Popular Airport | Innsbruck Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 7 hour 20 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 5937 Km |
You can reach the airport from Nairobi city center by taxi or the airport shuttle service that is provided by your hotel. There are the minibuses called 'matatu' and the buses for the passengers who prefer public transportation. Renting a car is another transportation alternative you can prefer. You should keep in mind that the traffic in the city is particularly dense during the day, and you should set out early no matter which means of transportation you prefer.
You can get on the bus number 34 departing from the city center to reach the airport. Ticket price only costs 50 KES and your journey takes about 40 minutes.
Hotel shuttle services offered by the hotels are one of the most comfortable transportation alternatives if you don’t want to lose time with renting a car because it is necessary to bargain with taxi drivers and means of public transportation are troublesome. If your hotel provides this service, you need to contact your hotel in advance and make a reservation to take advantage of this service.
Taking a taxi is generally a frequently preferred transportation option in the city. However, you should remember that you need to bargain for taxi fare. If you are going to take a taxi to reach the airport, you can ask your hotel to help you with this, so you can travel by a trusted and safer taxi. You can reach the airport in about half an hour by taking a taxi.
In addition to the buses, matatu option is also available for those who prefer public transportation. You can reach the airport by these minibuses that are quite cheap, but you should keep in mind that you might have difficulty if you have lots of luggage because matatu minibuses are very crowded and the drivers usually drive fast and carelessly.
You can find the offices of many car rental companies in the city center. You need to drive straight through the A101 Mombasa road to reach the airport. If you are going to rent a car only to reach the airport, you can rent a car with a driver or you can rent a car from a company that has an office at the airport.
You should keep in mind that the traffic flows on the left side and the traffic rules are not very effective. You should also remember that the traffic is extremely heavy at certain times before deciding on the time you will leave.
You can take the train from Innsbruck Airport to get to Innsbruck city centre, which is 4km away from the airport. In addition you can also use the taxis that are available outside the terminal 24/7. Another option is to rent a car and go comfortably to the city centre. Regardless of what transport option you use, it will take a maximum of 15 minutes to get to Innsbruck city centre from the airport.
It’s both practical and economic to take one of the trains operated by Austrian Railways (ÖBB) to central Innsbruck from Innsbruck Airport. You can reach Mitterweg/Unterführung and Innsbruck Westbahnhof’a (Egger-Lienz-Sraße) with the train that you take from the station just outside of the terminal building. The trains that leave every half an hour from Innsbruck Airport take approximately 10 minutes to reach central Innsbruck. As of 2017, the price for a single one-way ticket is between 4 and 7 euro. If you call Austrian Railways ahead of your flight then you can reserve a seat for a reduced price and learn up to date departure times.
Taking the bus is without a doubt the most economic way to reach central Innsbruck from Innsbruck Airport. Some of the bus stops for the buses that leave every minutes from the airport are as follows: Uni-Sportstätten, Steinbockweg, Fischerhäuslweg, Angergasse, Exlgasse, Bachlechnerstraße, Unterbergerstraße and Triumphpforte (Leopoldstraße), which is the last stop. The price for a ticket on the F line bus that will take you to Innsbruck city centre in around 13 to 20 minutes from the airport is only 4 euro.
If you want to take a taxi for reasons such as having extra or heavy luggage, or arriving to the airport at a very late time, then there are airport taxis that are in service 24/7. If you don’t find an airport taxi at the airport then you needn’t worry as there are many private taxi companies you can call such as: Innsbruck Taxi (+436506368830), Dolphin Taxi (+43512580909), Airport Transfer & Taxi Alpstria (+436507111294) and Taxi 5311 (+4351253110). It’s likely that you’ll be in the city centre in 5 minutes with the taxi you can take from Innsbruck Airport for a cost of between 15 and 18 euro.
Since Innsbruck Airport is a large and well-established international airport, there are plenty of international car rental agencies. Some of these are Avis and Budget (+435125717540), Europcar Österreich (+4318661660), Hertz (+43512580901), Megadrive (+43501054150) and Sixt (+435122929390). If you make a reservation before your arrival to the airport then you can complete the rental procedures quickly and collect your car without wasting any time. You can get to Innsbruck city centre in 5-6 minutes using the Fürstenweg and B171 road.