Popular Airport | Baia Mare Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 5 hour 40 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 4561 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.
Tautii Magheraus Airport (Baia Mare) is located approximately 10 kilometers away from Baia Mare, which is the biggest city of the region where the airport is founded. In specific periods, weekly flights are executed from the airport to Bucharest, which is the capital city of the country. From Baia Mare Airport, you can go to the city center, which is not far at all, by cost-free shuttles.
If you would like to travel to the region by regular flights, you can consider using Cluj-Napoca "Avram Iancu" International Airport, which is located approximately 145 kilometers away. It is possible to fly to Cluj-Napoca directly from both Romania and many big cities of Europe. When you prefer this airport, there are alternative vehicles to come to Baia Mare such as buses, car rental and private shuttles. Taxis are also among your options for your trips to Baia Mare from Cluj, however, do not forget that this would be a costlier choice because of the distance between them.
If you are going to fly to Tautii Magheraus Airport (Baia Mare), you can come to the center within approximately 15 minutes by making use of the costless airport shuttles. One of the greatest advantages of the shuttles is undoubtedly the opportunity to travel without paying anything in addition to providing transportation within a few minutes.
The passengers who do not want to use the shuttles or cannot find a shuttle in front of the terminal when they land on the airport can reach the center of Baia Mare by taxi in maximum 15 minutes. You should not forget that the duration of the travel will be much longer for the passengers who are going to fly to Cluj-Napoca. Traveling to the city from Cluj-Napoca Airport, which lies almost 150 kilometers away, generally takes more than 2 hours.
The fare of the taxis which always wait readily in front of Cluj-Napoca Airport for the customers is 2.25 RON per kilometer during the day. At night, you can take a taxi by paying 3.00 RON per kilometer. You can obtain detailed information about the fare tariffs by calling +40 264 422 224 for Clima & Comfort Taxi and +40 264 434 444 for Daniel De Silver Taxi.
Coming directly to Baia Mare from Cluj-Napoca International Airport by the taxis is a quite costly alternative. Therefore, it is recommended that you use the taxis rather as a means of transfer to reach the bus terminal. Afterwards, it is possible for you to reach the city by taking the buses; it will take a longer time, but it will be economical.
If you cannot see an available taxi outside the terminal, you can call the taxi stations by learning their numbers from the information desks at the airport. In this way, you can get your taxi brought to the airport within a few minutes and then set off.
If you are going to land on Cluj-Napoca Airport, you can complete your transfer to the city center in approximately 30 minutes. If you take a bus from here, you can come to Baia Mare. The buses numbered 8 are in service between 04:55 and 22:07 during the weekdays. Even though the bus services are not so regular, they generally leave the terminal every 15 minutes to go to the center. The buses are a little rarer at weekends and they start their service after 05:10. Bus transfers are executed every 20 minutes on Saturday and Sunday. After reaching the center, you can come to the intercity bus terminal from here and start your journey, which will take longer than 2 hours, by taking the buses for Baia Mare.
Even though not at Baia Mare Airport, you will find many car-renting options at Cluj-Napoca International Airport. You can call +40 747 288 200 for PHP Rent a Car, +40 264 274 046 for Sixt Rent a Car, +40 732 530 524 for Niraj Prodcom and +40 264 439 403 for AVIS, which are among the car rental alternatives at the airport and reserve a car that you are going to drive during your trip to Baia Mare. Apart from these, there are also other car rental companies at the airport. If you would like to, you can go to the car rental offices in the terminal building and make your decision after your airplane lands. And there are no car rental offices at Baia Mare Airport because the airport is not continuously used for flights and it is very close to the center.