Metro-Airport Connection (Portuguese: Conexão Metrô-Aeroporto) is a people mover system operating in Porto Alegre, connecting Aeroporto station of the Porto Alegre Metro to Terminal 1 of the Salgado Filho International Airport.
[2] Because of the massive 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods and the damages on the track, the Aeromóvel is out of service ever since.
[1] It is composed by a sole elevated track with two stations and 814 m (2,671 ft) of extension, opened to the public on 10 August 2013.
[3] Since 7 May 2014, the system operates commercially, initially charging a fare of R$ 1.70 (US$ 0.72 in 2014) and free interchange with Porto Alegre Metro.
[4] The APM used the Aeromovel pneumatic propulsion design, which was developed in Brazil.