| Popular Airport | Abraham Gonzalez Intl. Airport |
|---|---|
| Popular Airlines | |
| Approximate Flight Duration | 15 hour 40 min |
| Approximate Travel Distance | 12632 Km |
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.
The easiest way to get to the city center from the airport is by taxi. You can have a free trip by renting a car for your journey. On the other hand, buses depart to Texas from the airport and these buses pass through the city center of Ciudad Juarez.
Contracted taxi companies with the airport carry passengers between 06:00 and 23:00. Taxis consist of automobiles and minivans. The fare is determined according to the regions, not the distance traveled. The map of the city divided into different regions is hovered in vehicles. The total cost varies depending on the region you are going to, the number of passengers and the type of vehicle. By taxi you can reach the city center in just 10 minutes.
You can rent a car suitable for your budget by agreeing with one of 6 different car rental companies located downstairs in the terminal building. After leaving the airport, you can reach the city center in an average of 10 minutes by going north on the highway no. 45. You can continue on the same road to El Paso, Texas.
By bus from the airport you cannot go to the city center of Ciudad Juarez maybe, but to El Paso in the state of Texas in the United States of America. Ticket price is only 10 dollars.
