Count the journey there
Most departure points sit in Barra da Tijuca or Recreio — 20 to 40 kilometres from Copacabana and Ipanema. In Rio traffic that is not a short ride, and you pay for it yourself unless the seller includes a transfer. Add it to the price before you compare two offers, or you are only comparing half the bill.
Lagoa and Urca
The only two departure points in the Zona Sul, both used by the same operator. The Lagoa helipad sits at Parque dos Patins on the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, walkable from Ipanema and Leblon. The Urca helipad is on the hill by the Sugarloaf cable car — a few metres from the exit of the Urca hill station.
- Heliponto da Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas (SDRJ) Parque dos Patins, Av. Borges de Medeiros, s/n – Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 22470-004 Zona Sul
- Helipad Urca Hill Morro da Urca — a few metres to the left of the exit of the cable car hill station Zona Sul
Jacarepaguá Airport
Roberto Marinho airport on Avenida Ayrton Senna, in Barra da Tijuca. Three sellers operate from here out of separate hangars — the address alone will not get you to the right one, so check the hangar number on your voucher.
- Aeroporto de Jacarepaguá – Roberto Marinho, Hangar 20 Av. Ayrton Senna, 2541 – R. D2, Hangar 20 – Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 22775-002
- Aeroporto de Jacarepaguá – Hangar Emar 37 Jacarepaguá Airport, Hangar Emar Hangar 37, Street E
- Aeroporto de Jacarepaguá – Roberto Marinho Aeroporto de Jacarepaguá – Roberto Marinho, Barra da Tijuca
Avenida das Américas 13750
Three sellers give this same street number as their departure point, under three different names. Whether that is one helipad or several next to each other we could not establish: two different postcodes and two different district names appear on the booking pages. Go by the name on your voucher, not by the number.
- Avenida das Américas 13750 Av. das Américas, 13.750 – Barra da Tijuca / Recreio dos Bandeirantes, Rio de Janeiro – RJ
Recreio, Pontal and Vargem Grande
The westernmost group: Recreio Heliport, Helicentro do Pontal, and a base on Rua Dom Bosco in Vargem Grande. The furthest from the Zona Sul of anything on this site, and the ones where an included transfer is worth the most.
- Recreio Heliport Recreio dos Bandeirantes (-23.0085767, -43.4460727)
- Helicentro do Pontal Recreio dos Bandeirantes (-23.0158843, -43.4996757)
- Rua Dom Bosco 644, Vargem Grande R. Dom Bosco, 644 – Vargem Grande, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 22785
- Clube de Aeronáutica Inside Clube de Aeronáutica – landmark: the black container building