Porto Alegre can be reached by flights arriving at Salgado Filho International Airport (IATA code POA
) from many Brazilian cities with direct flight.
From International flights, Porto Alegre can be directly reached from Lisbon. Flights within Latin America, there is a regular schedule of direct flights from Buenos Aires, Lima, Montevidéu, Santiago, and Panama City.
Note that only nationals from countries associated to the Mercosul can fly without a passport, such as Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.