Transportation from the City Center to Borg El Arab Airport
Borg El Arab International Airport (HBE) is an international airport located in Alexandria, Egypt, serving the city of Alexandria as well as the neighboring cities of the Nile Delta.
Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt after Cairo. With its strategic location on the Mediterranean coast, it is one of Egypt's most important trade and tourism cities. While the city attracts business people for its oil refineries, petrochemical complexes and agricultural products grown on the fertile soils of the Nile Delta, it also attracts tourists with its ancient Greek and even more ancient artifacts.
The distance between the city center and the airport is approximately 50 km. but there is no public transportation option that covers this distance. Instead, you can take the air-conditioned buses of Egypt Bus company, which covers this distance. Buses of this company depart from Muharram Bek Bus Station, which is approximately 5 km from the city center, and the journey takes approximately one hour.
Flights depart almost every two hours for 24 hours. You can buy your bus ticket from the Egypt Bus box office at the bus station, or you can buy it online from the company's website.
https://egyptbus.com/schedule_rev
You can take any taxi you see in the city to go to the airport, or you can ask the reception of your hotel to call a taxi for you. It is also necessary not to ignore the fact that taxis try to get more money from tourists in Egypt in general, but especially in touristic cities.
Therefore, you can use the Uber application, which is frequently and safely used in both Alexandria and Cairo, to go to Borg Al Arab International Airport from the city center.
Thus, you will have the chance to make an economical journey much safer than the normal taxi fare. Your journey to the airport, which is approximately 50 km away, takes an average of 50 minutes by passenger cars.
Transportation from Şanlıurfa GAP Airport to the City Center
Şanlıurfa GAP Airport is located 35 km away from the city center. Constructed in 10 years, this airport is operated by DHMİ. Having the longest airport runway of Turkey, there're flights to Saudi Arabia from this airport for the duty of pilgrimage. There're direct flights here from Istanbul and Ankara everyday of the week and from Izmir on Mondays and Saturdays, reciprocatively.
It's possible to get to the GAP airport with taxi, private car, public bus and HAVAŞ shuttle services. The terminal has a parking lot with 500 car capacity. HAVAŞ shuttles departure 25 minutes after the arrival of the flight. The stops are Tevhide Hatun Lisesi, Karaköprü İsmar, Karaköprü BİM, Otogar Kavşağı, DSİ Durağı and Nevali Otel Yanı Belediye Otobüs Durağı. Depending on the traffic density, it takes approximately 45 minutes to get to the city center and the fee is 10 TL. You can also get to the city by taking a taxi from the terminal exits or by renting a car from the airport car rental offices.
Şanlıurfa GAP Airport Contact Information
Address: Şanlıurfa - Diyarbakır Karayolu 35. km 63340 Şanlıurfa, Türkiye
Telephone: +90 (414) 378 11 11
Fax: +90 (414) 378 11 21
