Popular Airport | Tuzla International Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 10 hour 20 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 8367 Km |
Taking a taxi in the morning or evening outside of rush hours is probably the most reliable method of transport to the airport in densely populated Durban. It’s also possible to reach the airport with rented cars or shuttle company buses.
You can reach the airport by taxi from the city centre in around 30 to 50 minutes depending on traffic conditions. It might be a good idea to speak with the taxi driver beforehand and let them know your time of departure to not have any bad surprises for your journey.
The shuttle buses that leave for the airport depart from Durban Station in the city centre, depart once every day at 8:00, 11:00, and 16:00 and reach the airport in around half an hour.
The traffic flows on the left side in Durban, so if you come from a country where you drive on the right it might be a better idea to hire a car with a driver rather than getting behind the steering wheel yourself. If you come from country where cars drive on the left side, you might be more at home with this option.
There is only one terminal in King Shaka Airport where there is an ABSA bank, which opens half an hour before the first flight and closes half an hour after the last flight. In addition, you can find financial services from the ATMs of First National Bank, Nedbank, and Standard Bank. There is a prayer room for Muslims, and a post office that offers services depending on the first and last flights of the day. There are baby and childcare rooms that mothers can use.
In addition to these services, the airport has many lounges. The most exclusive ones are the South African Airways Business Class Lounge, found near the entrance of the terminal, and BIDVest Premier Lounge. In these lounges you can order some food and rest on comfortable seating areas to read books or newspapers.
Airport restaurants include; Cape Town Fish Market, Cosmic Candy, Big Five Duty Free, Fego Coffee Shop, Kauai, KFC, Milky Lane, Mugg&Bean, Panarottis, Rhapsody’s, Spur, Steers, Sweet Treat, The Airport Cellar, and Wimpy. There is also a Yemaya Nail Express, Woolworts, Vodashop, Tie Stop, The Urban Retreat, The Scoin Shop, NWJ Fine Jewellery, Sneakers, Sunglass Hunt, Nike, MTN, Moda Luggage&Leather, Khasav, Jeep, EM Native, and Electro Electronics for your shopping needs.
You can use buses or taxis to reach the city center from Tuzla Airport which is 15 kilometers away. Another option is to rent a car from the arrival terminal. It takes about 20 minutes to reach the city center by private car.
Buses departing from the Tuzla International Airport arrival terminal go towards Zivince to Husino, Sicki Brod-Petlija and Tuzla city center. Once you have reached the city center by bus, you can take bus no. 11 and go directly to Dubrava Gornje.
When you get out of the airport terminal, you will see taxi stops. Airport taxis offer 24/7 transportation service with fixed prices. You will arrive at a price of only 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina Convertible Marks (15 euros) by taxi to Tuzla city center. Taxi & transfer companies that you can book in advance with are TaxiTender and Tuzla Taxi (+387644101111).
If you want to rent a car from Tuzla Airport, you may want to check out the companies in terminal in advance. You can pick your car in a short time in Tuzla Airport from companies like Europcar, Sixt and Budget and go to Tuzla city center in 15 minutes. There are 2 different routes directly from the airport to the city center: R470 (fastest route) and M18.