Popular Airport | Tan Son Nhat Intl. Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 10 hour 20 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 8309 Km |
Urban transportation network is very developed in Iasi and it is very easy to travel in the city by using the means of public transportation. However, there is no means of public transportation that you can use for travelling between the city center and Iasi Airport since the distance is only 8 kilometers. You can travel with a private car. You can also get on a taxi or rent a car in the city center for travelling to Iasi Airport. In addition, you can benefit from the transfer service offered by your hotel. You can use this service by paying a certain amount.
Since Iasi isn’t a big city in terms of its surface area, taxi is one of the most commonly used transportation options. You can reach Iasi Airport by paying approximately 7-9 Euro. Taxis offer both fast and budget-friendly transportation to the airport from the city center.
If you want to have a more comfortable travel to Iasi Airport, you can consider renting a car. Local and foreign car rental companies that have offices in the city center and at the airport are Avis, Sixt, Europcar, Travis, Autoboca and Autonom. You can reach Iasi Airport in approximately 10 minutes by driving on the road Strada Moara de Vânt with the car you will rent in Iasi city center.
Iasi International Airport, which is located in Iasi city of Romania, is the fourth busiest airport of Romania in terms of passenger traffic. Iasi Airport, which is located 8 kilometers east of Iasi city center, can be reached from Bucharest, the capital of Romania, with connecting flights. Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport can also be reached from Antalya, Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen or Istanbul Atatürk Airport with Turkish Airlines, Pegasus and AtlasGlobal. Iasi Airport, which offered transportation service for approximately 11 million passengers in total according to the statistics of 2016, can also be reached from European cities such as Rome, Milan, Vienna, Barcelona, London and Brussels. In addition, Air Bucharest, Blue Air and TAROM airline companies have direct flights between Antalya Airport-Iasi Airport. At the airport which has three terminals in total, Terminal T2 is used for domestic flights and T3 is used for international flights and T1 is partially used since it is old. Some of the services that passengers can benefit from at the airport are ATMs and bank services, VIP lounges, duty-free shops, cafes and restaurants, car rental and transfer services.
You can buy a ticket for the bus, or take one of the taxis waiting in front of the terminal as soon as you land in Tan Son Nhat Airport, located just 5 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City center. Another option is to rent a car. It is possible to get to the city center from Tan Son Nhat Airport in 30 minutes by bus and in a maximum of 10 minutes by other means of transportation.
Go out when you arrive at the arrival terminal of the airport, and there you will see the stops of the direct buses to the city center. You can get on bus number 152 by purchasing your ticket immediately from the offices. These light cream and green colored minibus sized buses depart every 30 minutes from Tan Son Nhat Airport to the famous Ben Tanh Market, which is a 15-minute walk from to the city center. It is economical and easy to go to the city center by bus number 152, which runs between 6 am and 6 pm. The single-use fare is only 30 cents as of 2017. In addition to this, bus number 109, operated by SATSCO which runs every 15-20 minutes, provides access to the city center from Tan Son Nhat Airport. The bus number 109, which provides transportation services from 05.30 in the morning to 01.30 at night, departs from the column 18 of the domestic terminal and the column 15 of the international terminal and arrives at Ben Thanh Station within 45 minutes. Some of the bus stops on this route are Troug Son, Tran Quoc Hoan, Hoang Van Thu, Nguyen Dinh Chieu, Pham Ngu Lao Park 2. The fare for bus number 109 varies between 12.000 (less than 5 km) – 20.000 (more than 5 km) Viet Nam Dong as of March 16, 2016.
The taxis, those take you directly from Tan Son Nhat Airport to the center of Ho Chi Minh City, for only 5-7 dollars (150.000-170.000 Viet Nam Dong), wait for the passengers 7/24 outside the terminal. If you want to use private taxis outside the airport, you can ask for a taxi by calling Vinasun Taxi (+84838272727) or Malinh Taxi Group (+84838383838).
The most known car rental companies at Tan Son Nhat Airport arrival terminal are Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and Sixt. If you are going to stay in Ho Chi Minh for a few days, you might benefit from renting a car. Because renting a car on an hourly basis is generally not possible. It would take 10-12 minutes to reach Ho Chi Minh City center by the car you book in advance and pick up as soon as you land.