Popular Airport | Arapoti Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 19 hour 20 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 15534 Km |
To reach Tribhuvan International Airport from Kathmandu city center, you can rent a taxi or use the airport shuttle service. If you have rented a car for your travel, you can use the same vehicle for transport to the airport and deliver it at the airport. If your hotel has an airport shuttle service, you can make use of this service by making a reservation in advance.
It is possible to easily find a taxi in Kathmandu city center. If you ask for it your hotel would arrange a taxi for you to be in front of the hotel at the time you checkout. Although it depends on the traffic intensity, it takes about 15 minutes to reach the airport from the city center under normal conditions.
Airport shuttle services depart from several different points of the city center. Your closest shuttle service stop and times can be found at your hotel.
Some hotels in the city offer airport shuttle services to their customers. If you have booked in advance, the hotel shuttle can pick you up when you ask for and take you to the airport within 15 minutes.
In the city center you can see the offices of many car rental companies. You can also easily reach the airport by means of this transportation which will make your travel easier. To get to Tribhuvan International Airport from the city center, you have to enter the Ring Road and follow the airport signs. Remember that you must have an international driver's license before you can drive in Kathmandu. If your driver's license is not valid, but you want to have a travel with a private vehicle, you can also rent a car with a driver.
Tribhuvan International Airport is the only international airport from where Kathmandu’s, as well as whole Nepal's international flights are made. The airport which is located in the Kathmandu Valley, between mountains, serves with an airstrip that is hard to land, often causing the planes to circulate around the valley again before landing.
The airport, which has been operating since 1949, is about 6 kilometers from the city center of Kathmandu. The airport has all the basic services such as post office, first aid center, foreign exchange office, and cash dispenser.
There is also a souvenir shop, a few small eating areas and a CIP Lounge for passengers who do not want to give up comfort. You can also use the free Wi-Fi service throughout Tribhuvan International Airport.
There is no active airport in the city of Arapoti. For this reason, to reach the city, transportation is mostly provided through Alfonso Pena International Airport. You can travel to Arapoti city center from the airport by bus or rental car. Since the distance is long, finding a taxi to take you is very difficult and costly.
You can easily find a taxi at the airport exit or you can use the airport shuttle buses and you can travel to the main bus station of Sao Jose dos Pinhais within a short time. Then from there you can travel to Arapoti by using the intercity buses. The journey takes approximately 4 hours. Shuttle bus ticket prices are 10 Brazilian Real.
At Alfonso Pena International Airport there are car rental counters of the following companies; Budget, Europcar, Avis, Alamo, Hertz, Thrifty, Dollar and National. By the car that you have rented, you can travel to the city of Arapoti by driving north on the 376 motorway.