Popular Airport | Harakani Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 10 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 387 Km |
There are various transportation alternatives such as taxi, bus and car rental to reach Tabriz Airport, which is close to the city center of Tabriz, one of the most beautiful cities of Iran.
Taking a taxi can be a very comfortable and fast option you can prefer to reach Tabriz Airport from the city center. You can easily catch your flight thanks to these taxis equipped with advanced technology.
Another alternative you can prefer to get to the airport from Tabriz city center is the buses. You can find a bus, which is an affordable and practical means of transportation, anywhere in the city to arrive at the airport easily. We recommend you to board the bus at least 2 hours before your flight departure time.
Renting a car is an enjoyable option you can prefer for transportation to Tabriz Airport. You can either drive the car you have rented or prefer to enjoy the comfort of the back seat by renting a car with a driver. All you need to do is to rent a car of any model from the car rental companies in the city center if you want to take advantage of this option.
Domestic Flights and International Flights terminals serve at Tabriz Airport, which is especially preferred by those who go on pilgrimage (the Hajj). Inside the airport are health care center, lost property office, baby care room, and information desk as well as many other places where you can do shopping or meet your eating and drinking needs.
You can purchase souvenirs as well as various cosmetics and toys from the Duty-Free store inside the terminal building. The restaurant and café where delicious food is served are the eating and drinking places that are available for your convenience.
Kars Airport is only 7 kilometer from the city center. If you want to get to the city center from the airport, you can prefer taxi, municipal bus and rental car as well as the Sınır Tourism shuttle services that provide transportation service in agreement with airline companies. The hotels in Sarıkamış Winter Sports Center also offer airport shuttle service.
You can take a taxi, which is always the easiest way, to go to the city center or the surrounding districts and villages from Kars Airport. You can reach the city center in 10 minutes without waiting. The taxis waiting at the airport according to plane landings are usually used as share taxi by taking more than one passenger.
This is because there is a limited number of taxis at the airport and some taxi drivers would like to earn more by asking for the same taxi fare from more than one passenger. Before taking a taxi, it would be useful to ask if the taxi fare can be shared or not.
The airport shuttle services which provide shuttle service according to landing hours go up to Faikbey Street in Kars city center and drop the passengers off in front of Vergül Tourism agency. The same shuttle company also provides transportation service 30 minutes after landing for the passengers who would like to go Ardahan from Kars Airport. The shuttle services go up to the Sınır Tourism agency on Kongre Street in Ardahan city center.
There is only one car rental company called Öz Sema Otomotiv which serves at Kars Airport. For this reason, you are strongly recommended to book your car in advance if you want to rent a car. You can reach the authorized person by calling the office at 0-474- 212 08 18. If you are going to get to the places like Ani Ören Yeri (Ani Ruins) and Sarıkamış Winter Sports Center and if you travel more than one person, renting a car may be a more flexible and practical solution for you.
You can also prefer to go to the city center by bus from Kars Airport. There is only one municipal bus to the city center and it runs according to flight times. The municipal bus, which departs at the airport, goes up to the Lion Statues (in front of the Zafer Kuyumcusu – Jewelry Store) in the city center. If you are going to the surrounding cities or the tourist attractions like Ani Ruins, you can get to the bus station from the city center.
Since the bus station and the airport are located on different routes, you can benefit from minibuses or the shuttle services of the bus transportation companies once you arrive at the city center. The bus station is 3 kilometers away from the city center. You can take the buses provided by Sarıkamış Municipality, which depart from the city center, to reach the hotels in Sarıkamış Ski Resort. Though most of the hotels in Sarıkamış welcome their guests at the airport by offering shuttle services, you should ask your hotel if they offer shuttle transfer service considering your transportation options. The ski resort is 50 kilometers from the airport and 60 kilometers from the city center.