Popular Airport | Los Cerrillos Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 19 hour 40 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 15745 Km |
Kochi is located in the state of Kerala, India and lies approximately 37 kilometers away from Cochin International Airport. You can take taxis, buses and rent a car or get on a train and then switch to another vehicle in order to go to the airport from the city center.
If you are going to take a taxi for your transfer to the airport from the city center of Kochi, it is possible for you to call a taxi online. The fares requested per kilometer can differ according to the model, brand and the comfort status of the cars. You can also request UBER and OLA if you wish. It is possible to determine the total fee of the transfer by entering the points the car is going to travel between in the online application.
You can make choices for alternative trips for the buses leaving from the city center of Kochi. The bus services provided by the Kerala State Road Transport are categorized as Super-Fast, Express and Premium. The super-fast buses are green-red, the fast-express buses are white-blue, and the premium buses are orange and comfortable with air conditioners. The orange buses leave every half an hour and the other buses every 10-20 minutes, which is same for those leaving from the airport. Quickness, comfort and price are the criteria to consider while selecting the vehicle. You can learn the departure times from the bus terminal in the city center and complete an economical transfer. You pay minimum 1.5 USD for your journeys by the buses.
Kochi is a station where long-distance trains stop. The trains are significantly crowded; however, they are among the most economical transfer alternatives. Because the train station between the city and the airport is under construction, you can travel by changing your vehicles. Firstly, you go to Aluva (10 kilometers south) or Angamally (6 kilometers north) stations from Kochi by train, and then to the airport from here; then you reach the airport cargo terminal area with the three-wheel local cars.
If you would like to rent a car to go to the city center from Cochin Airport, you can obtain such a service from the taxi fleet companies. Or you can rent a car from corporate companies with service understanding like AVIS and Zoom. You must have an international driver’s license in order to drive a car. NH 544 & NH 66 is the one with the shortest length among the roads of Kochi heading towards the airport. You can reach the airport on NH 47, NH 17 and NH 49 in half an hour.
You can ask while making your reservation whether the hotel you are going to stay at in Kochi provides airport transfer or not. Not every hotel provides transfer, but they can find solutions upon your request.
Cochin International Airport is the biggest and the 4th busiest airport in the state of Kerala, India. Located approximately 37 kilometers away from the city center, the airport was visited by around 69.000 airplanes and 10.2 million passengers in 2017-2018. There are 3 terminals in the airport, which is the first solar-powered airport of the world; domestic flights are executed from two terminals and international flights from the other one.
Cochin Airport provides private air taxi service for the pilgrimages in Kerala and for traveling to the cities such as Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram.
A Merino Benitez Airport connects Santiago, which hosts almost half of the Chilean population, with the world. The airport is meeting the transportation needs of its passengers with metro, taxi and rental vehicles.
The taxis belonging to Euro Taxi and Radiotaxi companies, which are waiting for their passengers in the parking area in front of the terminal building of A Merino Benitez Airport, apply increased tariff on weekends and holidays. In addition, passengers who use a taxi from 10 pm to 7 am are required to pay a fee based on night tariff.
The metro which does not have a stop at the airport and the passengers who want to go to the city center can reach the Barrancas stop after an 8 minutes taxi journey and can go to the city center by metro from there. Metro, which makes its first ride at 05:40 in the morning, continues to carry passengers until 23:35 in the night. You can buy tickets sold at discounts on weekends. The passengers who want to go to the city center need to follow the Los Heroes stop and get off here.
Passengers who prefer a private rental car to reach the city center can rent a car from three car rental companies in the terminal building. While Europcar operates 24 hours a day, Sixt accepts passengers between 07:00 and 22:00 all week and Alamo between 06:30 and 23:00 all week.