Popular Airport | Groningen Eelde Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 11 hour 50 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 9536 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.
Taxi and car rental companies can help you to get to the city center 15 kilometers away from Groningen Airport as soon as possible and comfortably. Apart from this, the distance between the airport and the city center is short, so the express buses, which are the only public transportation means, also provide transportation services at reasonable prices.
The most practical way to reach the city center of Groningen from the airport is to use the Qbuzz buses. There are express buses to Groningen city center and other parts of the city departing from the bus stops outside the airport terminal building. If you go take bus number 2, named Qbuzz, you can go to the Groningen railway station in the city, Grote Markt and Groningen Noord. The stops on the bus line, the Qbuzz 100 are Groningen Airport, Groningen railway station, Grote Markt, UMCG and Damsterdiep.
The city taxis waiting at the Groningen Airport terminal provides transportation to the city center in 20 minutes. You can get service at fixed price tariffs if you prefer taxi companies affiliated with the airport.
The Groningen airport terminal hosts world known the offices of car rental companies such as Avis (+310505271503), Hertz (+310505254536), Europcar (+310505733233) and Sixt (+310235698656). If you follow the A28 motorway at the exit of the airport, you can reach Groningen city center in 20-25 minutes.