Ezeiza International Airport – Ministro Pistarini (SAEZ/EZE)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| Fastest into town | Bus line 8, express branch G, marked as running by Autopista 25 de Mayo. It leaves every 55 minutes from 7:00 to 21:00 and costs ARS 2.339,90 with a registered SUBE card. The national transport regulator times the whole branch at 110 minutes in the peak and 96 off peak, for the 47,850 km run from Aeroparque to Ezeiza airport; Avenida de Mayo in the centre is a stop partway along and no separate time is published for that shorter leg. The all stops branch A is cheaper at ARS 1.337,06 and slower, timed at 157 and 135 minutes for the same full run. |
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| Night option | Branch A of line 8 runs around the clock. From the airport the regulator’s timetable shows a departure every 23 minutes from 4:00 to 20:06 on a weekday, every 30 minutes from 20:06 to 23:36 and again from midnight to 4:00, 58 services in the day. On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays it is every 24 minutes from 4:00 to 20:00 and every 30 minutes either side, 56 services. The express branch G does not run outside 7:00 to 21:00. |
| Payments | Plan on a SUBE card. The national fare tables give bus prices for a SUBE card only, registered or unregistered, while the train table also prints a cash fare, so the card is what the bus is priced around. An unregistered card costs exactly double: ARS 2.674,12 instead of ARS 1.337,06 on branch A, ARS 4.679,70 instead of ARS 2.339,90 on the express. The card costs ARS 1.500 and one card may pay for more than one passenger, so a crew pair can share. Pick one up before you land if you can. |
| Tap water | Safe to drink in the city |
| Emergency | 911 (Numbers published by the national government, the City of Buenos Aires and the Ezeiza municipality the airport stands in) |
| Solo & at night | The airport’s own instruction is blunt: for your safety, do not accept transport offered to you out loud in the hall. Use the taxi and remis counters in Terminal A arrivals, ground floor, public area. City of Buenos Aires taxis run on a meter at ARS 1.920 to start plus ARS 192 for each 200 metres or each minute of waiting, with 20 percent added between 22:00 and 6:00. The city’s free tourist assistance line, 0800 999 2838, is answered in English every day from 8:00 to 20:00 and takes reports of robbery and other crimes. |
| Crew knows | The bus drops you and picks you up on different streets. Coming out of Ezeiza the express sets you down on Hipolito Yrigoyen, at Piedras, Peru or Balcarce. Going back to the airport you board one block over, on Avenida de Mayo at Chacabuco, Tacuari or San Jose. |
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Getting from Ezeiza airport into Buenos Aires by bus line 8, taxi or remis
Ezeiza sits well outside Buenos Aires. The address the airport operator publishes for itself is kilometre 33,5 of the Riccheri motorway, in the Ezeiza district of the province, and every way in that the airport lists is by road: buses, taxis, remises and hire cars, with no rail option among them. One bus line does the work: line 8, run by Transportes Rio Grande under national concession, in two flavours over the same alignment. Branch A calls at everything and never stops running; branch G is the express by motorway and keeps office hours. Both end at Aeroparque, the city airport, which makes line 8 the published link between the two Buenos Aires airports as well. Union action at the civil aviation authority runs on 3 and 4 September, morning and evening. It affects flights, not the bus and not the road into town.
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| Mode | Time | Cost | Good to know |
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| Bus line 8, express branch G, by Autopista 25 de Mayo | The regulator times the whole branch at 110 minutes in the peak and 96 off peak, over its 47,850 km from Aeroparque to Ezeiza airport. Avenida de Mayo in the centre is one of the stops along that run, and no separate time is published for the shorter airport to centre leg, so plan against the full figure. every 55 minutes, 16 services a day, between 7:00 and 21:00, weekdays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays alike |
ARS 2.339,90 with a registered SUBE card, ARS 4.679,70 with an unregistered one, in force since July 2026 | This is the one to take if you have a clock to beat. Watch the direction, because the two are not mirror images and they use different streets in the centre. Coming out of Ezeiza the bus sets you down on Hipolito Yrigoyen, at Piedras, then Peru, then Balcarce, before carrying on to Aeroparque. Going back to the airport it boards on Avenida de Mayo at Chacabuco, Tacuari and San Jose, and on Avenida Rivadavia at Rodriguez Pena, after the Retiro coach station. Wait on the street for the wrong direction and you watch the bus go past. The long motorway section between the centre and the province is marked as a no stop section both ways. On weekdays it uses the Metrobus lane on the motorway between 6:00 and 12:00 toward Aeroparque and between 15:00 and 21:00 toward the airport. |
| Bus line 8, all stops branch A | The regulator times the whole branch at 157 minutes in the peak and 135 off peak, over its 53,866 km from Aeroparque to Ezeiza airport. As with the express, the centre is a stop along that run and no separate time is published for the airport to centre leg. weekdays every 23 minutes from 4:00 to 20:06 and every 30 minutes from 20:06 to 23:36 and from midnight to 4:00; Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays every 24 minutes from 4:00 to 20:00 and every 30 minutes either side |
ARS 1.337,06 with a registered SUBE card, ARS 2.674,12 with an unregistered one, in force since July 2026 | The cheap one, and the only one that covers the small hours. It runs the length of Avenida Rivadavia through Once and Flores, crosses General Paz, then picks up the Riccheri motorway to the airport. The printed 157 minutes in the peak for the full branch tells you what kind of ride this is: a night arrival or a long layover option, not a way to save an hour. The fare is the top band of the national table, which charges ARS 1.337,06 for anything over 27 km with a registered card. |
| Bus line 8 between Ezeiza and Aeroparque, airport to airport | 110 minutes in the peak and 96 off peak on the express branch G; 157 and 135 minutes on the all stops branch A. The regulator prints these for the Aeroparque to Ezeiza direction and prints no separate set for the way back. branch G every 55 minutes from 7:00 to 21:00; branch A every 23 to 30 minutes around the clock |
ARS 2.339,90 express or ARS 1.337,06 all stops with a registered SUBE card, double on an unregistered one | Aeroparque Jorge Newbery is the other Buenos Aires airport, IATA code AEP, and it sits on the riverfront inside the city, nowhere near Ezeiza. If your onward domestic flight leaves from there, line 8 is the published surface link between the two. It stops at the north and south parkings at Aeroparque. Allow more than the running time either way: these are the regulator’s figures for a clear run, and the express itself is printed at 110 minutes in the peak. |
| Taxi from the Terminal A rank | metered. The City of Buenos Aires sets ARS 1.920 to start the trip and ARS 192 for each 200 metres travelled or each minute the car stands still, with a night tariff 20 percent higher between 22:00 and 6:00. Neither the airport nor either municipality publishes a fixed airport fare | The airport names two official taxi services, both booked at Terminal A: the Ezeiza municipality service on (54 11) 5480-0066 and the City of Buenos Aires service on (54 11) 4320-0706. Take one of those and nothing offered to you in the hall. Hand luggage plus one case up to 0,90 by 0,40 by 0,30 metres travels free; each extra piece may be charged at five meter units. A trip out of the city with no return fare in the same car may carry a surcharge for the run back, which is worth asking about before you set off from the centre. Complaints about a City taxi go to 147 or to the city services regulator on 0800-222-ENTE (3683). | |
| Remis and pre-booked transfer from Terminal A | not published. The airport names the licensed operators but prints no fare for any of them, so agree the price at the counter before you book | A remis is a pre-booked car at an agreed price rather than a metered taxi. The airport lists four at Ezeiza, all picked up from Terminal A arrivals, ground floor, public area: On Baires Transfer on (54 11) 5480-1215, Remis Vip Cars on (54 11) 5480-4594, Remis Manuel Tienda Leon on (54 11) 4314-3636, and Remis Transfer Express on (54 11) 5811-1986. The airport’s complaints line is 0800-666-7979. |
Best areas for crew stays in Buenos Aires, from Monserrat to Palermo
Monserrat and the Microcentro: Plaza de Mayo, Avenida de Mayo and the government quarter, flat, dense and built for walking.
San Telmo: Cobbled streets and antique shops just south of the centre.
Recoleta: The formal, tree-lined side of town, with the cemetery, the museums and the grander cafes.
Palermo: The parks, the bar and restaurant density, and most of the newer hotels; spread out, so pick one corner of it.
Puerto Madero: Reclaimed docks along the water, glass towers and a flat riverside walk, quiet in the evening.
What to do on a Buenos Aires layover, from a short stop to a full day
Under 5 hours: Stay in the terminal. The airport asks for four hours before an international departure, and the fastest bus is the express, printed at 110 minutes in the peak for its full branch, so the sums do not work. Free Wi-Fi, water refill points and phone chargers are all inside.
5 to 9 hours: One clean move only, and only if the timing is generous: the express branch G into town, an hour or so around Monserrat and San Telmo on foot, then back to the airport from the Avenida de Mayo stops, not from the Hipolito Yrigoyen ones you arrived at. Fix your return departure before you leave the stop, and remember the express stops running at 21:00.
9 hours plus: The centre plus one more neighbourhood is realistic, say Recoleta or Palermo, with a proper sit-down meal. If your evening runs late, branch A covers the airport through the night, and the regulator prints 157 minutes in the peak for its full branch, so leave yourself room.
Crew tips for Buenos Aires: the SUBE card, fares that move monthly, and what to refuse in the hall
Sort out a SUBE card, and register it: SUBE is the only way to pay a bus fare here, and the card costs ARS 1.500. Register it, because an unregistered card is charged exactly double on every journey: ARS 2.674,12 rather than ARS 1.337,06 on the all stops branch of line 8. Cards are sold at SUBE points and online, and the staffed centres nearest the airport are in the town of Ezeiza at Nicolas Avellaneda 51, Monday to Friday 8:00 to 13:00, and at Constitucion station, Avenida Brasil 1128, Monday to Friday 8:00 to 18:00. The maximum balance a card can carry is ARS 40.000, one card may pay for more than one passenger unless it is on the social tariff, and if you run short the system lets the balance go to minus ARS 1.200. The helpline is 0800-777-SUBE (7823).
Fares here move month to month, so check before you count out cash: The figures above are the ones in force in early September 2026: the line 8 tables are marked as valid from July 2026, and the national fare tables for metropolitan buses and trains were restated for September. The bands run ARS 742,81 up to 3 km, ARS 861,66 to 6 km, ARS 1.002,80 to 12 km, ARS 1.151,36 to 27 km and ARS 1.337,06 beyond that, with a registered card, and double each of those without. Argentine fares are revised often, so treat any figure older than a couple of months as out of date.
Take nothing from anyone who offers you a ride: The airport prints one safety warning on its own ground transport page and it is this: for your safety, do not accept transport services offered out loud. Every legitimate car is booked at a counter in Terminal A arrivals, on the ground floor in the public area. If something goes wrong with a booked service, the airport’s complaints line is 0800-666-7979, complaints about a City of Buenos Aires taxi go to 147, and complaints about a provincial bus line go to the Buenos Aires province transport directorate on 0800 333 0300.
What is free inside the terminal: The Wi-Fi network is called FREE-WIFI Aeropuertos Argentina, it needs no password, and the operator describes it as unlimited. Among the free services it lists for Ezeiza are water refill points, luggage trolleys, phone charging points, a coworking space, self check-in and self bag drop. Those refill points are the ones to use for the crew bottle before you fly. In town it is the tap you want: the city water utility states that the water it distributes carries no risk at all to health.
Check your report time against the published bus times, not against a hunch: The airport asks passengers to arrive four hours before an international departure and two and a half hours before a domestic one. Against that, the only running times the regulator publishes for line 8 are for a whole branch, Aeroparque to Ezeiza airport: 110 minutes in the peak and 96 off peak on the express, 157 and 135 on the all stops branch. Nothing is published for the shorter airport to centre leg, so treat the branch figures as your worst case, and fix the departure you will catch back before you walk away from the stop.
Ask for the meter, and know what the luggage is worth: City of Buenos Aires taxi fares are set only in Argentine pesos and must be shown on the meter, which adds the flag fall, the distance and the waiting time. That is ARS 1.920 to start, ARS 192 for every 200 metres or minute of waiting, and 20 percent more between 22:00 and 6:00. Drivers carry your hand luggage and one case up to 0,90 by 0,40 by 0,30 metres at no charge, and may charge five meter units for each piece beyond that. Complaints go to 147 or to the city services regulator on 0800-222-ENTE (3683), at Bartolome Mitre 760, ninth floor.
Emergency numbers for Buenos Aires and Argentina
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| Emergencies, the national emergency centre, for the police or an ambulance, 24 hours | 911 |
| SAME, free ambulance and urgent medical care, covering the City of Buenos Aires and towns of Buenos Aires province, 24 hours | 107 |
| Fire brigade, 24 hours | 100 |
| Civil Defence emergencies (flooding, street accidents, toxic spills), 24 hours | 103 |
| City of Buenos Aires tourist assistance, free, every day 8:00 to 20:00, answered in Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italian and French; takes reports of robbery, other crimes, lost property and commercial abuse | 0800 999 2838 |
| City of Buenos Aires citizen enquiries and taxi complaints, Monday to Friday 7:00 to 21:00 and Saturday 8:00 to 14:00 | 147 |
| Helpline for women facing gender violence, 24 hours | 144 |
| Argentina country code (calling from abroad) | +54 |
Save these before you fly; numbers work from any phone.
How do I get from Ezeiza airport to Buenos Aires city centre?
By bus line 8, which is the airport bus. Take the express branch G, marked as running by Autopista 25 de Mayo: it leaves every 55 minutes from 7:00 to 21:00 and sets you down in the centre on Hipolito Yrigoyen, at Piedras, Peru and Balcarce. Going back to the airport it is a different street, Avenida de Mayo at Chacabuco, Tacuari or San Jose, or Avenida Rivadavia at Rodriguez Pena. The regulator times the whole branch at 110 minutes in the peak and 96 off peak, from Aeroparque to Ezeiza airport, and publishes no separate time for the shorter airport to centre leg. The all stops branch A is timed at 157 and 135 for the same full run and it goes around the clock. There is no rail link to the terminal, so the alternatives are a metered taxi or a pre-booked remis from Terminal A.
How much is the bus from Ezeiza airport to Buenos Aires?
With a registered SUBE card, ARS 1.337,06 on the all stops branch of line 8 and ARS 2.339,90 on the express, both in force since July 2026. With an unregistered card you pay exactly double, ARS 2.674,12 and ARS 4.679,70. The national fare tables print no cash price for a bus at all, only the two card prices, while the train table does print one, so carry a card rather than notes. The card itself costs ARS 1.500.
Is there a bus from Ezeiza airport at night?
Yes. Branch A of line 8 never stops. From the airport the regulator’s timetable shows a departure every 23 minutes from 4:00 to 20:06 on a weekday, then every 30 minutes to 23:36 and again from midnight to 4:00, 58 services across the day. Weekends and public holidays run every 24 minutes from 4:00 to 20:00 and every 30 minutes either side. The express branch G is daytime only, 7:00 to 21:00.
Do I need a SUBE card to take the bus from Ezeiza?
Yes, and it is worth registering it. The metropolitan fare tables list only two bus prices, one for a registered SUBE card and one for an unregistered card at exactly double, so an unregistered card turns a ARS 1.337,06 ride into ARS 2.674,12. The card costs ARS 1.500 and one card may pay for more than one passenger unless it is on the social tariff, so two crew can travel on one. Buy it before you land if you can: the nearest staffed SUBE centres are in the town of Ezeiza, Nicolas Avellaneda 51, Monday to Friday 8:00 to 13:00, and at Constitucion station.
Is tap water safe to drink in Buenos Aires?
Yes, in the city. AySA, which holds the water and sewage concession for the City of Buenos Aires and 26 surrounding districts, states that the water it distributes carries no risk at all to health and that arsenic concentrations sit below the regulated value across its whole area. It monitors quality minute by minute and analyses it in the laboratory from the river intake through to the household connection. In town, refill from the tap rather than buying bottled. The utility does not name the airport or the district it stands in, so at the terminal use the free water refill points the airport lists inside.
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