Flying from Sabiha Gökçen means heading for the Asian side. The car collects you at your hotel or address and, from the European side, takes you across the Bosphorus to departures at Pendik / Kurtköy. Istanbul traffic can add a lot of time, so we plan the pickup around it.
Istanbul to Sabiha Gökçen Airport is about 40 km from the historic peninsula and roughly 45 minutes of driving when the roads are clear. Private transfer priced on request per vehicle — tell us your flight time and pickup address, and we set the pickup with Istanbul traffic and the Bosphorus crossing in mind.
The driver collects you at the door, with 15 minutes of free waiting. Our distance is measured from Fatih on the historic peninsula, where the route follows Kennedy Caddesi towards the Bosphorus. The route we measured uses the Eurasia Tunnel; the driver picks the crossing for the traffic on the day.
On the Asian side the road joins the D-100 eastwards, then the Pendik streets and the airport’s inner road to the departures kerb.
Per vehicle, not per person. Every quote includes tolls, fuel, assistance with loading and unloading luggage, and child seats available on request.
Picked up and dropped off at your exact address
Motorway tolls covered, no extras
Short photo stops may be included where operationally possible
Professional, local, English-speaking driver
Arriving instead? Sabiha Gökçen Airport to Istanbul covers the pickup in arrivals and the drive across the Bosphorus.
SAW → Istanbul →Sabiha Gökçen Airport (SAW) is at Pendik / Kurtköy on the Asian side, about 40 km by road from the historic peninsula. The airport gives its own figures as 40 km to Kadıköy and 50 km to Taksim. From the European side the drive crosses the Bosphorus and continues east on the D-100. Without traffic that is about 45 minutes.
The M4 Kadıköy – Sabiha Gökçen Airport metro line, Havabus shuttles from Kadıköy and Taksim, and İETT public buses such as SG-1 and SG-2 serve the airport. Check the current timetable before travelling. From the European side those connections start with a Bosphorus crossing of your own. A private car is the easier choice with several suitcases, with children or as a group: one vehicle from your hotel door to departures.
We collect you at your hotel or address: the historic peninsula, Beyoğlu or Taksim, Beşiktaş, Kadıköy or anywhere else on the Asian side. Pickups include 15 minutes of free waiting. The drop-off is at the terminal for departures.
Istanbul traffic can add a lot of time to this drive, and the Bosphorus crossing is part of it from the European side; we plan the pickup around it. Allow enough time for check-in and security on top; tell us your flight time and we work back from it.
Everything specific to this route.
About 40 km by road from Fatih on the historic peninsula. The airport gives 40 km to Kadıköy and 50 km to Taksim.
About 45 minutes when the roads are clear. Istanbul traffic can add a lot of time, so we plan the pickup around it rather than on the free-flow figure.
The route we measured uses the Eurasia Tunnel; the driver picks the crossing for the traffic on the day. From a hotel on the Asian side there is no crossing.
Allow for the traffic, the crossing and for check-in and security. Tell us your flight time and pickup address and we set the pickup time with all of that in mind.
Yes. Any hotel or address in Istanbul, on either side, works as a pickup; give it in your request.
Yes, the M4 Kadıköy – Sabiha Gökçen Airport line. Havabus shuttles and İETT public buses also run from Kadıköy and Taksim. Check the current timetable before travelling.
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 time, date, group size and pickup address. We reply during our working hours with a written quote per vehicle.
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