Popular Airport | Eldorado Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 13 hour 50 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 11110 Km |
Estimated Prices for Cairo to Eldorado Flights
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Transportation to Airport from Cairo City Center
Cairo Intl. Airport
There are different options to reach the airport from the city center in Cairo, visited by many tourists every year. The services that the hotels usually offer or arrange for you and public transport are the first ones that come to mind.
Airport Transfer
Transfer vehicles that are privately rented from Cairo International Airport and shuttles of the Cairo Airport Shuttle Bus company will pick you up at your requested destination upon your telephone and internet reservation. You can reach the airport from any point of the city by using the shuttles, whose fares are changing according to the region you take it.
Airport transfers also include London-style taxis, limousines and luxurious midibuses. All you have to do is to make reservations and be at the place where you want the cars to pick you up.
Public Transport
It will be possible to reach the airport with the subway lines passing through Zamalek, Wasat Al-Balad and the Nile's eastern region, which we refer to as the center of Cairo, in a few years, but you can only reach the areas close by at the moment. Al Dock, Opera, Sedat (Tahrir) and Naguib are the metro stations close to the center.
You need to transfer to the Green Line at Attaba station from Yellow Line, which hosts the above mentioned stations.
Even if it does not reach the airport yet, you can get off at the Abbasiye station and complete the 15 kilometers distance by taxi or bus number 111. It is also possible to reach the airport by buses 27, 111, 356 from Tahrir Square where Sedat metro station is located.
Private Vehicle
Although it is a great merit to use private vehicles in Cairo, which is similar to Istanbul with regards to its traffic and size, there may be people who want to reach the airport by private vehicles. To do this, you have to follow the Oroba road, in the east direction, to go to the airport from Zamalek island and Tahrir in the city center.
Oroba route will take you to Airport Road, which will provide you with access to the airport, after 17 kilometers.
Airport Information
The airport, in the Heliopolis area, is the second airport in Africa with regards to passenger traffic. With the completion of the newly constructed terminals, there are also many possibilities offered for those waiting for their flight.
Japanese, Chinese and Korean restaurants representing the Asian lifestyle, world famous fast-food restaurants, coffee shops where you can drink the most famous coffees of the world and pizzerias are waiting for guests at Terminal 1. You can also access health services at the airport, which has a large duty free store.
Transportation to Eldorado City Center from Airport
Eldorado Airport
As soon as you arrive at El Dorado Airport, 5 kilometers east of the city center, you can get information on different means of transportation by consulting the tourist information office. Those passengers in a hurry can take a taxi from the stands just outside the terminal and rich the center of Eldorado in 6-7 minutes. Another option for transportation is to rent a car from El Dorado Airport and reach El Dorado city center in maximum ten minutes.
Taxi
You can find the airport taxis serving passengers in a line just outside the arrival terminal of El Dorado Airport. These taxis, operating at a fixed price principle, would take you to the city center in a very short time. With a taxi that you can take from El Dorado Airport, you can reach the city center by paying a fare of about 140-180 Argentine Pesos. Apart from these taxis affiliated with the airport you can also use Uber, or take a shared taxi with other passengers. Some of Eldorado's most reliable taxi companies are Radio Taxi Emanuel (+543751433718), Remises Itati (+543751424555) and Parada de Taxi Nº 3 (+543751423468).
Car Rental
Deciding whether or not you are going to rent a car, and pre-booking if you are going to rent before your journey would save you time at the airport, as well as some benefits including discounts and campaigns. If you have an international drivers licence and credit card, you can pick up your car from El Dorado Airport within minutes and take the road to Eldorado city center. It would take you 10 minutes in average to drive to the city center from the airport.