Transportation from the City Center to Freetown International Airport
Freetown, the capital of the country of Sierra Leone, is home to the fourth largest natural harbor in the world. The Sierra Leone River runs between the country's only international airport, Lungi Airport, and Freetown. Therefore, you can use both the waterway and the highway to reach the airport, which is 21 km away from the Freetown city center.
Getting to the airport from Aberdeen, the center of Freetown, can be a difficult and unsafe journey. You can reach the airport by using the public transport ferry, private transfer boats or buses used by the local people.
Many tourists prefer to use the private transfer services of two companies, Sea Coach Express and Sea Bird Express, because the other ferry can be very crowded and the probability of pickpocketing is very high. While the boats of Sea Coach Express depart from Aberdeen Bridge, the boats of Sea Bird Express depart from Murray Town.
A bus you can take the regular ferry from Freetown to the airport leaves from Rawdon Street in Aberdeen. While private transfer boats pass to the opposite shore in 30 minutes, it takes an hour for the normal ferry to cross. It can take 4-6 hours to reach Freetown Airport via Port Loko by land and the roads are not very smooth.
If your flight is at night, it is a better option to go to the airport in the morning and wait there, as it is not safe to travel both by road and by ferry at night.
Transportation to the City Center from Barcelona-El Prat Airport
One of the most popular tourism centers in Spain, Barcelona is connected to various places in the world through Barcelona–El Prat Airport – one of the busiest airports in the country in terms of passenger traffic. There are several options for the transportation to the airport, located 12 km. away from the city center.
For the transportation to the city center from Barcelona - El Prat Airport, suburban trains, public busses, taxis and rental cars might be used.
There are two separate bus lines taking off from two terminal buildings of the airport. Public busses named Aerobus might be preferred for an economic journey to the city center. The bus lines called A1 and A2 are leaving at Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 buildings respectively. Both lines are leading to Espanya and Catalunya squares in the city center. Operating between 06:00 am and 00:00 am, these busses are replaced by bus lines called N16 and N17 after the midnight.
You might reach to the city center by taking the suburban train line, R2 at the airport. You might transfer to other train lines to reach to other parts of the city inexpensively.
By taking a taxi at the terminal exit, you might easily reach to any part of the city. It is advisable to ask and negotiate about the prices prior to taking the taxi. The transportation to the city center by taxi approximately lasts 30 minutes.
It is possible to rent a car through car rental offices inside the airport or online booking services. You should keep in mind that the city is facing a traffic problem.
Contact Information for Barcelona Airport
The address: Barcelona–El Prat Airport Barcelona, Spain
The phone number: +34 91 321 10 00
The fax number: +90 (232) 274 64 54