The Los Cabos International Airport is seven miles north of San Jose del Cabo and 45 minutes from Cabo San Lucas.
There is a private jet terminal; and two commercial terminals serve Alaska, America West, American, Continental, Delta, Frontier, Northwest, United, Aeromexico, and Mexicana airlines.
Direct flights to Cabo San Lucas are available from Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, Mexico City, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and other gateways. Flight times to Los Cabos are one and a half hours from San Diego and Mexico City; two hours from Phoenix; two and a half hours from Los Angeles and Dallas; three hours from San Francisco; four hours from Atlanta and Seattle; and five hours from New York, Chicago, and Vancouver, Canada.
Both terminals offer shops, currency exchange, magazine and gift stores, fast food restaurants and several bars, within the check-in area and inside the boarding lounges.
Telephones in the airport have Telmex public phones, using Ladatel cards, generally available at airport magazine shops in denominations of 30, 50 or 100 pesos - for international calls, the minimum amount left on the card must normally be at least 20 pesos to make a call.
Passengers departing on International flights are asked to check-in a minimum of two hours before departure. Both terminals are relatively small with several departure gates each and minimal walking. Flights are boarded on the tarmac at both terminals, wheelchair and boarding assistance is available in both terminals and at the private jetport.
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