| Popular Airport | Fortaleza Pinto Martins Intl. Airport |
|---|---|
| Popular Airlines | |
| Approximate Flight Duration | 17 hour 30 min |
| Approximate Travel Distance | 14109 Km |
Since Dhaka is not a big city in terms of its surface area, it is very easy to use taxi, private car, rickshaw, bus and similar means of transportation in urban transportation or for travelling to the airport from the city center.
The names of the four main bus terminals in the city; Sayedabad bus terminal, Gulistan bus terminal, Gabtoli bus terminal and Mohakhali bus terminal. From these four terminals, there are direct bus services going to the airport. It is very cheap to use buses for travelling to the airport. It is only 5 Taka to take advantage of Dhaka buses. Throughout the city, the prices of bus tickets do not exceed 10 Taka.
The most popular means of transportation in Dhaka, where more than 400.000 rickshaws offer transportation service, are rickshaws also called three-wheeled taxis. They are divided into two as auto-rickshaw and cycle-rickshaw. The three-wheeled taxis called cycle-rickshaw are generally used for sightseeing just like bicycles. Auto-rickshaws are much faster than the other and much cheaper than normal taxis.
You need to pay 30-50 Taka for travelling with cycle-rickshaw for 15 minutes. The auto-rickshaws run by the CNG company also work with taximeter and the fares start from 25 Taka. It is both practical and enjoyable to travel to Hazrat Shahjalal Airport from the city center by using an auto-rickshaw. Tempo-rickshaws also offer transportation service and they are bigger than auto-rickshaws.
There are two types of taxis offering service in Dhaka and they have different fares. These are black and yellow taxis. The black taxis open their taximeters from 25 Taka. The yellow taxis are almost twice as expensive. With the taxi that you can get on in the city, you can get to Hazrat Shahjalal Airport in about 25-30 minutes. If you will prefer Airport Departure Taxi for your transportation, you will need to pay about 300 Taka for your transportation between the city center and Hazrat Shahjalal Airport.
It is possible to get to the airport from the city center in about 25-30 minutes by renting a car from one of the car rental companies that you can see almost in every part of the city. If you have an international driver’s license, you can rent a car by paying 3000 Taka for half-day use; you need to pay about 4500 Taka for full day use. You can get to Hazrat Shahjalal Airport by using Dhaka-Mymensingh highway (N3).
Hazrat Shahjalal Airport, which is the largest airport of Bangladesh, has a capacity of 15 million passengers per year. The airport is located in Kurmitola and 20 km north of the city center of the capital city Dhaka. Hazrat Shahjalal Airport, which is also known as Zia International Airport, has many facilities for passengers such as currency exchange, bank and ATMs, eating and drinking areas, tourist information offices and free internet access.
Pinto Martins International Airport is located 8 kilometers of Fortaleza city center. You can easily travel to the city center from the airport by benefitting from various transportation alternatives such as bus, private car rental and taxi.
Since the distance between the city center and airport is very short, the cost of travelling by taxi isn’t high. Coopertaxi, which offers service with its private vehicles as well as regular taxis at Pinto Martins Airport, is one of the official companies of the airport and is located just in front of the passenger terminal. You can find a taxi at any time of the day.
If you want to travel to the city center from the airport by using a means of public transportation, you can get on a bus which is slower than taxi since it picks up passengers at many stops. The route of the bus numbered 404 that you can get on from the bus stop of the airport is Airport – Bus Station – City center and again airport. Apart from this bus route operating at frequent intervals for 24 hours, the buses 066 and 027 also depart from the airport.
If you want to rent a car for travelling from Pinto Martins Airport to the center of Fortaleza, which is one of the liveliest cities of Brazil and is known as a “party city”, you can receive your car from one of the car rental companies Alamo and National offering service in the terminal building. If you wish, you can also rent a limousine for a more luxurious travel. You can also reduce your transportation cost by using a larger vehicle with other passengers.
