Popular Airport | Bogashevo Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 40 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 1334 Km |
There are many public transportation alternatives you can prefer to directly reach Irkutsk Airport from Irkutsk city center, especially from Kirov Square. The most popular of these transportation alternatives is undoubtedly minibuses. You can also take the advantage of the options such as trolleybus and buses. Taxi or rental car options are naturally a little more expensive compared to public transportation. At Irkutsk Airport, there are three different stations, which are the last stop of the public transportation vehicles, as Station No 1, No 2 and No 3. These three stations are within walking distance to each other.
There are frequent minibus services that directly go to the airport from Kirov Square and the stops at the most central points of Irkutsk. You can reach Irkutsk Airport in just 10-12 minutes by taking a minibus. A total of 21 different minibus lines serve in the city and the fee you need to pay is 20 Rubles regardless of which minibus line you take according to the most up-to-date 2016 tariff. If you are near Irkutsk railway station, you can reach Station 1 at Irkutsk Airport by taking the minibus number 20 or if you are in Marshal Konev Street, you can take the minibus number 48 and reach the Station 1.
You can also take the advantage of the buses if minibus services are not suitable for you. You can reach Irkutsk Airport in 15 minutes maximum by taking the airport buses departing from the city center. The current ticket price for local buses is 20 Rubles.
The most practical way to reach Irkutsk Airport from the city center is to travel by trolleybus. Not only is it affordable, it is also quite faster compared to buses and minibuses. You can get to the airport in 10 minutes by taking the trolleybus line 4 if you are near Kirov Square in Irkutsk city center. If you are in Zhukovsky Square that is a little far away, you can arrive at Station 3 at Irkutsk Airport by taking the trolleybus line 6.
Taxi is not highly preferred in Irkutsk because of the wide variety of public transportation; however, you can take a taxi if you are in a hurry. The taxi fare you need to pay is about 410-500 Rubles to reach Irkutsk Airport from the city center by taxi. Since taximeters are not used in many taxis, you can bargain with the taxi driver.
There are more local and international car rental companies in the city center compared to Irkutsk Airport. Therefore, it would be useful to make a quick search for a more economical transportation. Hour-based rental is not generally offered and so you can rent a car daily-based and you can reach the airport and then deliver it to the offices at the airport.
Located at the very center of the city, Irkutsk Airport is 30 kilometers east of Lake Baikal. Some airline companies also arrange direct flights to the most popular destinations of Russia from Irkutsk Airport, which is only 7 kilometers east of the city center. Irkutsk Airport has two terminal buildings and offers various services such as free internet access, VIP lounges, bank, currency exchange, ATM machines, tourist help desks, cafés, restaurants, shopping stores, and etc.
Bogashevo Airport is around 30 kilometers away from the inside of Tomsk and there are not so many alternatives of transportation vehicles you can use while going to the city center. Whereas your arrival might take up to one hour if you prefer the buses, you can decrease this duration to 20-25 minutes if you choose one of the options of taxis, transfer services or car rental.
There are local buses providing direct transportation and frequent services between Bogashevo Airport and the city center of Tomsk. These buses leave from the stops right at the exit of the airport terminal and directly go to Tomsk. If your hotel is inside the city, the buses must possibly be passing through that area. You can obtain more detailed information from the bus drivers. The bus numbered 119 is mainly the fastest one among the buses by which you can reach the city center of Tomsk from the airport in almost an hour. The bus 119 only stops at the central points inside Tomsk instead of extending the direction by driving past more than one points.
The most convenient way of reaching Tomsk from Bogashevo Airport is doubtlessly to take the taxis working for the airport or the ones which offer private services. If you are looking for a cheaper option, it would be useful for you to make a research on the Uber taxi system. When you come out of the terminal at Bogashevo Airport, you will see a lot of taxis and all of them are in service for 24 hours a day. It is possible for you to reach the city center of Tomsk in approximately 30 minutes with the taxi that you will take from the airport, and the maximum fare they will demand from you will be 500-600 Russian Rubles for this transportation. The most popular taxi company transporting the customers to the city from the airport is Siberia Taxi (+73822205205).
If you research the domestic and foreign car rental companies in the terminal of Bogashevo Airport and make a reservation beforehand, you can rent a car within a few minutes as soon as you land on the airport. After picking up your car, it will take you 25-30 minutes to reach the city center of Tomsk.