| Popular Airport | Baia Mare Airport |
|---|---|
| Popular Airlines | |
| Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 30 min |
| Approximate Travel Distance | 765 Km |
Tirana, the capital of Albania, makes you feel the magic of Ottoman architecture with its mosques and baths dating back to the 1600s. The surface area of Tirana, which is close to Istanbul’s, is a very calm city in terms of population. You need to use Tirana International Airport to visit this city.
It cannot be said that Tirana offer good service in terms of public transport. Until 2013, there were in-city train services that served the city along the shoreline. This line is not used now. The bus is the only means of public transport available for use in urban transport. Train services are now only an option for intercity transportation. A tourist information office is located in the Rruga Ded Gjo Luli district, north of Skanderbeg Square, which forms part of Tirana city center. We recommend you to visit this office to facilitate your access to the city. English speaking office staff can explain you how you can get to where you want to go through the maps.
Passengers who do not want to use public transport can choose to take a taxi or rent a car from the city for a more comfortable ride. The city center is quite small. So, if you have time, you can also visit the city center on foot. It is useful to remind that the frequent construction work done in the center may prevent your walk. It is also possible to rent bicycles in certain areas of the city. Although it is difficult to say that Tirana is a bicycle city, cycling is a pleasant option for short distances.
There are not many alternatives to get to Tirana International Airport from Tirana by public transport. First of all you have to come to Skanderbeg Square from where you are, then you have to transfer. Therefore, we recommend that passengers who wish to travel more comfortably should consider taxi or car rental options.
The Rinas Express, which takes you from the central square to the airport, is the only option for getting to the airport by public transport. Rinas Express is departing from the north of the Skanderbeg Square, near the other bus stops. The departure time of the buses, which operate between 6 am and 6 pm, may be earlier than the scheduled time. For this reason, we advise you to be there at least a few minutes before the departure time.
If the place you are in is located in a more remote part of the city, you have to get on one of the buses to Skanderbeg Square to get to the city center. After you arrive at the airport, you reach the terminal after passing taxi stops and car parking areas.
The train services are not providing access to the city anymore. However, it is possible to use trains, although with limited opportunities, for long distance travel. With these lines it is possible to travel to Durres, Shkodra, Elbasan Vlore and Librazhd.
MerrTaxi and SpeedTaxi are taxi stops used for intra city transportation. We recommend that you use one of these two stops. While it is possible to use a pirate taxis, many of these taxis do not use taximeters, so it is possible that you pay more for them.
You can rent a car from Rent A Car offices located in the city. However, if you are planning to stay in the city before going to the airport, it can be very difficult to find a parking place. Besides, the pavements of the roads in the city are not well. For this reason, driving can be a stress factor.
With the free Wi-Fi connection you can take advantage of at Tirana International Airport, you can use the internet from your devices, and you can spend your time untiringly until your flight. There is also a special area for the passengers who smoke in the Segafredo Bar section of the airport. In the check-in hall there are sweet shops, newspaper dealers, bookstores and jewelers. You can spend time in the Airport Bar and Piazza Restaurant in the arriving passenger area and in Segafredo Bar and Coli's Bar in the departing passenger area. Apart from that, there is also a Business Lounge at the airport.
Tautii Magheraus Airport (Baia Mare) is located approximately 10 kilometers away from Baia Mare, which is the biggest city of the region where the airport is founded. In specific periods, weekly flights are executed from the airport to Bucharest, which is the capital city of the country. From Baia Mare Airport, you can go to the city center, which is not far at all, by cost-free shuttles.
If you would like to travel to the region by regular flights, you can consider using Cluj-Napoca "Avram Iancu" International Airport, which is located approximately 145 kilometers away. It is possible to fly to Cluj-Napoca directly from both Romania and many big cities of Europe. When you prefer this airport, there are alternative vehicles to come to Baia Mare such as buses, car rental and private shuttles. Taxis are also among your options for your trips to Baia Mare from Cluj, however, do not forget that this would be a costlier choice because of the distance between them.
If you are going to fly to Tautii Magheraus Airport (Baia Mare), you can come to the center within approximately 15 minutes by making use of the costless airport shuttles. One of the greatest advantages of the shuttles is undoubtedly the opportunity to travel without paying anything in addition to providing transportation within a few minutes.
The passengers who do not want to use the shuttles or cannot find a shuttle in front of the terminal when they land on the airport can reach the center of Baia Mare by taxi in maximum 15 minutes. You should not forget that the duration of the travel will be much longer for the passengers who are going to fly to Cluj-Napoca. Traveling to the city from Cluj-Napoca Airport, which lies almost 150 kilometers away, generally takes more than 2 hours.
The fare of the taxis which always wait readily in front of Cluj-Napoca Airport for the customers is 2.25 RON per kilometer during the day. At night, you can take a taxi by paying 3.00 RON per kilometer. You can obtain detailed information about the fare tariffs by calling +40 264 422 224 for Clima & Comfort Taxi and +40 264 434 444 for Daniel De Silver Taxi.
Coming directly to Baia Mare from Cluj-Napoca International Airport by the taxis is a quite costly alternative. Therefore, it is recommended that you use the taxis rather as a means of transfer to reach the bus terminal. Afterwards, it is possible for you to reach the city by taking the buses; it will take a longer time, but it will be economical.
If you cannot see an available taxi outside the terminal, you can call the taxi stations by learning their numbers from the information desks at the airport. In this way, you can get your taxi brought to the airport within a few minutes and then set off.
If you are going to land on Cluj-Napoca Airport, you can complete your transfer to the city center in approximately 30 minutes. If you take a bus from here, you can come to Baia Mare. The buses numbered 8 are in service between 04:55 and 22:07 during the weekdays. Even though the bus services are not so regular, they generally leave the terminal every 15 minutes to go to the center. The buses are a little rarer at weekends and they start their service after 05:10. Bus transfers are executed every 20 minutes on Saturday and Sunday. After reaching the center, you can come to the intercity bus terminal from here and start your journey, which will take longer than 2 hours, by taking the buses for Baia Mare.
Even though not at Baia Mare Airport, you will find many car-renting options at Cluj-Napoca International Airport. You can call +40 747 288 200 for PHP Rent a Car, +40 264 274 046 for Sixt Rent a Car, +40 732 530 524 for Niraj Prodcom and +40 264 439 403 for AVIS, which are among the car rental alternatives at the airport and reserve a car that you are going to drive during your trip to Baia Mare. Apart from these, there are also other car rental companies at the airport. If you would like to, you can go to the car rental offices in the terminal building and make your decision after your airplane lands. And there are no car rental offices at Baia Mare Airport because the airport is not continuously used for flights and it is very close to the center.
