Popular Airport | King Fahd Intl. Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 5 hour 30 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 4501 Km |
You need to choose from the taxi or car rental options in order to reach the airport from Metz or Nancy.
You can reach the airport by taking a taxi from Nancy in one hour and from Metz in 45 minutes. You can travel at more economical prices if you prefer the taxis that apply online reservation instead of taking a taxi from the taxi ranks.
Renting a car can be a convenient alternative because neither of the cities has public transportation service to the airport and taxi transportation is expensive. If you want, you can rent a car from Avis, Hertz, Europcar and Alamo, which have offices in both cities and deliver the rental car to your door.
The terminal building at Metz Nancy Lorraine Airport, which are active between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., is closed on Saturdays. The airport has ample parking spaces and parking is free for the first 20 minutes for those who want to leave their car in the parking area. The terminal building has Bureau de Change currency exchange office where you can change your currency as well as cash dispensers, so you can easily make cash transactions.
You can meet your eating and drinking needs at the café and bar that belongs to Bar Fly on both floors of the terminal. A pharmacy and a nurse are available for health-related emergencies at the airport, where wireless internet can be used free of charge. You can benefit from the post office outside the terminal building if you need to print or photocopy a document. It is very easy to reach the Hotel Campanile Pont as Mousson and Hotel Les Tuileries, which are the accommodation facilities offered to the passengers, because they are only10 minutes away by walking from the airport.
To go to Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport, which is located approximately 16.5 kilometers far from the city center, you may need to opt for private transportation vehicles since there are no means of public transportation. If you want, you can rent a car from the city center or take a taxi. Reaching Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport from the city center takes maximum 30-35 minutes.
Buses are the best option among the most used means of public transportation in both Goin and Metz and Nancy. You can go to Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport by intracity buses without any connecting transfers. The only thing you should do is to follow the up-to-date departure times of the buses that provide transportation between the city center and the airport.
By calling one of Taxi Metz (+33 3 87 76 91 92), Potier Jean-Claude (+33 3 87 32 39 98) and Taxi Cafora (+33 6 03 18 22 87), you can call a taxi to your location and arrive at Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport comfortably in half an hour. Additionally, if you see any, you can also prefer the taxis working for the airport.
There are branches of many local and international companies, which you can rent a car from, in the city center and Goin. With the car you will rent from the city center, you can reach Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport in 30-35 minutes over Lachambre Road.
Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport, which is located in the region of Lorraine in France, lies 16.5 kilometers southeast of Metz and in Goin, in the north of Nancy. Main airline companies organizing flights to Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport, which has been rendering transportation services since October 28, 1991, are Aegean Airlines, Air Algerie, Air France, TUI fly Belgium and Twin Jet. Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport carried more than 245 thousand passengers in total according to the statistics of 2014. You can reach Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport with connecting flights over Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes, Athens, Burgas, Cagliari, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Palma de Mallorca, Lyon, Nice, Calvi, Figari, Bastia, Constantine, Oran and Heraklion.
Dammam is a port city located just on the Gulf of Basra, east of Saudi Arabia. In the city rich of oil, the industry is also highly developed. Due to its proximity to major cities and the ease of transportation, it is known as an important transfer point. There are two important things that you should not forget that you will visit Dammam.
The first is the fact that the country is being ruled by rigid Muslim rules and that the visitors are expected to act with respect these and the second is that the temperature is very high without any significant difference in summer and winter. The most common means of transportation in the city center are taxis. There is no taximeter in the taxis. Although it is a specific tariff of the routes, the fares are more subject to bargaining. You must agree with the driver about the place you will go and how much it costs definitely before you take the taxi.
Buses are used in the city as a means of public transport. These vehicles, which are quite old and crowded, are not preferred by tourists. Car rental is a more preferred alternative. There are numerous car rental companies in both the city center and the airport.
Dammam is the second largest port in Saudi Arabia. Both ship trips and fish and freight transportation are organized from King Abdulaziz Harbor. The highways are quite developed in Dammam. In addition to a route to the capital Riyadh, many other countries in the region are also connected to the highways.
You can reach Bahrain in just 1 hour and Riyadh in 4 hours by car. If you have not rented a car, you can catch the buses leaving from the main bus terminal, which is about 700 meters from the city center.
As you can provide your intercity transfers with these buses, there are also 5 bus services every day from the bus station to Bahrain.
The railway system has an important place in the city. In addition to intercity passenger transport by train, cargo transportation is also being carried out. A project that will link Dammam to Mecca and Medina is in preparation.
The train station is 8 kilometers from the city center. From there you can reach Riyadh in 3 and half hours, Hofuf in 1 hour and Abqaiq in 40 minutes.
There is also an airport in the city and both domestic and international flights are operated from here. Bahrain International Airport is only 86 kilometers from the city center. From Dammam King Fahd International Airport you can reach the city center by taxi.
Different companies' offices are available at the airport to rent a car. For passengers who prefer to use means of public transport, bus services are arranged.
If you do not prefer public transport, you can find a taxi at the airport's passenger exit. It is possible to reach the city center by taxi in a short time, less than half an hour, at a cost of about 50-60 SAR.
You should not forget that taxis do not have taximeters. For this reason, it is useful to tell the driver your destination in advance and agree on the fare.
If you prefer public transport, you can get to the city center by public buses operated by the Saptco Company. The journey takes up to 40 minutes and the ticket price is 12 SAR per person for one way.
You can also reach El Huber and El Hassa cities outside the city center by these buses. You can visit the Saptco Information Desk at the passenger terminal for departure times and route information.
There are the offices of ten domestic and foreign car rental companies in the airport. If you are going to drive a car from the airport to the city center, you must turn east at the terminal exit and connect to King Fahd Road.