Santa Cruz de la Sierra Airport (VVI)

The terminals at Santa Cruz de la Sierra Airport

NAABOL, the state operator of the Bolivian airports, says Viru Viru was inaugurated in 1983 and is the main intercontinental connection hub of Bolivia, a role it has kept as the airport has had constant improvements under its management.

The wifi is free all over the terminal: NAABOL provides the internet without charge inside its international airports, so a family can keep the children busy with a tablet while the flight is on time.

Getting to and from Santa Cruz de la Sierra Airport

The parking ticket lets you leave without paying anything more at the Avenida Banzer and the Avenida G77 exits, and the airport's own page points to the map with the taxi information for the city of Santa Cruz.

The taxis and the micros and minibuses are the public transport that works at the airport, and the free wifi in the terminal means the wait for the ride does not need a data connection in the city.

What happens when you arrive at VVI

Keep your passport and any form you filled in on the plane with you the whole way, from the aircraft door to the exit.

On an international arrival you clear immigration, collect your bags and pass through customs, and the airport's own page explains the rules that the children of the family have to follow before the flight.

Santa Cruz de la Sierra Airport with children

For the trips between Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil, the airport's own page says that a child between 5 and 11 who travels alone needs a travel authorisation, and that for the minors between 5 and 17 that authorisation is asked for at the offices of the Defensoría Municipal de la Niñez y la Adolescencia and has to be shown when the ticket is bought.

Keep the children's documents in your carry-on bag, and let the family wait in the terminal with the free wifi, so a child with a tablet does not depend on the signal of the city.

Plan your stop at Santa Cruz de la Sierra Airport

Terminals, airlines and arrival procedures change, so check with the airline and the airport's own site before you travel. And check with the embassy or consulate about the documents your family needs for the entry rules of every country on your route.

Sources

• Official page of NAABOL, the state operator of the Bolivian airports, on Viru Viru: the airport was inaugurated in 1983 and is the main intercontinental connection hub of Bolivia, it has played a key role in the economic and tourist development of the country and has had constant improvements under NAABOL, the wifi is free all over the airport, and the parking ticket lets you leave without paying anything more at the Avenida Banzer and the Avenida G77 exits. — naabol.gob.bo (checked 21 October 2026)
• Official services page of the same operator for Viru Viru: the wifi is free inside the terminal, the page points to the map with the taxi information for Santa Cruz, and the taxis and the micros and minibuses are the public transport that works at the airport. — naabol.gob.bo (checked 21 October 2026)