José Martí International Airport (HAV)
Tel: (7) 246 4133 or 266 4644.

José Martí International Airport is located about 20km (14 miles) southwest of the city centre. International flights arrive into Terminal Three and domestic flights leave from Terminal One.

Airport facilities: These include duty-free shops, restaurants, bureaux de change, a tourist information office, a hotel reservation desk and car hire desks. Ground agents Havanatur and Cubanacán, which are local travel agencies for incoming tourists, also have desks here. An executive lounge is available for a fee.

Transport to the city: There is no bus service from the airport into town. Metered tourist taxis wait outside the arrivals hall for the 30-minute journey into the city centre. The fare is CUC15-25. Tour operators arrange minibus transfers with ground agents; these are pre-booked by their own clients. However, it might be possible for an independent traveller to buy a seat on one of these minibuses from the local agent directly.

Approximate flight times to Havana: From London is 10 hours 40 minutes; from Miami is 40 minutes; from Cancún is 1 hour; from Toronto is 3 hours 40 minutes and from Sydney is 19 hours 20 minutes.