| Popular Airport | Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendivil Duarte Airport |
|---|---|
| Popular Airlines | |
| Approximate Flight Duration | 19 hour 30 min |
| Approximate Travel Distance | 15636 Km |
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If you travel by plane from Kabul, you need to reach Kabul International Airport (Hamid Karzai International Airport). From Kabul International Airport, you can travel to many destinations with many airlines. Turkish Airlines also organizes seven flights a week from Istanbul to Kabul. The journey from Kabul to Istanbul lasts 5 hours.
There is a time difference of 2 hours and 30 minutes between Kabul and Turkey. For example, when it is 10.30 am in Kabul, the clock may still show 08.00 am in Turkey. But Afghanistan does not apply day light saving time. Therefore, time difference with Kabul is 2 hours 30 minutes in winter and 1 hour 30 minutes in summer. When you travel from Kabul to Istanbul, it is useful to consider these differences.
There is still no advanced urban transportation network in Kabul. Due to the fact that the city is located in a mountainous area, the rail system does not exist in this area. Buses and taxis are the most commonly used means of transportation within the city. You can also choose to walk to the airport instead of driving. Obtaining a map of Kabul would help you not to encounter problem with urban transportation.
The bus is one of the most used vehicles in urban transportation in Kabul. Buses in the city are comfortable and modern. But the direction information and the numbers of the buses are in Pashtun. You can find out which buses go to Kabul International Airport if you would have a Pashtun dictionary with you a guide on this subject on your own.
Visitors often prefer to take taxis for transportation in Kabul. Many of the taxi drivers know a little English. But just in case, you would write that you want to go to Kabul International Airport in local language on a paper and give it to the taxi driver.
You can rent a car to go to Kabul International Airport and get rid of the stress of catching the plane. With the car you will rent, you will not need to carry your heavy luggage between long distances on public transport vehicles.
Kabul International Airport, which connects Afghanistan's capital city Kabul to many points of the world, offers a more comfortable and enjoyable flight experience to its passengers with the renovation works. Improvements at the airport have resulted in the addition of a new international terminal and the old terminal is now being used for domestic flights.
Airline companies such as Turkish Airlines (THY), Emirates, Flydubai, Air India, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Ariana Afghan, Safi Airways, Kam Air, Mahan Air, SpiceJet, East Horizon Airlines and Iranian Aseman Airlines provides flights to Kabul. The airport of the city has free Wi-Fi, a duty free, currency exchange and ATM.
At the same time, you can eat at the restaurants in the terminal, and make benefit of the post office and car parking. It is not advised to have an alcoholic drink with you on your way to Kabul. It is a crime to have an alcoholic drink with you when you land here.
One of the largest in Peru and South America and Coronel FAP Alfredo Medivil Duarte Airport which is also known as Yanamilla Airport is just 2 kilometers from the city center of Ayacucho. If you do not have any obstacles such as luggage which is difficult to carry, you can walk to the city center in 15 minutes or you can also easily reach the city center by taxi, bus, rental car and hotel transfers.
In a accordance to the landing times of planes, taxis are located at the terminal exit at Yanamilla Airport to travel to the city center and it almost takes as long to travel to the city as it does getting in and out of the taxi. Although the journey is short, your payment is equivalent to 1.5-2 USD. You can pay by the currency in Peru or you can pay with currency like Euro, USD. So you do not experience a surprise when you get to your destination we suggest you ask how much you will pay in advance and if it is too high of a figure try to negotiate the price before hand. Apart from the 4 passenger taxis, you can choose from a wide range of larger shared taxis that are called Colectivos that can carry up to 5 passengers. These taxis are a lower model vehicles and cumbersome but an advantage is they provide a more affordable price. If you want to go to the same drop off point with a few passengers can use these taxis. Although the taxi drivers at Yanamilla Airport do not speak English, they can easily understand your hotel name or your destination.
If you prefer to take advantage of the affordable economical public transportation alternatives to travel from Yanamilla Airport to the city center, let us remind you that the roads in the city are bumpy and the buses are not equipped for difficult road conditions so the buses do not offer a comfortable journey. In addition because the buses are very crowded, you may also have problems with your luggage on the buses. Buses to Huanta city which is 25 kilometers away from the airport, stop by Ayacucho city center on the way. The transportation prices of local bus companies are cheaper than taxis but can be close to each other but this can vary. Minibuses are the most rarest vehicle to be found at the airport and only in the morning time.
At the airport you can rent a car from local and international car rental companies and you can get a better price if you book online and make a reservation before you arrive and you will have more vehicle options this way. The area has international car rental companies such as Hertz, Budget, Dollar, Europcar and Alamo. You can collect your car from the terminal exit and you can easily reach the city center by following the road signs.
You can ask whether the hotel you are staying in or near to the center of Ayacucho have a transfer service to and from the airport, so when you land and then exit the terminal building you can easily transfer to the city.
