Rio de Janeiro International Airport - distance to Copacobana and Ipanemana

The distance from the international airport of Rio de Janeiro is around 20 minutes from the downtown (Copacobana and Ipanemana) and you can buy cab tickets at the baggage claim area (recommended). The system works very well and impressed me how welcome they made me feel. I did not fly to the regional airport as I need to return to Sao Paulo International airport tomorrow on Monday. My flight is taking me to JFK (New York) and then to Dallas, Texas.