| Popular Airport | Fortaleza Pinto Martins Intl. Airport |
|---|---|
| Popular Airlines | |
| Approximate Flight Duration | 14 hour 40 min |
| Approximate Travel Distance | 11750 Km |
You can reach Quaid–E–Azam International Airport from Karachi city center by using a bus or minibus. However, using a means of public transportation can make you lose time even though it is the most affordable transportation alternative. If you decide to use a faster transportation vehicle, you can get on a taxi. Renting a car is another option.
There are many car rental companies offering service in the city center. Most of them are local companies. In Pakistan, traffic is generally heavy and complicated. For this reason, tourists are advised to rent a car with a driver by contacting a reliable company. You can get help from your hotel about this issue before your travel. You should drive on the highway N5 and take the Jinnah Terminal Road in order to reach the airport. You can get to Quaid–E–Azam International Airport in about half an hour under normal traffic conditions by following the airport directions.
It is possible to reach the airport in approximately one hour by getting on an airport bus in the city center. One-way ticket price of these buses is 50 Pakistani Rupee per passenger. There are also minibuses carrying passengers to the airport from the city center. These vehicles are cheaper but tourists may be charged higher amounts. In addition, minibuses are very crowded. For these reasons, buses are more preferred by foreign visitors.
Travelling to the airport from the city center lasts about half an hour. You should bargain over the fare before getting on any taxi. The cost of travelling to the airport from the city center is about 300 – 500 Pakistani Rupee.
Quaid–E–Azam International Airport, which is known as Jinnah International Airport shortly, is located 14 km east of the city center. There are foreign exchange office, ATMs and baggage rooms at the airport. In addition, there are restaurants and cafes where you can try local tastes as well as the delicacies from the world cuisine. You can do shopping at the stores where you can find various products specific to Pakistan like carpet and rugs. There is also a duty-free shop at the airport. There is a mosque near the airport parking area. Although there is not any hotel within the building, you can stay at Ramada Plaza Hotel located 1 km of the airport.
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.
