Popular Airport | Arak Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 5 hour |
Approximate Travel Distance | 4086 Km |
Since Dhaka is not a big city in terms of its surface area, it is very easy to use taxi, private car, rickshaw, bus and similar means of transportation in urban transportation or for travelling to the airport from the city center.
The names of the four main bus terminals in the city; Sayedabad bus terminal, Gulistan bus terminal, Gabtoli bus terminal and Mohakhali bus terminal. From these four terminals, there are direct bus services going to the airport. It is very cheap to use buses for travelling to the airport. It is only 5 Taka to take advantage of Dhaka buses. Throughout the city, the prices of bus tickets do not exceed 10 Taka.
The most popular means of transportation in Dhaka, where more than 400.000 rickshaws offer transportation service, are rickshaws also called three-wheeled taxis. They are divided into two as auto-rickshaw and cycle-rickshaw. The three-wheeled taxis called cycle-rickshaw are generally used for sightseeing just like bicycles. Auto-rickshaws are much faster than the other and much cheaper than normal taxis.
You need to pay 30-50 Taka for travelling with cycle-rickshaw for 15 minutes. The auto-rickshaws run by the CNG company also work with taximeter and the fares start from 25 Taka. It is both practical and enjoyable to travel to Hazrat Shahjalal Airport from the city center by using an auto-rickshaw. Tempo-rickshaws also offer transportation service and they are bigger than auto-rickshaws.
There are two types of taxis offering service in Dhaka and they have different fares. These are black and yellow taxis. The black taxis open their taximeters from 25 Taka. The yellow taxis are almost twice as expensive. With the taxi that you can get on in the city, you can get to Hazrat Shahjalal Airport in about 25-30 minutes. If you will prefer Airport Departure Taxi for your transportation, you will need to pay about 300 Taka for your transportation between the city center and Hazrat Shahjalal Airport.
It is possible to get to the airport from the city center in about 25-30 minutes by renting a car from one of the car rental companies that you can see almost in every part of the city. If you have an international driver’s license, you can rent a car by paying 3000 Taka for half-day use; you need to pay about 4500 Taka for full day use. You can get to Hazrat Shahjalal Airport by using Dhaka-Mymensingh highway (N3).
Hazrat Shahjalal Airport, which is the largest airport of Bangladesh, has a capacity of 15 million passengers per year. The airport is located in Kurmitola and 20 km north of the city center of the capital city Dhaka. Hazrat Shahjalal Airport, which is also known as Zia International Airport, has many facilities for passengers such as currency exchange, bank and ATMs, eating and drinking areas, tourist information offices and free internet access.
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.