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Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
The city's second international airport,
Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
(SAW,
Asian side of the city. It's popular with low-cost airlines.
There are ATMs, car-hire and accommodation-booking desks, exchange bureaux, a
mini-market, a left-luggage office and a PTT in the international arrivals hall.
Taxi
Taxis from this airport to the city are expensive. To Taksim you'll be looking at around
90. To Sultanahmet you'll be looking at around 120.
Airport Bus
Taksim Meydanı between 5am and midnight; after midnight there are shuttle services 30
minutes after every flight arrival. Tickets cost 12 and the trip takes approximately 90
minutes. If you're heading towards the Old City, you'll then need to take the funicular to
Kabataş and the tram from Kabataş to Sultanahmet.
A public bus service (no E10) goes from the airport to Kadıköy, from where ferries
travel to Eminönü. Another bus (E3) goes to Levent, from where it's possible to transfer
to a metro heading to Taksim Meydanı. Unfortunately, passengers must have an İstan-
bulkart (travel card) to travel on these services, and these are not available at the airport.
Hotel Shuttle
Hotels rarely provide free pick-up services from Sabiha Gökçen. Shuttle-bus services
from hotels to the airport for return trips are infrequent - check details with your hotel.
The trip can take up to two hours, so allow plenty of time.
