Transportation from the City Center to Guatemala City La Aurora International Airport
City buses to Guatemala City Airport, about 20 minutes from the city centre, usually stop at La Reforma or 7 Avenida in Zona 10. Therefore, it is necessary to reach La Reforma first by using the Transmetro or Transurbano buses from Guatemala City city center. You can also use the colorful chicken buses to go from the city center to La Aurora Airport.
But in Guatemala City, public buses are known to be unsafe, so taxi or Uber are better options to get to the airport, which is 6km from the city centre. There are metered or fixed rate taxis available in Guatemala City. The yellow ones (Taxis Amarillo) are taximeter vehicles, but you cannot turn them from the street, you have to call 1766 to your address.
Yellow taxis are cheaper than white taxis without a meter. For this reason, it is best to negotiate the price before getting into white taxis, because they are used to getting higher fares from foreigners.
Apart from buses and taxis, a private transfer vehicle can be arranged to Guatemala City Airport. You can request a private car from companies such as Transportes Alamo (+502 7767 4582), Autobuses del Norte (AND) (+502 2251 0610), Transportes Galgos (+502 2232 3661), Monja Blanca (+502 2238 1409), or by shared shuttle. It is also possible to go to Guatemala City Airport.
Transportation from Cartagena Rafael Nunez International Airport to Cartagena City Center
Cartagena Airport is located 6 km from the city center and transportation options include buses, minibuses, taxis and Uber. Getsemani historical city center is the most central place where places to visit in Cartagena are gathered, so most travelers' hotels are located on this side.
You can easily get to Getsemani from Cartagena Airport with the T102, one of the orange and white buses operated by TransCaribe. These buses depart from the airport every 15-20 minutes from 05:30 in the morning until 21:30 at night.
It is possible to go to the city center of Cartagena by taking the T102 from the main street no. 70 just outside the airport. You can buy the ticket directly from the driver, or you can get a local transport card from the airport.
It takes about 20 minutes to get to the city center from Cartagena Airport by bus. When you come to Getsemani, the city center of Cartagena, you need to get off at the Parque Apolo or San Diego stop. When getting on the bus, if you say “Centro” to the driver, he will drop you off at the center.
Taxis are available at Cartagena Airport 24 hours a day, and contrary to rumors, taxis in Colombia are extremely safe. You can get to the city center in 15 minutes with one of the taxis that are waiting as soon as you leave the terminal. Cartagena taxis do not have a meter. Instead, there is a taxi fare vending machine just outside the arrivals terminal. When you enter the address of your destination from the machine, it gives you the fixed taxi fare of that region and prints a receipt. You get into the taxi by showing this receipt to the taxi driver.
Among other taxi-like options, the most used are Cabify and Uber. It is possible to call a taxi from both applications, but the prices are very close to normal taxis and taxi applications do not work very well in Colombia, unfortunately.
Latin American countries also have a dolmuş culture similar to Turkey. Again, you can go to the city center by stopping the collectivo minibuses from the main street outside Cartagena Airport. But it can take up to 1 hour to go to Cartagena city center by collectivo because they are very slow.
Apart from taxi or public transportation options, you can consider the option of private transfer from Cartagena Airport. Although the price is higher than other options, it is a very comfortable transportation method to be met by someone waiting with your name when you leave the arrivals terminal and taken directly to the hotel. There are many companies that provide private transfer services from Cartagena Airport, the fees vary according to the type of vehicle desired, but all of them have air conditioning and water.