Popular Airport | Brno Turany Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 2 hour 50 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 2304 Km |
Beirut, the capital and largest city of Lebanon, offers limited but comfortable transportation facilities between the city center and the airport, as well as the historical and natural beauties it has. You can be at the airport in a very short time with taxis or private cars that you can easily find in the city center.
Since there is no official transportation vehicle to the Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, which is the only civil airport in the country since 1954 and was established for the replacement of the much smaller Bir Hassan Airfield, taxis become compulsory for passengers. Taxis are also open for bargaining for the average amount you will pay for the travel of about 15 minutes. In the city where taxi drivers speak French and English, taxis are air-conditioned and comfortable.
It is also a good option to go to the airport from the city center by private vehicle. Because in Beirut having a population of 1.5 million, it is extremely normal to encounter a traffic like in Istanbul. There are many alternatives but 2 major roads directly connect the city to the airport. The first one is the road that is connected to the airport via Ahmad Mukhtar Beyhum and Hafez Al-Assad street.
The second one is the road arriving at the airport through the Gamal Abdel Nasser Street, Ruhollah Khomeini Street and Umar ibn Al-Khattab Street. By using the either road, you can arrive at the airport within 15 minutes and can leave your vehicle to the parking lot with a capacity of 2350 vehicles.
The airport, which hosts 6 million passengers per year, aims to host 35 million passengers annually as a result of the developments in the process up to 2035. It also offers free internet service for airport passengers. The only airport of Lebanon, the country having the most non-Muslim population in the Middle East, has places of worship for every religion.
There are a few cafes and restaurants as well as a Japanese restaurant right now at the terminals. The terminals are expected to have more facilities when they are expanded and new terminals are opened in the future.
The airport, which welcome millions of mainly European tourists as well as Lebanese living abroad, has a very interesting Beirut Duty Free. There is also a car gallery in Beirut Duty Free.
It is possible to easily reach the city center from Brno – Turany International Airport. If you prefer to travel by a more comfortable means of transportation, you can take a taxi. You can also rent a car at the airport to make your travel easier.
You can go the city center by taking the bus number 76 or the night bus number 89 from the airport. Both bus lines pass through the main railway station in the city center. Transportation by bus takes about 20 minutes. You can buy your ticket from the kiosks at the airport or by paying the driver in Euros or Czech Koruna. One-way ticket price is 25 Czech Koruna. Please make sure you swipe the ticket when you board the bus. Otherwise, you may have to pay a high level of penalty in case of any ticket check.
You can see the taxis waiting for the passengers in front of the arrival terminal of the airport. It takes about 20 minutes to get to the city center from the airport by taxi. You can pay by credit card or you can pay in Euros. Going to the city center by taxi approximately costs 360 Czech Koruna.
You can see the offices of car rental companies in the corridor extending between the arrival terminal and the departure terminal. A total of 6 car rental companies provide this service at the airport. You can reach the city center in 20 minutes through the Ripska / D1 motorway by the car you can rent at the airport.