Private helicopter charter in Brazil

Sources:ANAC: RBAC 135, Emenda 15, in force 9 January 2026ANAC open data: Brazilian air operators, including air taxiLatin America Bureau, 1 September 2011: São Paulo, the world's biggest helicopter fleetHelisight: Rio de Janeiro helicopter tours and prices, checked 19 October 2026Wikipedia: Campo de Marte AirportANAC: justification for the proposal amending Resolution 472 of 2018 (public hearing 19/2019), on TACA, RBAC 135 air taxi and the Voe Seguro tool

Angra dos Reis

About 60 minutes from Rio to the Costa Verde; the aerodrome is open in daylight only.

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Búzios

About 48 minutes from Rio to Umberto Modiano aerodrome, with take-offs coordinated in advance.

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Sources:Flapper: insights on executive aviation in Rio de JaneiroDECEA AISWEB: Angra dos Reis (SDAG) aerodrome record, checked 19 October 2026DECEA AISWEB: Umberto Modiano, Búzios (SSBZ, formerly SBBZ), checked 19 October 2026

• Flying time at the hourly rate for the type: as a guide, R$8.070 to R$23.550 per flight hour for the whole helicopter.
• Positioning when the helicopter is based away from your pickup point, both to reach you and to fly home.
• Landing fees from each airport's published tariff. At the 15 airports in Motiva's South and Central blocks, a domestic general aviation landing costs R$274.49 plus R$62.30 per tonne of maximum take-off weight from 12 March 2026, about R$430 for a 2.5-tonne helicopter.
• Parking at those airports from three hours after landing: R$45.40 an hour plus R$1.96 per tonne per hour on the apron.
• Event pricing: for the 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix, Revo sold seats to Interlagos at R$3,575, a round trip in your own helicopter at R$13,000 on regular days and R$15,000 on race day, and a whole eight-passenger Airbus H155 at R$26,000.
• ICMS, the state tax on transport, does not apply to air passenger transport. São Paulo's tax authority confirmed this for an air taxi operator in January 2026, citing a 2001 Supreme Court ruling.
• Transport within a single city is on the list of services subject to ISS, the municipal service tax, which cities levy at 2% to 5%.
• Waiting time if the helicopter holds for you during the day, or an overnight stay for the crew.

Sources:Motiva Aeroportos: regulated tariffs, Group II general aviation, Bloco Sul and Bloco Central airports, 2026 (published under ANAC concession contracts 002 and 003/ANAC/2021)Motor Show (Estadão Conteúdo), October 2024: helicopter service to Interlagos costs up to R$26,000São Paulo State Finance Secretariat: Resposta à Consulta Tributária nº 32692/2025, 26 January 2026, ICMS and air passenger transportPlanalto: Lei Complementar nº 116 of 2003 (ISS), Articles 8 and 8-A and list item 16, as amendedHelisight: Rio de Janeiro helicopter tours and prices, checked 19 October 2026

• A paid flight must be flown by an operator ANAC has authorised for air taxi work. RBAC 135 governs these operations and covers helicopters of any size.
• Check the company and the helicopter in ANAC's Voe Seguro tool, which shows the authorised air taxi companies and their aircraft, or on ANAC's open-data list of air operators.
• ANAC calls paid passenger flying without the required certificates clandestine air taxi (TACA). It says such flights erode safety, because private flying rules on pilot experience, training and maintenance are far less strict than air taxi rules.
• According to the aircrew union SNA, ANAC raised fines for clandestine air taxi up to tenfold, to a range starting at R$12,000.
• As a broker, Altivo Jets names the operator and its ANAC authorisation before you book.

Sources:ANAC: RBAC 135, Emenda 15, in force 9 January 2026ANAC open data: Brazilian air operators, including air taxiANAC: justification for the proposal amending Resolution 472 of 2018 (public hearing 19/2019), on TACA, RBAC 135 air taxi and the Voe Seguro toolSNA (National Union of Aeronauts): ANAC multiplies fines for clandestine air taxi by ten