Popular Airport | Arak Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 2 hour 20 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 1953 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.
You can reach Arak city center which is 16 kilometers away from Irans Araak Airport by taxi or car rental.
You can travel to the city center from Araak Airport with yellow taxis which wait outside the terminal. A taxi in Arak normal tariff rate is about 0.27 USD per kilometer per person. They take an average of 4 USD per hour for waiting. When the traffic is normal, you can reach the city center in 15 minutes.
To travel from Araak Airport to Arak city center rental cars are one of the most comfortable ways to travel. You can rent a car from many companies at the airport. You will find many international companies such as Alamo, AVIS, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Fox, Sixt at Araak Airport. If you wish you can book your car rental in advance from these companies online sites or you can rent from the offices at the airport when you land. Let us remind you that a reservation that you make in advance will be more affordable than the price you will pay at the car rental offices at the airport.
If you do not have a transfer from Araak Airport to your hotel in Arak, you can ask when you are making your reservation. Although not every hotel has a transfer procedure, if you ask they may offer such a possibility of a transfer.
Araak Airport is located in Arak (formerly Sultanabad) which is the capital of Markazi the northwestern province of Iran. Markazi is 288 kilometers from Tehran. The airport is one of the oldest in Iran and was established in 1938 by the British. Araak Airport, which is a small scale airport, serves approximately 17,000 passengers per year and airplane movementa are around 136. The distance from the airport to the city of Arak is 16 kilometers and you can reach the city in 15 -20 minutes by car. The airport is accessible from the car park and at the terminal exit taxi transfera are available.