Transportation from the City Center to Managua Augusto C. Sandino International Airport
Managua Airport is 45 km from the city center and can be reached by the Carretera Norte highway. Taxi is the best option to get to the airport from Managua. You can go to the airport by any taxi you can take from the street, or you can ask your hotel to call a taxi for you. But it is absolutely necessary to agree on the price up front because taxi drivers in Nicaragua try to charge higher fees than tourists.
To get to the airport from Managua city center by bus, you need to take the 114 or 120 bus from the Metrocentro stop in the center to the El Nuevo Diario stop, and then take the 266 bus to the stop at the entrance of Las Mercedes Hotel. Public transport in Nicaragua is not very clean and comfortable, nor is it very punctual. Therefore, if you need to catch the plane urgently, it is not a very reliable method.
Many hotels in Managua offer private transfer services from the city center to Managua Airport. You can easily reach Managua Airport by private transfer by making a reservation in advance from your hotel or reliable tour sites. If you provide your flight number when making a reservation, you will be guaranteed to catch the plane on time.
Transportation from Panama City Airport to City Center
Transportation from Panama Tocumen International Airport to Panama city center is provided by bus, metro, taxi, private transfer and car rental options.
You can get to the city center in 35-40 minutes by bus number E489, which departs every 20 minutes from the stops at the arrivals exit of the airport.
Another way to reach Panama city center from Tocumen International Airport by public transport is the metro. It is possible to reach the city center in approximately 30 minutes by transferring with the metros numbered 2 and 1.
Many hotels in Panama City also have private transfers from the airport to the city center. When making a hotel reservation, it is useful to get information about the hotel transfer from the airport.
Although it is a bit more expensive to reach the city center from Tocumen International Airport by taxi comfortably and quickly, it is preferred by those who do not want to use public transportation.
By renting a car from the car rental companies at the airport, you can easily and quickly reach the city center and the cities near Panama City.