In the suburbs of El Alto is the airport of the same name, serving the actual capital of Bolivia, La Paz . El Alto Airport was once the first international airport in Bolivia. The airport on this site existed before, but as an international one it was opened only in 1969, after a serious alteration of the runways and the construction of a new passenger terminal. Then he received another name - John Kennedy, but with the same name retained. Prior to the opening of Viru-Viru, the airport in Santa Cruz - El Alto was the main "air gateway" of Bolivia .
The airport is famous for its high altitude: it is located at an altitude of 4,061 m and is second only to Tibetan Bamda, which is 4350 m ahead of it. El-Alto is the base of the Boliviana de Aviacion, Aerosur, Amaszonas and TAM companies.
Services provided
El Alto Airport does not have high comfort, but it provides the whole list of basic services. Here is:
- medical station: medicines must be provided, they can be bought at the pharmacy nearby, but medical assistance is provided free of charge;
- waiting rooms, including VIP;
- library;
- duty-free shops, where you can buy silver jewelry, alcoholic beverages, jewelry with precious stones;
- Special halls, where for passengers movies or shows are shown.
Also in El Alto there are several cafes and restaurants: Restaurant Restaurant Mirador, where you can enjoy dishes of local Bolivian cuisine , as well as international, Dolce Expresso cafe (both located in the main terminal room), Alexander cafe where you can taste cakes and other desserts is in the waiting room). It is very convenient to rent a car - at the airport there is a taxi service Hertz.
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How to get from the airport to the city?
Al-Alto today is a fairly large city with more than a million inhabitants, but it began as a working suburb of La Paz , therefore the distance from the airport to the actual Bolivian capital is only 14 km. You can get to La Paz from the airport by bus - the trip will cost only 2 boliviano, but it can take a long time, as landing and disembarkation of passengers here can occur, without exaggeration, on every corner. The more popular way to get to La Paz is by taxi. The trip will cost about 8 boliviano.