

At Havana José Martí 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 3 terminals or concourses (Terminal 1 (domestic), Terminal 2 (Bahamasair, Cayman Airways, Condor, Edelweiss, Southwest), Terminal 3 (most international airlines)). They are not connected after security: changing means going through security again.

Connecting passengers go through a transfer security screening.

Connection time calculator

Is your layover at HAV long enough? Pick your connection and get an estimate with the times of this airport.

Terminals / concourses: Terminal 1 (domestic), Terminal 2 (Bahamasair, Cayman Airways, Condor, Edelweiss, Southwest), Terminal 3 (most international airlines)

Getting between them: Taxi between terminals (about 3 km; no shuttle bus)

The terminals are on different sides of the airport, about 3 km apart, with no airport bus or pavement between them: the only option is a taxi. Terminal 5 is out of service.

Within Terminal 3, if you already have the connecting boarding pass and checked-through bags, you go through security again but not passport control. In any other case you clear immigration (60 to 90 minutes), buy a tourist card and check in again.

  • Most airlines do not offer online check-in from Havana: check-in queues can be long.

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.

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