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Alexandra Airport

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Approximate Flight Duration

20 hour

Approximate Travel Distance

16016 Km

Transportation to Airport from Cairo City Center

Cairo Intl. Airport

There are different options to reach the airport from the city center in Cairo, visited by many tourists every year. The services that the hotels usually offer or arrange for you and public transport are the first ones that come to mind.

Airport Transfer

Transfer vehicles that are privately rented from Cairo International Airport and shuttles of the Cairo Airport Shuttle Bus company will pick you up at your requested destination upon your telephone and internet reservation. You can reach the airport from any point of the city by using the shuttles, whose fares are changing according to the region you take it.  

Airport transfers also include London-style taxis, limousines and luxurious midibuses. All you have to do is to make reservations and be at the place where you want the cars to pick you up.

Public Transport

It will be possible to reach the airport with the subway lines passing through Zamalek, Wasat Al-Balad and the Nile's eastern region, which we refer to as the center of Cairo, in a few years, but you can only reach the areas close by at the moment. Al Dock, Opera, Sedat (Tahrir) and Naguib are the metro stations close to the center.

You need to transfer to the Green Line at Attaba station from Yellow Line, which hosts the above mentioned stations.

Even if it does not reach the airport yet, you can get off at the Abbasiye station and complete the 15 kilometers distance by taxi or bus number 111. It is also possible to reach the airport by buses 27, 111, 356 from Tahrir Square where Sedat metro station is located.

Private Vehicle

Although it is a great merit to use private vehicles in Cairo, which is similar to Istanbul with regards to its traffic and size, there may be people who want to reach the airport by private vehicles. To do this, you have to follow the Oroba road, in the east direction, to go to the airport from Zamalek island and Tahrir in the city center.

Oroba route will take you to Airport Road, which will provide you with access to the airport, after 17 kilometers.

Airport Information

The airport, in the Heliopolis area, is the second airport in Africa with regards to passenger traffic. With the completion of the newly constructed terminals, there are also many possibilities offered for those waiting for their flight.

Japanese, Chinese and Korean restaurants representing the Asian lifestyle, world famous fast-food restaurants, coffee shops where you can drink the most famous coffees of the world and pizzerias are waiting for guests at Terminal 1. You can also access health services at the airport, which has a large duty free store.

Transportation to Alexandra City Center from Airport

Alexandra Airport

When you land at Alexandra Airport, about 4 kilometers from Alexandra city center, you can reach the city center in a maximum of 10 minutes by choosing one of the taxi or car rental alternatives.

Taxi

It takes no more than 10 minutes to get to the city center from Alexandra Airport by taxi. The main reason why the taxis, which are the most practical method of reaching the city, are the most preferred means of transportation is that they serve 24/7. The fare you pay to go to the city center by taxi from the airport terminal can vary between 10-20 dollars.

Car Rental

The only condition for renting a car from Alexandra Airport is to have an international license. You can rent your car in a short time with your pre-reservation and arrive in Alexandra city center in 7-8 minutes.

Weather in Alexandra

DayMin - Max
MondayMin 15ºC - Max 23ºC
TuesdayMin 13ºC - Max 28ºC
WednesdayMin 15ºC - Max 20ºC
ThursdayMin 14ºC - Max 19ºC
FridayMin 11ºC - Max 20ºC

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