Popular Airport | Gozo Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 20 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 1177 Km |
Both domestic and international flights are available at Ibiza Airport, which is the largest airport in the Balearic Islands in Spain. There are many alternatives for transportation to the city center from the airport, which hosts numerous passengers each year by both domestic and international flights. You can reach Ibiza Airport directly from the city center thanks to the alternative transportation options.
If you want to do shopping or eat and drink something before your flight, you can benefit from many options in the terminal building.
Taking a taxi is one of the fastest and most comfortable options you can prefer to reach to Ibiza Airport from the city center. Going to Ibiza Airport, which is located 7 kilometers away from the city center, by taxi is not as expensive as you would expect, as well as it doesn't take so much time to go. You can easily arrive at the airport and get off the taxi at the taxi ranks located on the right side of the terminal building and then comfortably go to the gates through which you will board the plane.
Taking a bus is another option you can prefer to reach Ibiza Airport from the city center. Autobuses San Antonio, Autobuses Voramar-El Goucho and Autocares Lucas Costa are among the bus companies you can prefer. You can easily reach the airport by taking the buses.
Renting a car is another alternative you can prefer to reach the airport. Sixt, Budget, Alamo, Easycar, Thrifty, Avis and Europcar are among the car rental companies that you can rent a car by phone or through the websites of the companies.
There is a single terminal building at Ibiza Airport. On the right side of the terminal building are the taxis, car rental offices, and bus stops as transportation options, while there are the places where you can meet your various needs as well as eating and drinking places, and shopping stores inside the terminal building.
There is a small heliport in Gozo, but it is closed to international flights. For this reason, for your travels to Gozo you need to fly to Malta Airport firstly and then get to Gozo by using one of the means of public transportation.
The distance between Gozo and Malta International Airport is 40.6 kilometers and travelling between these points lasts approximately 1-1.5 hours by public transportation and 30-35 minutes by private car. Taxis or buses you will see at the exit of Malta Airport terminal building are options you can use for your transportation to the city center. You can also take advantage of the car rental companies located at the airport. In addition to land transportation, you can also get to the city center from the airport by using marine transportation.
There are frequent ferry services from Malta Airport to Gozo ferry terminal and Cirkewwa ferry terminal. For current ferry services and fares, you can obtain information by visiting www.gozochannel.com.
Buses are the most practical and economical options for travelling from the airport to Gozo which is Malta's second largest island after the capital of Malta. It is possible to get to the city center from the airport in approximately 1-1.5 hours by using either shuttle buses operating under the airport transfer service offered by the airport or passenger buses operating in the city. You can get information about shuttle bus services from the bus stops located at the exit of the terminal building or from tourist information offices in the terminal building.
The bus named Airport Bus Shuttle goes directly to the Mgarr Gozo ferry station from Malta Airport. There are also shuttle minibuses with the same route, and the fare you need to pay to get on one of these minibuses is 20 euros. Another option is getting on the bus route 8 from Malta Airport, getting off in Valletta and getting on Gozo Ferry bus. The fare of the bus route 8, which goes to the capital Valletta and lasts for 30 minutes, is 3.47 dollars as of 2016.
There are 4 different express buses carrying passengers to Gozo from Malta Airport: X1, X2, X3 and X4. The bus X1 operating every 3-4 hours goes from the airport to Cirkewwa ferry terminal in Gozo and passes through the city center.
The bus route X2 goes to San Gilijan region, bus route X3 goes to Bugibba and bus route X4 goes to Birzebbugra. The bus route N11, which operates as the night version of the route X1, goes to Cirkewwa and Gozo.
Most of the white taxis you will see after arriving at Malta airport and when you get out of the arriving passenger terminal operate under the airport transfer services and taximeters are available in all taxis. You can make your travel more economical as long as you get on a taxi working with a taximeter.
The fares of the airport taxis vary depending on the season. Different tariffs are applied for day and night. Travelling from the airport to Mgarr Ferry Terminal, the main ferry terminal of Gozo, by taxi costs about 25 euros; you can also go to Cirkewwa Ferry Terminal, another terminal, for about 32 euros.
Since Malta Airport is an international airport, it is possible to see world-famous brands such as Avis, Hertz, Thrifty, Budget, Europcar, Dollar, Sixt, Green Car Rental, Gold Car Rental, Active Car Rental and First Car Rental. With the car that you will rent at Malta Airport, it is very easy to travel to Gozo city center by following the signs and driving on Cirkewwa-Mgarr road. The travel, which is about 40.6 km, will last 1.5 hours.