Popular Airport | Felix Houphouet Boigny Intl. Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 16 hour |
Approximate Travel Distance | 12883 Km |
You should use airport bus or airport taxi to go to Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport from Hangzhou city center. If you will stay in the city for a long time, you may also rent a car. As the distance between the airport and the city is 27 km, your transportation between two points will not take much time and the amount you need to pay will be reasonable.
Airport buses are the cheapest and easiest way of transportation between Hangzhou city center and Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport. You can buy bus ticket from Wulinmen CAAC ticket office that is next to the KFC located in the west of Wulin Square. Passing by the city center, Zhongshan Grand Hotel, Grand Metropark Hotel and Chengzhan Train Station, the airport buses go to the airport in 50-55 minutes. You can buy a ticket for 20 Yuan. Airport buses are the most popular transportation option in the city.
Being preferred frequently in the city center of Hangzhou, city taxis are sometimes cost more compared to airport taxis. In order to use airport taxi, you should contact with the taxi stand at the airport and call a taxi to your location. With fixed price agreement, you can go to the airport in 30-40 minutes from your point of accommodation. If you are going to prefer city taxi to go to the airport, you should pay approximately 100-160 Chinese Yuan.
By preferring local and foreign car rental companies that you can see all around the city, you can rent a car and reach to Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport in 30-35 minutes. A road named as “Airport Road” is also connected to the express airport highway. If you prefer Airport Road, you can shorten the time.
Hangzhou Xiaoshan airport is located inside the Zheijang region of China, in the south of Qiantang. Being 27 kilometers east of the Hangzhou city center, the airport is the 10th busiest airport of China. The airport welcomed more than 28 million passengers in 2015. As it is an international airport, there are many different shops, restaurants and duty free shops.
The airport has two terminals as Terminal A and Terminal B and there are many different facilities like Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Citibank, exchange offices, ATMs, health-care center, smoking area, KFC, Starbucks, McDonald’s, Haagen-Dazs, Cafe Fortune Come Hong Kong Style Restaurant, Goubuli Steamed Stuffed Buns, Kungfu Chinese Fast Food, tourist information desks and free Wi-Fi.
Abidjan is the commercial and administrative center of the Ivory Coast, which is located in the western part of the Africa Continent. The Abidjan city, which is close to the Atlantic Ocean, is also the most important port city of the country. Abidjan is described as “the Paris of the West Africa”. The majority of the locals speak French. The currency of the country is the West African Franc.
If you want to visit Abidjan, you will have to get a visa. Diplomatic, service or special (green) passport holders are exempt from visa on their touristic journeys that do not exceed 90 days. However, the ordinary passport holders are asked to get visa. There are many military control points in Abidjan city; at these control points, you might be asked to show your passport from time to time. For this reason, you are recommended to keep your passport or its color photocopy with you in any case.
Abidjan is connected to the neighboring countries by land routes and railroads, but it also provides transportation to more than 30 African and European cities by air. Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport is located 16 kilometers southeast of Abidjan city. Turkish Airlines (THY), Air Algérie, Air Burkia, Air Cote d’Ivoire, AIR France, Asky Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Camair-Co, CEIBA Intercontinental, Corsair, Egyptair, Emirates Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, Middle East Airlines – Air Lebanon, Royal Air Maroc, Senegal Airlines, South African Airways and Tunisair arrange flights to Abidjan Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport.
Turkish Airlines flies to Abidjan from Istanbul. With the reciprocal flights arranged four days a week, you can reach Abidjan after a 7-hour and 21-minute flight. Abidjan’s local time is 3 hours behind Turkey.
You can reach the city center from Abidjan Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport by bus, taxi or rental car. The buses operated by SOTRA run between the city center and the airport and they take airport passengers to Abidjan city center. If you don’t want to go on your journey by public transportation, you can take a taxi to reach the city center. You can also rent a car you prefer from the car rental offices as long as you want if you want your car to be ready for the city use.
The bus number 6 operated by SOTRA picks up the airport passengers from Abidjan Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport and takes them to Abidjan city center. The bus ride, which costs about 220 West African Francs, takes 25-30 minutes.
One of the vehicles the airport passengers can prefer in order to reach the city center after landing is the orange taxi. You should be willing to pay 1600 West African Francs for the taxi ride to reach the city center in about half an hour.
There are many car rental companies outside the terminal building of Abidjan Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport. The visitors who want to easily travel within Abidjan can rent a car from this point.
In Abidjan, the locals usually travel with motorcycles and mopeds. You can complete your journey by bargaining with a motorcycle user and ask him/her to take you to the city center.
It will soon be possible to reach the city from the airport by metro in Abidjan which has been a developing city. The metro construction has been started in 2015 and under development since then. The metro is scheduled to start serving its passengers in 2020.