Popular Airport | Harakani Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 20 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 420 Miles |
You can get on a bus for travelling to Vityazevo Airport from Anapa city center. If you will come from a different point, you can use the minibuses departing from Anapa Bus Station. If you have rented a car for your travel, you can deliver the car at the airport. Transportation by taxi is also quite practical and comfortable.
You can easily find a taxi in the city center. Under normal traffic conditions, you can get to Vityazevo Airport by taxi in less than half an hour. When you get on a taxi, make sure that the taximeter is running.
There are many car rental companies in the city center, but if you choose one of the car rental companies such as Avis, Europcar or Car Booking that have offices at the airport, you can deliver your car at the airport much more easily and quickly. To get to Vityazevo Airport by car, you should drive straight in the north direction through the highway A-290 and follow the airport exit sign.
Since the airport isn’t busy in the winter months and there are predominantly flights to only Moscow, buses operate according to the take-off hour of Moscow plane. However, in the summer season the airport becomes busier and buses start operating at more frequent intervals on Gelendzhik – Anapa city center – Vityazevo Airport route. In addition, red minibuses numbered 3 depart every hour from Anapa Bus Station and go to Vityazevo Airport.
Vityazevo Airport, which is also known as Anapa Airport, is an airport open to international passenger traffic and located approximately 16 kilometers north of the city center.
At the airport, there are various stores where you can buy local products, souvenirs, magazines and books, fur and leather goods. On the second floor of the airport, there is a pizza restaurant and a cafe. Free wireless internet access is available throughout the building. Furthermore, there are three hotels around the airport.
Kars Airport is only 7 kilometer from the city center. If you want to get to the city center from the airport, you can prefer taxi, municipal bus and rental car as well as the Sınır Tourism shuttle services that provide transportation service in agreement with airline companies. The hotels in Sarıkamış Winter Sports Center also offer airport shuttle service.
You can take a taxi, which is always the easiest way, to go to the city center or the surrounding districts and villages from Kars Airport. You can reach the city center in 10 minutes without waiting. The taxis waiting at the airport according to plane landings are usually used as share taxi by taking more than one passenger.
This is because there is a limited number of taxis at the airport and some taxi drivers would like to earn more by asking for the same taxi fare from more than one passenger. Before taking a taxi, it would be useful to ask if the taxi fare can be shared or not.
The airport shuttle services which provide shuttle service according to landing hours go up to Faikbey Street in Kars city center and drop the passengers off in front of Vergül Tourism agency. The same shuttle company also provides transportation service 30 minutes after landing for the passengers who would like to go Ardahan from Kars Airport. The shuttle services go up to the Sınır Tourism agency on Kongre Street in Ardahan city center.
There is only one car rental company called Öz Sema Otomotiv which serves at Kars Airport. For this reason, you are strongly recommended to book your car in advance if you want to rent a car. You can reach the authorized person by calling the office at 0-474- 212 08 18. If you are going to get to the places like Ani Ören Yeri (Ani Ruins) and Sarıkamış Winter Sports Center and if you travel more than one person, renting a car may be a more flexible and practical solution for you.
You can also prefer to go to the city center by bus from Kars Airport. There is only one municipal bus to the city center and it runs according to flight times. The municipal bus, which departs at the airport, goes up to the Lion Statues (in front of the Zafer Kuyumcusu – Jewelry Store) in the city center. If you are going to the surrounding cities or the tourist attractions like Ani Ruins, you can get to the bus station from the city center.
Since the bus station and the airport are located on different routes, you can benefit from minibuses or the shuttle services of the bus transportation companies once you arrive at the city center. The bus station is 3 kilometers away from the city center. You can take the buses provided by Sarıkamış Municipality, which depart from the city center, to reach the hotels in Sarıkamış Ski Resort. Though most of the hotels in Sarıkamış welcome their guests at the airport by offering shuttle services, you should ask your hotel if they offer shuttle transfer service considering your transportation options. The ski resort is 50 kilometers from the airport and 60 kilometers from the city center.