Popular Airport | Baia Mare Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 5 hour 20 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 4367 Km |
It is possible to reach Islamabad Airport with buses and metrobuses that you can take from the city. The routes of these buses and metrobuses usually start from Rawalpindi, also called Islamabad's twin city. Within city transportation has improved, but there are not many choices in terms of transportation means. Therefore, public transportation in the city is crowded, especially during heavy traffic hours.
You can reach Islamabad Airport within 15-20 minutes by taxi or by your own car and within 30-35 minutes by bus.
Islamabad city buses are easily distinguishable from others because of their light color. The local buses are crowded and slow, but they provide transportation at very low fares. The seats next to the bus drivers are reserved for women and children, so you will have to be careful about the place you will sit on the bus. All the bus stations in the city are air-conditioned, large, and modern and there are ticket vending machines and sales points in all of them.
The city buses have a much larger and wider network than metrobuses. Bus 110, one of the most popular bus lines, goes from Mandi Morh to Bahara Kahu via Khayaban.
Bus number 111 goes to F-8 Markaz from Rawat via Al Shifa H8. The area where Islamabad city center is located is called "Blue Area". The 1-B-A bus from this area serves Mandi Morh to the Secretariat.
The bus number 21 is called the airport bus, because it is one of the rare buses that pass through the airport. The stops of this bus are RWP Kachehri, BBIAP Airport (Islamabad Airport), Faizabad, Zero Point, Aabpara, Sarina, SPP and Secretariat.
Metrobus service is provided between twin cities: Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Metrobuses operate from 6.15 am until 10 pm every day of the week. Ticket vending machines are available at all Metrobus stations. Be sure to validate your ticket at the entrance after you have purchased your ticket from the Metrobus station.
Another name given to this service in Islamabad is Islamabad Metro-Pindi Metro. Metrobus service, which has a route of 22,5 km, meets the need of city transportation by serving between the twin cities Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Metrobuses started to operate in 2015, and has 24 different stops in total.
You can buy your tickets from vending machines, or you can use the e-ticket system. 10 of the stops of Islamabad-Rawalpindi metrobus are in Rawalpindi and 14 of them are in Islamabad.
Taxis are the most convenient and economical way of transportation for the cases of emergency. Try to bargain with the taxi driver before or after your ride. The only disadvantage of using taxi in Islamabad is that almost all of the taxi drivers do not speak English. Because they do not speak English, mark the place you will go on the city transportation map that you can obtain from the tourist information office before your ride and try to explain it on the map to the taxi driver
Yellow cabs are the most used taxi types in the city. Most of the taxis are not air conditioned but their fees are very satisfactory. Some of the taxi drivers in the city use their personal vehicles as a taxi; they are not affiliated with a specific company. You can also rent these taxis on a daily basis at very reasonable prices.
The number of taxis attached to the major companies operating in the city center is more than that of individual taxis. Some of the taxi companies you can choose to get to Islamabad Airport or city center are Metro Radio Cab (+92515872236) and Islamabad Radio Cab (+9251111888100).
There are quite a number of car rental companies in the city of Islamabad, because many domestic and foreign tourists want to rent their own car and visit nearby cities. It is much more economical to rent your car from the airport by pre-booking, but you are also likely to rent your car at reasonable prices from the city center as there are more local car rental companies than international companies in the city.
If you wish to deliver the vehicle you are renting at the airport at your return, you must make sure that a branch of the company you rented car is also at Islamabad Airport. It takes about 15-20 minutes to get to Islamabad Airport by car from the city, except for heavy traffic hours.
Another popular name for Islamabad International Airport is Benazir Bhutto International Airport. Islamabad Airport, the third largest and most modern airport in Pakistan, is located in Chaklala Rawalpindi outside Islamabad. Some of the facilities and opportunities within Islamabad Airport are VIP lounges, duty free shops, restaurants, free internet access, souvenir shops, ATM machines (Pakistan National Bank, Habib Bank, MCB Bank, Barclays, Citibank) and banks.
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.