Popular Airport | Nanjing South Railway Station |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 5 hour 30 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 4447 Km |
You can use minbuses or private taxis to reach Khudzhand Airport from the city center, the journey averaging about 20 minutes.
Much of the urban transport in this city is provided by "matrushka", or minibuses. Both provide cheaper transportation than taxi to all parts of the city. The minibuses going from the city center to the airport leave every 10-15 minutes on average. You do not need to get advance tickets to ride in the van; You can make your payment after telling the driver where to go.
Taxis are often used in Khujand city as well. Airport taxis can be much more suitable for day and night as they apply a standardized tariff.
There are multiple car rental companies in the city of Khujand that offer daily or weekly rental packages. To reach the airport in the shortest amount of time, we reccomend using Rahbar Kosimov road, A376, or Kamoli Khujandi Avenue.
Khudzhand Airport is the international airport of Tajikistan's 2nd largest city, Khujand. It is located on the outskirts of the city, very close to the town of Chkalovsk. The airport offers many flights from China Southern Airlines, Nordstar, S7 Airlines, SCAT Airlines, Somon Air, Tajik Air, Ural Airlines, UTair Aviation and Yamal Airlines. Moscow, Kaluga, Almaty, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, St. Petersburg, Ürümqi, Tyumen, Ufa, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Surgut are the major cities that this airport offers flights to.
There are several ways to get to Nanjing city center from Nanjing Lukou Airport. The most popular options are metro, shuttle and regular city buses, taxi and Uber, transfer and car rental services. It takes a maximum of 1 hour from the airport, which is 35 kilometers away from the city, to Nanjing.
It is quite common to use metro in Nanjing. Because of this, there is a subway line called S1 (Airport Line) which provides continuous transportation between Nanjing Lukou Airport and Nanjing city center. In fact, we can say that the cheapest way to get to the city from the airport is to use the metro. You can get your metro ticket for only 6 Chinese Yuan and get off at one of the city center metro stops. You can reach the city center by metro within 30 minutes. When you use this route which is also called Line 1, you reach Shinjiekou, which is considered as a central district of the city.
The most affordable and reliable way to reach the city center from Nanjing Lukou Airport is to use the shuttle buses that are operated by the airport. There are two shuttle bus routes, Line 1 and Line 2. With Line 1 you can easily go both to bus and railway station from Nanjing airport and with the Line 2 you can easily go to the central bus station and the hotels located in the center. As of 2016, shuttle service costs 20 Chinese Yuan. At the end of the 40-minute bus journey you arrive at Nanjing city center.
When you exit the airport arrival terminal you would see the taxi stands. If you are in a rush, or if you have arrived late at night and do not want to wait for public transport, taking a taxi might be a good idea for you. The taxi fare from Nanjing Lukou Airport to the city center can vary around 90-120 Chinese Yuan, depending on where you want to go. It is very practical to reach Drum Bell Square for 105 yuan and to Nanjing railway station for 120 yuan by taxi.
In addition, it is possible to reach Nanjing in a comfortable, fast and very economical way by using Uber system. There is only one thing you need to do to benefit from this system: you should either download Uber application to your smart phone or by following it on the internet.
There are a lot of foreign car rental companies at the airport because it is an international one. You can choose one of these companies and head to Nanjing city center. You can also save time by using express highway which shortens this distance significantly.