The new airport is located about 11 miles northeast of Quito in Tababela, Pichincha Province.

Airport website (Castilian Spanish only; Keep low expectations...)

There are both Domestic and International VIP lounges. The cost is USD $20 international $USD 12 for domestic, taxes included. They offer WiFi, snacks and beverages, reading material, cable TV. They have agreements with some credit cards (they do not state which).

They offer a CIP (Commercially Important Person) service fir international arrivals and departures - personal meetings, assistance with formalities, wait in VIP lounge, etc. at +(593-2) 395-4260 ext. 2718 or ext. 2008, 24 hours daily. E-mail: [email protected]. No price listed, and no indication how much language capability other than Castilian Spanish (the website is only in Spanish at this time).

Flight arrivals (Llegada) and departures (Salida) here.

Van shuttle service is offered by Achupallas and Trans Rabbit; taxi service is offered 24/7 by the Airport Cooperative Taxi service, tel. 330-2200 local. Taxi cost to downtown is USD $27.00.

Aeroservicios runs comfortable, modern buses with "first class airline seating" (sic) and WiFi from the old airport (from the Terminal Aeroservicios) to the new airport; departures every half hour 'round the clock, 1.5 hours en route time estimated, USD $8.00 per person, bookable here. Click on "Compra tu ticket" - it's actually pretty easy.

A local bus runs from Quitumbe (south) and Rio Coca (north) bus stations - map here http://maptal.es/tales/1469#intro between 6 Am and 10 PM / 0600 - 2200 for USD $2.00, with stops. See alejoc's informative post below.

Eventually a Metro - metropolitan light rail line will connect the airport to Quito.

The same newspaper has several articles addressing the fact traffic to / from Quito can be quite congested and slow at times.

Hotels - not for a while. El Universo said, earlier in Feb 2013, "Uno de los inconvenientes que enfrentarán los pasajeros que utilizarán el nuevo aeropuerto Mariscal Sucre de esta ciudad, en Tababela, será la falta de alojamiento en los alrededores de la nueva terminal aérea." (One of the inconveniences passengers using this city's new Mariscal Sucre airport will encounter will be the lack of lodging in the vicinity of the new aerial terminal.) There are four hostels in Tababela with several rooms each - five minutes by taxi, twenty on foot. Other than that, there are no extant plans to built a hotel near the airport yet.

Mariscal (Marshal) Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá, a Venezuelan statesman and soldier, was one of the leaders of the movement for independence of South America from Spain, and he served as President of Bolivia, Governor of Perú, General in Chief of the Army of Gran Colombia and Commander of the Army of the South. He was also Grand Marshal of Ayacucho, and was assassinated; his remains are interred at the Cathedral of Quito, Ecuador.