Popular Airport | Dalaman Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 3 hour 20 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 2771 Km |
Although Shoreham Airport is located in Brighton, London Gatwick Airport is the most suitable airport for your return flight because Shoreham Airport only serves for private flights.
You can comfortable go to the airport from Brighton by renting a car. If you prefer public transportation, you can benefit from train option.
After renting an affordable car in Brighton, you can very easily reach Gatwick Airport by driving northward through the A23 road. The average journey takes about 35 minutes under normal traffic conditions.
You can reach Gatwick Airport directly taking the Gatwick Express line from Brighton city center. Transportation by train takes about 30 minutes. Train services begin at 6:30 am and continue until 10:55 pm. The station that you will get off is located right next to the South Terminal and it is possible to go to the North Terminal from this terminal through moving walkways. The train ticket costs less than 20 Sterlings.
Gatwick Airport, which is the second busiest airport in London that has five airports in total, is also the ninth busiest airport in Europe. The airport has two terminals as the South Terminal and the North Terminal, which are connected to each other with 0.75-mile long automatic moving walkways.
You can find something tasty to eat at one of 10 cafés, 9 bars and 22 restaurants and more in the entire airport. There are about forty shopping stores at the airport for those who want to spend time shopping. In addition, you can also enjoy the tax-free shopping at the duty-free shopping store.
There are four different lounges at the airport and you can take advantage of these comfortable lounges no matter which airline company you are flying with. Aspire Lounge is in the North Terminal and the Business Lounge is in the South Terminal. Entrance fee for My Lounge at the North Terminal is £20. No. 1 Lounge serves both at the South Terminal and the North Terminal and the entrance is £35. If you book in advance for each lounge, you will be charged a reduced rate of 6-7 Sterlings. There are many free mobile phone charging stands at the airport. In addition, you can benefit from the free Wi-Fi network for 90 minutes. There are also free stands for newspapers and magazines.
Dalaman is a small district of Muğla with a population of 35 thousand people. The airport was built here in 1976 because Dalaman is on the crossroads and has flat terrains. The airport was opened to international transportation in 1981.
Transportation to the major tourist spots in Turkey such as Fethiye, Marmaris, Göcek and Akyakaya is carried out through Dalaman Airport. The airport can also be preferred for transportation to Muğla city center and even Kaş and Kalkan, the touristic districts of Antalya. In addition to tourism, greenhouse farming is also an important income channel in the district. Dalaman is a delta rich in bird diversity. The bays here are very convenient for yacht tourism. Dalaman has a temperate climate and the average annual temperature is 20 degrees. It rains heavily in winter.
At Dalaman Airport, there is a taxi rank that provides taxi service 7 days 24 hours. Transportation by taxi is very easy; however, if you are planning to go to the places like Marmaris and Fethiye, it may cost a little higher.
There are HAVAŞ shuttle services to reach a lot of major points from Dalaman Airport. The hours of HAVAŞ shuttle buses vary by plane landings and HAVAŞ shuttle services nearly depart every hour between 1 am in the midnight and 9 pm. After landing to the airport, you can get information from the authorized personnel about shuttle hours and place of departure.
Marmaris shuttle services pass through Gökova, Köyceğiz and Ortaca. Journey by shuttle takes about one hour. HAVAŞ also provides shuttle service to Fethiye Bus Terminal, which is also the city center. The buses passing through Göcek reach Fethiye in about one hour. The shuttle services depart every hour or every 2 hours at certain periods of time.
There are the offices car rental companies at Dalaman Airport. The companies like Avis, Budget, Almira and Europcar provide this service at the airport for your convenience.