Popular Airport | Abeid Amani Karume Intl. Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 5 hour 10 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 4160 Km |
If you want to travel by car to the airport from Sochi, you can make a comfortable journey by renting a car easily from many car rental companies in the city center. In addition, means of public transportation and taxis are also available at every hour of the day for transportation to the airport.
If you want to travel by taxi, you can easily get a taxi in front of the hotel you are staying or anywhere in the city and get to the airport in about half an hour.
Transportation is mainly provided by buses in Sochi and bus services to the airport are arranged via two lines. Bus 105 departing every 15 minutes and Bus 105C departing every 30 minutes take you to the airport in about 40 minutes.
It takes about one hour to travel to the airport by the trains you can take from the railway station, which draws attention with its historical building. It would be useful for you to be at the station earlier considering that there are only 10 departures a day. The train services start at 7 am and go on until 9:30 pm in the central station.
Considering the dense tourist population in Sochi, the minibuses called Marshrutka also contribute a lot for transportation needs especially when bus and train services are not enough. You can reach the airport in half an hour by taking the minibus number 124 from the city center.
You can also prefer to rent a car by contacting Sochi and Car Booking companies to enjoy traveling freely in Sochi, which has an admirable historical and touristic texture.
Sochi Airport, which serves in a single two-storey terminal building, offers numerous services for passengers. VIP services are offered exclusively at Sochi Airport, which also has mother and child care room, animal house, health care room, pharmacy, bank, and many other services. Passengers can enjoy their time surfing the internet which is offered free of charge throughout the airport, as well as they can benefit from many shopping stores and restaurants.
The Srore Sochi, Bosco Sport, Alexander Konasov, Duty-Free Shops, Euroset Retail, Arvika, Astrakhan Delights, Picture and Photo Gallery, Rospechat, Amber Box Store, Kaza Store, Sochi Autodrome, Vladimir Mikhaylov Jewelery Store, Morozko Store, Matryoskha Gift Store, Expedition Store, Artemiy Lebedev Studio Store, Baboushka Outlets, Mila Rose and Imaginarium are among the shopping stores you can do shopping at the airport.
Shokoladnitsa, Air Cafe, Buratinos, Grenki-Pub, South Pancake Fast Food Cafe, Willey Good And Bread Grils Fast Food Cafe, Baboushka Homemade Food Cafe, Leto Cafe and Baboushka Canteen are among the eating and drinking places in the terminal building.
Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, also known as Kisauni Airport, is an important transportation center of the region with its distance of about 5 kilometers from the capital Zanzibar. Regular flights to European cities, to East Africa and the Middle East take place from the airport. The airport which was known as Kisauni before, is carrying the name of the first president of the country since 2010.
It is possible to travel to Israel's Tel Aviv city, Germany's Munich and Frankfurt cities, Dubai, Doha, Amsterdam, Brussels, Nairobi, Milan, Bologna and Istanbul with seasonal flights from the airport.
When you arrive at the Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, you can get to the center which is 5 kilometers away by taking a taxi, renting a car from one of the local Zanzibar rental companies, or with airport shuttle if you have booked in advance
At Abeid Amani Karume International Airport you can find taxis without difficulty, especially during flight times. The taxis in Zanzibar determine their fares based on the taximeter device turned on in front of the airport terminal; you can reach your destination with a not-so-high fare thanks to the factors such as the close proximity of the airport. However, if you still have some question marks about the taxi fare that you would pay, you can go to the information desks at the airport without having to leave the terminal after your plane has landed, and you can ask the average taxi fare by showing the address you will be going to. Another way to know about the taxi fare in advance and have a more comfortable journey on this route is to discuss with the taxi drivers waiting in front of the Abeid Amani Karume International Airport.
At Abeid Amani Karume International Airport or Kisauni Airport, as it was known before, generally the local car rental companies serve to those passengers willing to rent a car. After renting your car from the companies located at the airport terminal, you can deal with a local guide or drive with a navigation device if you would like to find your way easily to the center. Car rental fares are not usually high at the airport and you will not have much difficulty driving and finding parking slot in the city. This way, if you are planning to travel between different regions of Zanzibar, you can consider renting a car and driving to the center.
The airport shuttle service is among one of the top preferences of passengers who will stay in a large hotel, especially in the center of Zanzibar. If you are not planning to stay in a hotel in the center or the hotel you are staying at does not offer this service, it is possible for you to look online and find a private shuttle company. If you are going to get support from a local guide while you are in the city, you can also ask your guide for help finding and booking an airport shuttle. The fare you would pay in Zanzibar, where the airport is only about 5 kilometers outside the center, for a shuttle to get to the city center will usually be low. On the other hand, keep in mind that based on the distance the fare you would pay increase if you will be travelling further away from the center.