Popular Airport | Beirut Rafic Hariri Intl. Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 10 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 384 Miles |
Transportation to Airport from Diyarbakir City Center
Diyarbakır Airport
Diyarbakır, the largest city in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, is a city attracting attentions with its rapidly growing population. Urban transport is provided by bus or minibuses. The center of the city, which hosts the old castle, is among the crowded places of the city.
The heart of the city’s fun life beats at the Atatürk House and the park around it. The most convenient way to get there is to take a taxi.
Bus
There are regular bus services from Diyarbakır city center to the airport. The bus travels from the city center to the airport and picks up passengers at certain stops on the road.
Taxi
Taking a taxi is the most practical option, because Diyarbakır Airport is close to the city center. You can easily reach the airport from wherever you are. If you are traveling from the distant districts, you can firstly go to the bus terminal by bus or minibus and take a taxi there to reach the airport.
Rent a car
You can deliver the car you have rented in Diyarbakır to the car rental offices at the airport. There are the offices of the companies such as Avis, Hertz, Kançul and Emir Oto at the airport. Once you deliver the rental car, you can catch your flight.
Airport Information
Diyarbakır Airport had firstly been used as a military airport in 1952 and later was transformed into a civilian airport. The airport has regular flights from the major cities such as Istanbul and Ankara.
Transportation to the airport is provided by taxi, bus or shuttle services. Domestic and international flights are available for 24 hours. The airport terminal building, which has a 10 thousand-square meter indoor space, offers cafés, some shopping stores and Rent a Car services for the passengers.
Transportation to Beirut City Center from Airport
Beirut Rafic Hariri Intl. Airport
Lebanon's capital city Beirut, once called "Paris of the Middle East", is still one of the most important tourist destinations in the region. Approximately 6 million of visitors coming to Beirut, which cannot turn to its old brilliant days because of the wars it has been suffering in recent years, enter the country from the Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport named after the former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri who lost his life in an assassination. Unlike many capitals or the busiest airports, official municipality buses or services are not available at this airport.
Taxi
Taxis are one of the few ways to use for the transportation to the city from the Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, which is the only airport of Lebanon. Transportation to the Nejmeh Square, which is accepted as the center of the city, is about 30 thousand Lebanese pounds. That is 55 TL. It takes about 15 minutes to reach the city center by taxis located outside of the terminal building.
Car Rental
Renting a car is one of the ways to reach the city from the airport. Within the airport there are offices belonging to 7 different car rental companies. With the car you will rent from one of the car rental companies which are also well-known all around the world, you can reach the city center in about 15 minutes in a very comfortable way.
To get to the city, first of all you need to follow Hafez Al-Assad Street at the exit of the airport in the north direction. The name of this road, after a few kilometers later, will be Salim Salam and then it will change as Ahmad Mukhtar Beyhum Street. This road will lead you directly to the Nejmeh Square.
Private Services
At Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport there are also private companies that takes passengers to different points of the city. These companies, offering luxury transportation service, demand amounts higher than normal prices. The company named Lebanon, which has an office at the airport, is a leader about this transportation option.
