Popular Airport | Baghdad Intl. Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 2 hour 40 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 2216 Km |
The province of Kyzylorda of Kazakhstan is a city with a population of approximately 160,000 people. The city, which has a coast on Lake Aral in the south, borders on Uzbekistan, Aktobe and Karaganda. Kyzylorda Airport lies 21 kilometers southeast of the city center, and you can reach the airport only by taxi or renting a car.
Since there is no public transportation and bus network connecting the city center with the airport, going to Kyzylorda Airport by taxi, which you can take in the city center, is the easiest and most economical alternative. The price procedure applied by each cooperative taxi is different, and 45 Tenges are paid minimum per kilometer. The duration of the journey may change between 23 and 30 minutes depending on traffic and the situation of the road.
To go to the airport from the city center, you can rent a car from Hertz, AVIS, Alamo, Budget, Dollar, Thrifty, Enterprise and Europcar. If you would like to, you can drive the car yourself and leave it at the airport or you can call a car with a driver. The most reasonable prices in car rental are provided in online reservation you are going to make before traveling. It is also possible to rent a car instantly from the offices in the city center.
You can learn whether your hotel in Kzylorda provide airport transfers while getting a reservation made, and if it has such a service, you can plan your transfers according to your dates of entry and exit.
Kzylorda Airport, which is quite a small airport established on the outskirts of the city, has a small cafe and lounge. You can travel via the taxis waiting right in front of the airport, where there is no Wi-Fi network, and car rental offices inside.
Baghdad does not have a developed public transportation network and vehicles, so transportation from one point to another is usually provided by taxi or private vehicles. There are also armored passenger buses that provide transportation services in the city, where taxis and private vehicles are recommended, especially for safety reasons.
It is more convenient and safer to use a taxi or car rental services instead of using buses and similar public transportation vehicles while traveling to the city from Baghdad Airport, which is 16 kilometers away from the Baghdad city centre.
The safest and the most comfortable way for transportation in Baghdad is to use taxis. In the city, where shared taxis are also quite common, traveling to city centre from the airport by taxi is the most economical option. As the prices are usually determined by mileage, it is a good idea to bargain with the taxi driver.
Baghdad Airport is 16 kilometers away from the city centre, and a journey by taxi takes about 20-25 minutes. It is also possible to use the private taxis, which can be found at the exit of the terminal building, or the taxis operated by the airport. If you want to reach the city centre by taxi from Baghdad Airport, you need to pay around 37.000 Iraqi Dinars. You can make a pre-reservation before coming to the Baghdad Airport by calling the company PNK Taxi (+964-750-633-7700).
Buses are also a popular public transportation vehicle like taxis, and they provide transportation service to many locations in Baghdad. There are airport transfer coaches that go directly to the city centre from Baghdad Airport. Compared to taxis, using these buses are much more affordable. It is quite easy to get bus tickets from the airport terminal building. There are also express buses which has regular runs between the airport and Baghdad city centre.
You can choose one of the world’s leading rent a car companies such as Hertz, Europcar or Avis at the airport terminal and by making a pre-reservation, you can rent a car at more affordable prices.
As the roads in Baghdad are quite well-maintained and convenient, tourists usually turn to rent a car companies. After carrying out the procedures at the Baghdad Airport terminal, you can drive to the city centre in 20-25 minutes in your rented car.