Popular Airport | Brandenburg Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 50 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 936 Miles |
You can get to Plovdiv Airport from Kardjali by connected bus services, as well as you can prefer to take the advantage of car rental option.
Thanks to the bus lines from Kardjali to Plovdiv, you can go to the Rodopi Bus Terminal, where you can get on the intercity buses for transportation to the airport. The intercity bus services usually depart hourly from 8 am to 6 pm during the day.
Considering the distance between Kardjali and Plovdiv Airport, it is not such a convenient option to travel by taxi. However, if you have benefited from intercity bus services, you will be able to arrive at the airport faster by the taxis that you can find at Rodopi Bus Terminal.
There is one and half hour drive from Kardjali to Plovdiv Airport. If you want to take a different option, you can get to the airport quickly by renting a car from the car rental offices in Kardjali.
Although being a small airport, Plovdiv Airport has various facilities that give priority to comfort and allow you to spend your time in a pleasant way. There is a duty-free shopping store, where you can buy good quality products inside the terminal building as well as various cafés and restaurants. In addition, there is also a business lounge with 10-person capacity; you can hire this lounge for half an hour or the whole day.
If you want to get to the airport by public transportation, you firstly need to reach Sofia city center from Kardjali. Then you can reach the airport by metro departing from the city center.
You can reach Sofia by taking the buses departing hourly from Kardjali Bus Station. Once you reach Sofia Bus Station, the city center is only a short walk away. It is possible to get to the airport from there by taxi or metro options.
Another option you can prefer to reach Sofia is the train. After a train journey that takes about six hours, you can get off at Sofia Central Train Station, where you can walk to the city center. From the city center, you can get to the airport by metro or taxi.
Once you reach the city center, you can arrive at the second terminal of Sofia Airport in a short time by taking the advantage of the metro line M2.
If you are planning to travel through the first terminal of the airport, you can take the advantage of the airport shuttle services that are at your service free of charge during daylight hours.
You can rent a car by making an online reservation or from the car rental offices in Kardjali and then reach Sofia Airport in a much shorter time.
Transportation to the airport directly by taxi is not a convenient option because of the long distance between the airport from Kardjali. It is, however, possible to continue your journey by taxi once you arrive at Sofia city center by public transportation options. Although taxi fares are affordable in Sofia, some companies charge a relatively high fare. So, it is a good idea to talk to and bargain with the driver before you take a taxi.
You have various alternatives to spend time at Sofia Airport, which is a large airport. You can wait for your flight in a more luxurious and comfortable environment thanks to the private passenger lounges located in the terminal. In addition, you can spend your time by doing shopping at duty-free stores where you can buy bags, souvenirs, and luxury goods at affordable prices, as well as you can enjoy your time at the bookstores, jeweler's shop, toy stores, cafés, and bars.
Berlin Brandenburg Airport, which is planned to be put into service on October 31, 2020, has three terminals. The terminals 1 and 2 are centrally located between both runways, while the Terminal 5 is situated at the north end of the airport. T1 and T2 are directly adjacent to each other, and it is possible to walk to T5 from these two terminals.
From all terminals, you can easily reach every region of Berlin at any time by private car, bus, car-sharing, car rental or public transportation.
BER Airport is connected to the railway and highway network from many points. Airport Express and regional trains carry passengers to Berlin Central Station from the station at Terminal 1 four times per hour.
You can reach Berlin Hauptbahnhof from the airport by using the airport express and regional trains that depart four times per hour. This transportation lasts about 30 minutes. In addition, the train lines S9 and S45 S-Bahn provide transportation service to the city center from the airport every 20 minutes.
FEX (every 30 minutes): BER T1-2, Ostkreuz-Gesundbrunnen- Hauptbahnhof
RE7 (every hour): BER T1-2 Wünsdorf-Waldstadt-Berlin city center- Bad Belzig-Dessau
RB14 (every hour): BER T1-2, Berlin city center-Nauen
RB22 (every hour): Königs Wusterhausen-BER T1-2, Potsdam-Golm
S9 (every 20 minutes): BER T1-2, BER T5-Berlin city center-Spandau
S45 (every 20 minutes): BER T1-2, BER T5-Südkreuz
The bus routes X7 and X71 provide transportation between Rudow Metro Station and both terminals. Traveling to Terminal 1 with these buses takes about 18 minutes. In addition, BER1 (Steglitz City Hall-BER T1/2) and BER2 (Potsdam Central Station-BER T1/2 & T5) express buses carry passengers from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to the city center several times a day.
X7 (every 5 minutes): BER T1-2, BER T5-U Rudow
X71 (every 20 minutes): BER T1-2, BER T5-U Rudow-Johannisthaler Chaussee-U Alt-Mariendorf
BER1 (additional charge), Route: BER T1-Steglitz Town hall (Travel time is around 45-50 minutes, and you can buy your ticket from the driver on the bus.)
BER2 (additional charge), Route: BER T1-BER T5-Potsdam Central Station (15 times a day. Travel time is about 55 minutes, and you can buy your ticket from the driver on the bus.)
163 (every 20 minutes), Route: BER T5-S Grünau-S Adlershof-S Schöneweid
164 (every 20 minutes), Route: BER T5-S Adlershof-S Köpenick
171 (every 20 minutes), Route: BER T5-U Rudow-U Grenzallee-S + U Neukölln-S Sonnenallee-U Hermannplatz
If you are traveling by a private car, you can easily get to the BER terminals via the highways A113 and B96a. The direct route to Terminals 1 and 2 passes through the highway A113 using the "Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg" exit.
To reach Terminal 5, continue along the highway A113 towards the Schönefeld-Süd junction or take the highway B96a that passes by the terminal.
There are five modern car parking lots and two ground-level parking spaces at Terminals 1 and 2. All parking lots are equipped with special stairs and elevators to enable a comfortable transportation for the disabled. You can find luggage trolleys in all parking spaces and on every floor of the parking lots. Monitors containing information about the current departures and arrivals are also provided in the parking lots. Video-controlled and private security parking spaces are also found in the parking lot P1.
In Terminal 5, you can find three-storey parking spaces and a modern parking lot. The parking lot is equipped with parking and color-coded guidance system, elevators and a luggage car station. 38 extra-large parking spaces are also provided (XXL).
You can also benefit from car sharing and rental services for traveling from the terminal to the city center. Car2Go/Drive Now, Miles and Sixt companies offer service with their vehicles at the airport. The parking spaces of the vehicles are located in the parking lot P56 at Terminal 5. At Terminals 1 and 2, you can find the vehicles in the parking lot P4.
Passengers arriving at Terminals 1 and 2 can use the north and south taxi rows in front of T1 at the E0 level. At Terminal 5, you can find taxi stands in front of the terminal area L.
You can contact an employee of the airport service provider APCOA for a taxi suitable for passengers and disabled people who need a private taxi or a car with a child seat or larger capacity.