Popular Airport | Ignatyevo Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 9 hour 50 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 7890 Km |
The easiest ways to get to Borg El Arab International Airport from Alexandria city center are to take a taxi, use hotel shuttle service or rent a car. Since the traffic in Alexandria can be very heavy, you have to be careful and take the road a bit earlier in order not to miss your flight.
You can easily get to Borg El Arab International Airport in about 1 hour by getting on a taxi in the city center. It is suggested that you get on a familiar taxi or ask your hotel to call a reliable taxi for you. You should definitely agree on the fare before getting on a taxi. You can bargain.
Some hotels in Alexandria offer airport shuttle service for their guests. You can benefit from this service, which is safer than taxis, by making a reservation in advance.
If you have rented a car for your travel, you can arrive at Borg El Arab International Airport in maximum 1 hour under normal traffic conditions by following a straight route through Mehwar Al-Ta’ameir and turning left from the airport turnaround.
Alexandria International Airport is located 7 km southeast of Alexandria city center. Alexandria International Airport has been closed because of major renovations since 2013 and all traffic has been transferred to Borg El Arab International Airport which is located 40 km southeast of the city. Borg El Arab International Airport, which previously offered service for domestic flights and cargo aircrafts, has been undertaking airline traffic of Alexandria and Nile Delta since 2013.
In addition to the airplanes flying from Turkey, Central Asia and North Africa, cargo aircrafts also land at Borg El Arab Airport. The airport, which is located 40 km of Alexandria city center, has all fundamental facilities despite of not being a large airport. At the airport, there are many facilities such as a lounge, duty-free shop, various stores selling souvenirs and clothes and a few cafes.
In order to get directly to El Nouzha Airport, which is only seven kilometers from the city center of Alexandria, you have to prefer private means of transportation as there are no direct means of public transportation. Therefore, you have to either take a taxi or use the transfer service of your hotel.
You can use the taxi to get directly from Alexandria city center, 7 seven kilometers from El Nouzha Airport, but remember that no flights are operated to this airport as of 2017. If the airport reopens to flights again in the future, you can reach El Nouzha Airport by taxi from Alexandria city in a maximum of 10 minutes.
El Nouzha International Airport, located in Alexandria, Egypt, served a total of over 1 million passengers in 2009. El Nouzha Airport, located seven kilometers south east of Alexandria city center, is closed since 2010, so all flights to and from here are routed to the Borg El Arab Airport, which is 40 kilometers southwest of Alexandria and has been the main airport of Alexandria since 2011. Some of the airline companies that have direct flights to Borg El Arab Airport are Turkish Airlines (Istanbul Atatürk), Saudia (Jeddah, Medina, Riyadh), Nile Air (Jeddah, Kuwait, Yanbu), FlyEgypt (Cairo, Dubai, Medina, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Kuwait), Aegean Airlines (Athens) and so on.
You can use airport taxis for travelling to Blagoveshchensk city center which is located 20 km of Ignatyevo Airport. Another option is benefitting from the car rental and transfer services offered at Ignatyevo Airport. For a more practical transportation alternative, you can call the hotel you will stay in Blagoveshchensk and request a transfer vehicle from your hotel. It lasts about 30-35 minutes to reach the city center of Blagoveshchensk from Ignatyevo Airport.
You can see the taxi stands of the airport taxis just outside the arrival terminal of Ignatyevo Airport. The airport taxis offer service at all hours of the day and night. The cost of travelling to Blagoveshchensk city center from the Ignatyevo Airport in a comfortable and fast way is about 700-850 Russian Ruble. The travel to the city center from the airport lasts approximately 30 minutes. If you will prefer a private taxi company, you can call a taxi to Ignatyevo Airport by calling Zelenoglazoye Taxi (+74162388398), which is one of the most popular taxi companies in the city.
At Ignatyevo Airport, there are the offices of many domestic and foreign car rental companies. If you choose one of these companies and make a reservation in advance, you can receive your car in a short time if you have an international driver’s license. You can easily and comfortably travel to Blagoveshchensk city center by renting a car from Ignatyevo Airport. The travel lasts about 20-25 minutes.