Istanbul Airport lies on the European side, well north-west of the city. Your driver meets you in the arrivals reception area and drives you about 46 km by motorway to the historic peninsula, or to any hotel or address in Istanbul.
Your arrival at Istanbul Airport and the motorway drive into the city.
Collect your bags and come through the exit gates into the arrivals reception area, where the airport places tourism transfer companies. From the terminal the road joins the O-7 Northern Marmara Motorway, then the O-3 towards the city, and comes into the historic peninsula on Adnan Menderes Boulevard. Without traffic that is about 40 minutes; Istanbul traffic can add a lot of time, and we plan the transfer around it.
Istanbul Airport is one terminal building of 1.4 million square metres under a single roof, so allow time for the walk from the gate to arrivals. Your 60 minutes of free waiting start when you land.
Your driver meets you in the arrivals reception area and takes the bags to the car. The route leaves the airport roads for the O-7 Northern Marmara Motorway and then the O-3. About 46 km, roughly 40 minutes without traffic.
Our distance is measured to Fatih on the historic peninsula. A hotel in Beyoğlu or Taksim, in Beşiktaş or on the Asian side is an address like any other: give it in your request and the car takes you to the door.
From Istanbul Airport, the M11 Gayrettepe – Istanbul Airport metro line, Havaist shuttle buses and İETT public buses connect with the city, and the taxi stations are at exit gates 9 and 13. Check the current timetable before travelling. A private car suits you when you land with several cases, travel with children or as a group, or arrive late after a long flight: one vehicle from the arrivals reception area to your hotel door, with no change of line on the way.
Priced on request, per vehicle rather than per passenger. Your written quote covers the drive, tolls and fuel, the pickup timed to your flight and 60 minutes of free waiting.
We monitor reported flight delays and adjust the pickup time accordingly. Sixty minutes of waiting after actual landing are included.
Driver waits at arrivals with your name sign
No rush—collect bags, buy a SIM, grab a coffee
Priced per vehicle and sent to you in writing before anything is confirmed
Edirne, Plovdiv, Sofia and Thessaloniki all start from the same Istanbul hub, with pickups at your hotel or address.
About 46 km by road to the historic peninsula (Fatih), via the O-7 Northern Marmara Motorway and the O-3.
Around 40 minutes without traffic. Istanbul traffic can add a lot of time, especially at busy hours, and we plan the transfer around it.
In the arrivals reception area, where the airport places tourism transfer companies. Send us your flight number with the request and the pickup is timed to your landing, with 60 minutes of free waiting included.
No. The IST code passed from Atatürk Airport to Istanbul Airport in April 2019, so a ticket showing IST today means Istanbul Airport, on the European side. Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) is a different airport, on the Asian side.
Yes, the M11 Gayrettepe – Istanbul Airport line. Havaist shuttle buses and İETT public buses also run to the city. Check the current timetable before travelling.
Yes. Any hotel or address in Istanbul works; give it in your request and the quote is made for that drop-off.
This route is priced on request. We quote per vehicle, not per passenger, for your date, group and any stops, and you receive the quote in writing before anything is confirmed.
Request this transfer with your flight number, date, group size and where you are staying. We reply during our working hours with a written quote per vehicle.
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