Popular Airport | Murtala Muhammed Intl. Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 12 hour 10 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 9775 Km |
You can rent a car or take a taxi to get to the airport from Cancun. Those who are looking for a more economical means of transportation can take the bus seven if it is a little bit more tiresome.
If you want to have a comfortable and safe journey in Cancun, you can take a taxi. This delightful airport journey takes only 20 minutes.
If you want to go to the airport by bus, you need to go to the terminal in the city center, which is the first departure point of the buses. The ADO buses providing airport transportation service from 04:30 am to 11 pm departs every 45 minutes maximum.
You can rent a car online from Budget, Enterprise, Alamo, Avis and Hertz, which make procedures even easier with online car rental service, and you can deliver the rental car here once you arrive at the airport.
Cancun Airport, Mexico’s second busiest airport, covers a very large area. The airport has three separate two-storey terminals; Terminal 1 is used for private flights, Terminal 2 is used for regional flights, and Terminal 3 is used for international flights. The terminals provide opportunities for basic needs such as pharmacy, lost property office and health center as well as lifts between the floors and access to ATMs.
Wireless internet is available free of charge at all terminals. It is possible to come across a wide variety of shopping stores at the airport. You can shop at Aldeasa Perfumery in cosmetics section and Convenience Store in books and magazines section, especially at Aldeasa Duty Free store. Los Cinco Soles is at your service if you want to buy local souvenirs. Hotdog All Dressed, Aldeasa Les Boutiques, Cloe and Harley Davidson are also at your service in the clothing section at the airport.
In the foods and drinks area, you can find the brands of various world cuisines as well as you can enjoy eating in the fast-food area. The restaurants include TGI Fridays, Bubba Gump Shrimp, Mera Restaurant and Berry Hill’s Baja Grill, while the fast-food restaurants include Fast food – California Pizza Kitchen, Haggen Dazs, Guacamole Grill and Grab & Go.
Murtala Muhammed Airport, which is a very modern and big airport, is only 22 kilometers from Lagos. You can get information about public transportation at the airport and it is practical and easy to take advantage of private services such as shuttle services, car rental or taxi.
In addition to these, Lagos buses, which provide active access and frequent services, also provide transportation from the airport. In Lagos, where there is no developed public transport network, buses, taxis, rental cars and motorbikes are the main means of transportation.
It is a fast and practical method to get to the city center by bus from Murtala Muhammed Airport. All buses in Lagos are yellow and not very large. It takes about an hour to reach the Lagos city center by the buses. Once you have received information about the itinerary and departure times from the tourist information and information office at the airport, you can purchase your tickets from the vending machines.
Outside the terminal building, there are colorful motorcycles called okada. If you do not have a large suitcase, you can go to the city center quickly thanks to these motorcycles. Of course, it is somewhat dangerous to travel with these compared to other public transportation vehicles or taxis, but as well as pleasant.
When you go out from the airport terminal, you can easily see the Lagos taxis that provide direct transportation to the city from the airport. This journey lasts an average of one hour.
Most of the tourists in Lagos, where the most popular taxi company is Yellow Taxi, make airport-city transfers by taxi. The fact that it is both reliable and affordable attracts tourists visiting the city and the locals.
If you choose Yellow Taxi, you can go to the city center of Lagos from the airport for a fee of 29 Dollars. The price that other taxi companies charge for this trip is around 6.000 Nigerian Naira.
If you stay in Lagos longer than a couple of days, the most economical way of transportation is to rent your own car. It is possible that you will encounter multiple car rental companies both in the city and at the terminal of Murtala Muhammed Airport. Some of the companies which have an office at the airport are Avis, Hertz, Novo Car Rental, Sixt, Europcar and Unity Global Ventures Car Rental.