Popular Airport | Agadir – Al Massira Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 9 hour 50 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 7964 Km |
Taking a taxi in the morning or evening outside of rush hours is probably the most reliable method of transport to the airport in densely populated Durban. It’s also possible to reach the airport with rented cars or shuttle company buses.
You can reach the airport by taxi from the city centre in around 30 to 50 minutes depending on traffic conditions. It might be a good idea to speak with the taxi driver beforehand and let them know your time of departure to not have any bad surprises for your journey.
The shuttle buses that leave for the airport depart from Durban Station in the city centre, depart once every day at 8:00, 11:00, and 16:00 and reach the airport in around half an hour.
The traffic flows on the left side in Durban, so if you come from a country where you drive on the right it might be a better idea to hire a car with a driver rather than getting behind the steering wheel yourself. If you come from country where cars drive on the left side, you might be more at home with this option.
There is only one terminal in King Shaka Airport where there is an ABSA bank, which opens half an hour before the first flight and closes half an hour after the last flight. In addition, you can find financial services from the ATMs of First National Bank, Nedbank, and Standard Bank. There is a prayer room for Muslims, and a post office that offers services depending on the first and last flights of the day. There are baby and childcare rooms that mothers can use.
In addition to these services, the airport has many lounges. The most exclusive ones are the South African Airways Business Class Lounge, found near the entrance of the terminal, and BIDVest Premier Lounge. In these lounges you can order some food and rest on comfortable seating areas to read books or newspapers.
Airport restaurants include; Cape Town Fish Market, Cosmic Candy, Big Five Duty Free, Fego Coffee Shop, Kauai, KFC, Milky Lane, Mugg&Bean, Panarottis, Rhapsody’s, Spur, Steers, Sweet Treat, The Airport Cellar, and Wimpy. There is also a Yemaya Nail Express, Woolworts, Vodashop, Tie Stop, The Urban Retreat, The Scoin Shop, NWJ Fine Jewellery, Sneakers, Sunglass Hunt, Nike, MTN, Moda Luggage&Leather, Khasav, Jeep, EM Native, and Electro Electronics for your shopping needs.
You can easily reach the center of Agadir from Agadir-Al Massira Airport by a taxi. If you require a means of transportation to accompany you throughout your entire trip, it is also possible to rent a car at the airport. There are no airport shuttle service offered, but you can reach until Agadir by transferring with public buses.
You can reach the city center from Agadir-Al Massira Airport with a taxi in half an hour. You would need to pay on average 200 Moroccan Dirham.
Easycar and Europcar are offering car rental options at the airport. You can reach the center of Agadir on average in 30-40 minutes by driving in the southeast direction on N1 or N10 highway.
There is a bus top on the main road at the exit of the arrival terminal at a walking distance. There is no direct line going to the center of Agadir. However, you can go to Inezgane by bus number 22 and transfer to lines 20, 24 and 28 to get to the center of Agadir. While the ticket for the bus number 22 costs 4 Moroccan Dirham, it costs 3 Moroccan Dirham for lines 20, 24 and 28.