Popular Airport | Modibo Keita Intl. - Bamako Senou Intl. Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 20 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 710 Km |
To go to Conakry Airport from the city center you can either choose the most practical and economical transportation method or you can use different transportation ways by choosing one of the car rental companies or transfer companies in the city center. Although public transportation is used in the city, there is no public transport from the city center to the Conakry Airport. For this reason, you have to use these methods for your transportation.
Taxis, which are very popular in urban transportation, provide both affordable and fast transport services. In addition, people who do not want to rent a car are using taxis since they can be used every moment of the day. It is possible to reach Conakry Airport in just 9-10 minutes by taxi from Conakry city center.
Those who plan to stay longer than a few days in the capital of the Republic of Guinea may rent a car before the day of the flight, in this way no time will be wasted. There are a number of domestic and foreign car rental companies in the city center: Avis, Europcar, MCD Et Frere, Vital Africa Transports, Hertz, National, Dollar, etc. After choosing one of these companies and pre-booking, you can rent your car daily or hourly and reach Conakry Airport in 10 minutes.
You can either fly to Conakry with Turkish Airlines, which has direct flights from Istanbul Atatürk Airport or fly with other airline companies such as Tunisair, Air France, Emirates and Royal Air Maroc, which have transit flights. Conakry International Airport, also known as Gbessia Airport, is located 10 km from the city center of Conakry, in West Africa. Services available at Conakry Airport include free internet access, VIP lounges, tourist information offices, supermarkets and shopping malls, dining and bank services.
The airport is located about 15 kilometers from the city center in Bamako, which is the capital and largest city of Mali, and it takes about 30 minutes to reach the city center. Taxi is the most preferred means of transportation from Bamako Airport to the city center. The offices of international car rental companies at the airport also offer car rental service as a different alternative to taxi option.
You can easily get a taxi almost all day in front of Bamako Airport, regardless of whenever your plane lands at the airport. The cost of the airport taxis in Bamako is about 7000 CFA for the journey to the city center. You must pay taxi fare in cash and taxis in Bamako don't generally offer credit card option. If you don't have West African franc -the valid currency in Mali- with you, you can also pay in Euro or Dollars.
One of the less frequently preferred options to reach the city center from the airport in Bamako is the car rental option. You won't have any difficulty finding the car rental office at the airport and then you can reach many points in Bamako city center in half an hour by renting a car. From the airport exit, you can find your way without having any difficulty by following the "city center" signs.
Before your flight, you can make a reservation for one of the private shuttle services offered for tourists in Bamako and travel to the city center by shuttle. If you are going to stay in one of the bigger hotels in the city, you can also get information about the private shuttle services from your hotel.
If your hotel provides a shuttle service from the airport to the city center, you can get on these shuttles in front of Bamako Airport terminal and reach many points in Bamako in a very short time. Hotels shuttles are generally offered for hotel guests free of charge; however, it would be useful to get information about the shuttle service, which may be available for a fee from time to time, and then choose a suitable option for transportation to the city center.