Popular Airport | Coron Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 5 hour |
Approximate Travel Distance | 4028 Km |
To reach Tribhuvan International Airport from Kathmandu city center, you can rent a taxi or use the airport shuttle service. If you have rented a car for your travel, you can use the same vehicle for transport to the airport and deliver it at the airport. If your hotel has an airport shuttle service, you can make use of this service by making a reservation in advance.
It is possible to easily find a taxi in Kathmandu city center. If you ask for it your hotel would arrange a taxi for you to be in front of the hotel at the time you checkout. Although it depends on the traffic intensity, it takes about 15 minutes to reach the airport from the city center under normal conditions.
Airport shuttle services depart from several different points of the city center. Your closest shuttle service stop and times can be found at your hotel.
Some hotels in the city offer airport shuttle services to their customers. If you have booked in advance, the hotel shuttle can pick you up when you ask for and take you to the airport within 15 minutes.
In the city center you can see the offices of many car rental companies. You can also easily reach the airport by means of this transportation which will make your travel easier. To get to Tribhuvan International Airport from the city center, you have to enter the Ring Road and follow the airport signs. Remember that you must have an international driver's license before you can drive in Kathmandu. If your driver's license is not valid, but you want to have a travel with a private vehicle, you can also rent a car with a driver.
Tribhuvan International Airport is the only international airport from where Kathmandu’s, as well as whole Nepal's international flights are made. The airport which is located in the Kathmandu Valley, between mountains, serves with an airstrip that is hard to land, often causing the planes to circulate around the valley again before landing.
The airport, which has been operating since 1949, is about 6 kilometers from the city center of Kathmandu. The airport has all the basic services such as post office, first aid center, foreign exchange office, and cash dispenser.
There is also a souvenir shop, a few small eating areas and a CIP Lounge for passengers who do not want to give up comfort. You can also use the free Wi-Fi service throughout Tribhuvan International Airport.
Coron Airport, located in Coron, Philippines, is about an hour away from the city center. You are lucky if you land during the day, because the road to the city from the terminal has a very pleasant view. But you should know that, you have only two options for transportation from the airport to the city center, minivan and shuttle, since there are no taxi or public transportation facilities in Coron.
If you have not booked any transfers before your travel, the only way to get to the city center from Coron Airport is to use minivans waiting at the exit of the terminal. These minivans, which would take you to the city center in an average of an hour for 150 Peso per person, operate with the logic of a collective taxi. This is why you might wait a while before the vehicle is full and ready to depart. If you do not want to wait at the airport you should make a reservation before your trip. If only you make a pre-reservation and pay an additional fee, the vehicle would depart without waiting as soon as you land even if you are alone.
If you are going to stay in one of Coron hotels, you can contact your hotel before your flight and request a transfer from the airport to the city center. The fee for hotel transfer would be around 150 pesos, similar to the minivan fee.