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Istanbul's Sabiha
Gökçen International
Airport
(SAW) is on the Asian
shore of
the Bosphorus about
30 km (19 miles) southeast of Haydarpasa
Station, the Kadiköy ferry dock,
and the Harem
intercity bus terminal.
Located
between the suburbs of Kurtköy and Pendik, Sabiha
Gökçen (pronounced
SAH-bee-hah GURK-chen) serves low-fare
and charter flights, some flights
by Turkish
Airlines and Pegasus
Air,
Corendon and other
low-cost airlines, and smaller aircraft.
Transport
between Sabiha Gökçen
Airport and the center of
Istanbul is
by city bus, HAVAS
Airport Bus, taxi,
shuttle van, and car
rental.
City Bus
The least expensive way
to go between the airport and the city
is by E10 city
bus, which
costs less than YTL3
to go to the Kadiköy
ferry dock (about one hour).
From Kadiköy, you can walk (10-15
minutes) north to nearby Haydarpasa
Railway Station. The E10 also
stops near the Harem
intercity bus terminal,
a good place to catch a bus to anywhere
in Anatolia. (Ask the driver for Harem
Otogar, hah-REEM OH-toh-gahr).
The E10 city bus departs Sabiha
Gökçen Airport about
every 30 minutes throughout the
day. From 21:00 (9 pm) to 06:00
am departures are more or less
hourly (21:00, 22:00, 23:00, 24:00,
01:00, 02:00, 02:30, 03:30, 05:00,
06:00). The bus makes several stops
in the town nearby, they goes on
the E-5 highway to Kadiköy.
Here's
the full schedule from the IETT
website.
Leave the bus at Kadiköy,
say "Feribot?" to
anyone, and they'll point to the dock
right next to the bus stops. Buy a
token (or Akbil)
at the fare booths and board a ferry across
the Bosphorus for
either Karaköy (Galata)
or Eminönü,
then a tram or
a taxi to Sultanahmet, or
a tram to Kabatas and
then the Füniküler to Taksim
Square.
Ferries run
from Kadiköy to Karaköy from
06:30 am to 00:00 (12 midnight) every
15 or 20 minutes during the morning
and evening rush hours; from 20:00
(8 pm) to 00:00 (12 midnight), ferries
depart Kadiköy for Karaköy every
30 minutes, on the hour and half
hour, with the last ferry departing
Kadiköy at 00:00 (12 midnight).
Going
from the city to the airport, take
a ferry from Eminönü or Karaköy to Kadiköy,
then ask for help finding the E10
("eh-OHN")
bus in the crowd of 50 buses waiting
just north of the ferry dock. Allow
at least an hour to get to the airport
from Kadiköy,
at least two hours from Sultanahmet.
Taxi
Taxi
may be the fastest way to go between
the airport and city if the traffic is
not ferocious. The daytime fare may be
about YTL65
to Taksim
Square, YTL75
to YTL80
to Sirkeci
or Sultanahmet, YTL80
to the Otogar (bus
terminal), but only YTL18
to the coastal town of Pendik,
where you can catch a banliyö treni to Haydarpasa,
then a ferry to Karaköy and
a tram to Sultanahmet. Tell
the driver Pendik Istasyon. Night
fares are 50% higher.
Shuttle Van
Several travel agencies have organized
to provide minibus transport from
Sultanhamet to Sabiha
Gökçen International
Airport. Contact
Turista
Travel or your Sultanahmet
hotel for information. The
vans depart several
times daily and are far cheaper than
a taxi. (Shuttle vans are not convenient
for going from the airport, alas....)
HAVAS
Airport Bus
Havas airport buses
serve most flights at Sabiha
Gökçen
Airport, taking you to the Kozyatagi Business
Center, from which you can continue by taxi to
Kadiköy,
which is connected to the European shore (Sirkeci, Eminönü and
Karaköy [Galata])
by frequent ferries.
Havas (HAH-vahsh) buses also go all the way to Taksim
Square in
Beyoglu on
the European shore.
Havas
buses are timed to the arrival of
all flights, departing the
airport 25 minutes after flight
arrival time. The 45-minute, YTL7
drive follows the Trans European
Motorway (E-80) west to the Kozyatagi
Business Center.
To/from Atatürk
Airport
Here
are instructions
for going to Atatürk Airport on
the European shore.
Airport
History
The airport is named for Ms Sabiha Gökçen (1913-2001),
the world's first female fighter pilot.
In her long career as a pilot and teacher she flew
22 different combat and aerobatics aircraft, and
was the first woman to fly the Focke Wulfe 190-A3.
The Sabiha
Gökçen Airport website has
more.
Ms Gökçen's
pioneering work was made possible
because of Kemal
Atatürk's social
reforms, which emphasized equal
rights and opportunities for women,
and the importance of flight.
Turks in the air travel and aircraft
industries eagerly quote Atatürk's
prescient saying, "The future
is in the skies."
An
important aspect of the airport's
operation is as the air hub of Istanbul's Advanced
Technology Industry Park project.
Atatürk
International Airport (IST)
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