Popular Airport | Kannur Intl. Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 9 hour 30 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 7601 Km |
The most comfortable means of transportation that you can use to go to Yanbu Airport, located 7 kilometers from Yanbu, an important port city located on the coast of the Red Sea. You can also rent a car or use the shuttle service of your airline company if they provide any. It takes a maximum of 10 minutes to reach Yanbu Airport from the city.
The most popular means of transportation used in the city is undoubtedly taxis. It is quite economical and ideal to use the taxi as the city center is not too far from the airport. With a taxi that you can take from the city center, or call to the point where you are, you can reach Yanbu Airport at an average duration of 8 minutes and a cost of 40-55 Saudi Arabia Riyal.
Renting a car to go to Yanbu Airport, which is only 7 kilometers away from the city center, can be a bit expensive. Instead, you can rent a car a couple of days before your flight if you are going to stay a bit longer in the city, and deliver the car either in the city center or at Yanbu Airport before your flight. The car rental companies that have an office both in Yanbu Airport and Yanbu city center are Al Wefaq Rent a Car, Budget and Sixt. It takes 7-8 minutes to get to Yanbu Airport from the city by private car.
Yanbu Airport, which has a total of 2 passenger terminals including both domestic and international, is located about 7 kilometers from Yanbu city center. The full name of Yanbu Airport, one of Saudi Arabia's most famous airports, is Yanbu Prince Abdul Mohsen Bin Abdul-Aziz International Airport. TAV Airports, which also operates the biggest airports in Turkey such as Istanbul Atatürk and Izmir Adnan Menderes, will operate Yanbu Airport for 30 years starting in 2017 and construct a new terminal building. As Yanbu Airport, which you can directly reach from Istanbul Atatürk Airport, is an international airport, you can take advantage of many services and have a pleasant time before your flight.
Kannur International Airport
Kannur International Airport (IATA: CNN) is located 28 kilometers from the Kannur city center, in the state of Kerala. Besides Kannur, this airport serves the North Malabar region and the Mahe district as well. There are several transportation options from the Kannur International Airport to the city center, such as buses, taxis, autorickshaws, hotel shuttles, and rental cars. Overall, the road and railway network of Kannur is good, so the best transportation method is a taxi or rented car, as you can either head to the city center, or to the railway station easily, which the railway is connected to the rest of India. Kannur airport has also an open parking lot with a capacity of up to 700 cars, 200 taxis, and 25 buses.
Bus
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) operates buses from and to the Kannur Airport. Currently, the routes start operating from 05:00 to 20:00. Besides Kannur, there are routes to Iritty, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Thalassery, and other locations. Bus fares are INR 24 to Kannur city, but due to Covid-19 restrictions, the availability may vary.
Taxi
Taxis are the easiest, and perhaps the most luxurious option of transportation from Kannur International Airport to the city center and get around the city as well. Calicut Tours& Travels provides pre-paid taxi services at their counters on both domestic and international arrival terminals. The taxi fares start from INR 750, which is roughly 9-10 USD, but keep in mind that fares may change. Otherwise, outside the airport, you can find taxis as well. It takes about 35-45 minutes from the airport to the city center.
Rental Car
Rent-A-Car services are available at several counters in the Kannur International Airport. You can either rent from one of them, or book online in advance. Well-known companies like Hertz, Avis, and Enterprise provide services and the prices vary according to your preference of cars, dates, availabilities, etc.
Auto Rickshaw
Auto rickshaws are one of the versions of rickshaws and it is quite common in several Asian cities, including India. These auto rickshaws are motorized, and if you want to use this as a transportation method from Kannur International Airport to the city center, you can find them outside the airport.
Hotel Shuttles
Hotel shuttles are ideal for larger groups, and when you do not want to arrange your transportation separately, you can easily book a hotel that provides shuttle services, and demand to get picked up from Kannur International Airport around the time of your landing.