Popular Airport | Bozeman Yellowstone Intl. Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 15 hour 10 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 12166 Km |
You can reach Quaid–E–Azam International Airport from Karachi city center by using a bus or minibus. However, using a means of public transportation can make you lose time even though it is the most affordable transportation alternative. If you decide to use a faster transportation vehicle, you can get on a taxi. Renting a car is another option.
There are many car rental companies offering service in the city center. Most of them are local companies. In Pakistan, traffic is generally heavy and complicated. For this reason, tourists are advised to rent a car with a driver by contacting a reliable company. You can get help from your hotel about this issue before your travel. You should drive on the highway N5 and take the Jinnah Terminal Road in order to reach the airport. You can get to Quaid–E–Azam International Airport in about half an hour under normal traffic conditions by following the airport directions.
It is possible to reach the airport in approximately one hour by getting on an airport bus in the city center. One-way ticket price of these buses is 50 Pakistani Rupee per passenger. There are also minibuses carrying passengers to the airport from the city center. These vehicles are cheaper but tourists may be charged higher amounts. In addition, minibuses are very crowded. For these reasons, buses are more preferred by foreign visitors.
Travelling to the airport from the city center lasts about half an hour. You should bargain over the fare before getting on any taxi. The cost of travelling to the airport from the city center is about 300 – 500 Pakistani Rupee.
Quaid–E–Azam International Airport, which is known as Jinnah International Airport shortly, is located 14 km east of the city center. There are foreign exchange office, ATMs and baggage rooms at the airport. In addition, there are restaurants and cafes where you can try local tastes as well as the delicacies from the world cuisine. You can do shopping at the stores where you can find various products specific to Pakistan like carpet and rugs. There is also a duty-free shop at the airport. There is a mosque near the airport parking area. Although there is not any hotel within the building, you can stay at Ramada Plaza Hotel located 1 km of the airport.
From Bozeman Yellowstone Airport there are means of transportation that can be used to reach West Yellowstone (west entrance of Yellowstone National Park), likewise north and other entrances of the park and direct access to Big Sky. You can take a quick trip by taking an airport taxi or you can opt for a more economical way of transportation by using buses.
After leaving the airport arrival terminal, you will see two different types of shuttles. Some of these are run by the Karst Stage and look like public buses, while others are private shuttle buses and a bit more expensive run by other firms. Passengers wishing to take Karst Stage buses, having frequent departures in summer and winter to West Yellowstone including Mammoth Hot Springs (one of the most famous places in the region), Big Sky and Bozeman city center, can buy their tickets online. The single one-way fare for direct travel from Bozeman Yellowstone Airport to Big Sky is 50 dollars, for West Yellowstone is 100 dollars and for Mammoth Hot Springs is 157 dollars as of 2017. Other shuttle companies you can see at the airport rather than Karst Stage are Mountain Runner, Vexi, Big Sky Shuttle.
You can find many taxi possibilities including private, shared, limousine and airport taxis. If you want a combination of luxury and comfort you should choose limousine taxis, but if you want a more economical but fast option you might want to take shared taxis or Uber. You are suggested to take airport taxis if you want to know about the fare in advance. It might be a bit difficult to negotiate with the driver about the fare as most of the taxis driving to the city center, Big Sky and Yellowstone 7/24 from Bozeman Yellowstone Airport have taximeter devices. While it costs 200 dollars to go by taxi from the airport to Big Sky, it costs you 30-40 dollars to reach Bozeman city center, which is 13 kilometers away. Reliable taxi and limousine companies are Amazing Taxi (4062235344), Monatana Yellowcab (4062203111) and Greater Valley Taxi (4063889999).
Renting a car is obviously the fastest option to the city center from Bozeman Yellowstone Airport. To evaluate this profitable and fast option you can go to many of the world's leading American car rental companies are serving at the airport terminal (Alamo, Avis, Budget, Enterprise, Dollar, Hertz, Thrifty and National Car Rental). You can pick up the car with your international driver’s license after deciding when exactly you will pick up and deliver the car. We advise you to book ahead of your flight, as sometimes there might be some reductions. For example, during high season (April, May, October, and November) the daily fare for renting a car varies between 60 and 350 dollars. It takes about 15 minutes to reach Bozeman city center from Bozeman Yellowstone Airport by private car.