Taxi Transfer From Istanbul Airport

Welcome to Istanbul Airport. Istabul Airport is Turkey's largest airport, also one of the world's top 10 airports in terms of size. One of the most important issues for an airport of this size is transportation, and onw of the mostly used ways of transportation is using taxi at Istanbul Airport. You can easily reach Istanbul Airport taxis by following the taxi signs to in the Istanbul Airport.

Istanbul Airport, which started operations in 2018, was built in a region far from Istanbul.  It is located 30-40 km from the nearest area in the city center.  Therefore, transportation to the city is very expensive in terms of Turkish Lira.  However, don't worry, since Turkish lira is cheaper than many other world currencies, taxi prices from Istanbul Airport are also quite cheap for a tourist.  However, if you land at a busy hour, you are likely to wait for a queue for a taxi.  Therefore, if you want to get a taxi service without waiting in the queue, prebooking will be more useful for you. Click Taxi Booking from Istanbul Airport article for more information.You can find taxi fares in euros and dollars to get to many points of the city in the table below.

What are the alternative transportation methods from Istanbul Airport to the city center?

There is no metro or train to reach the city from Istanbul airport, but there is a metro system being built.  M11 Gayretttepe - Istanbul Airport metro line is under construction.  However, it is predicted that construction will continue for many years if it progresses in this trend. You can reach detailed information about this project from "Metro / Trains from Istanbul Airport" link.

Public transportation from Istanbul Airport is provided using only buses.  HAVAIST, which is established for bus services from Istanbul Airport to the city center, provides bus services.  Bus lines and timetables from Istanbul airport to the city center can be found at the link "Istanbul Airport Bus Lines and Timetables".

Despite the rapid entry into Turkey, Uber has not developed much in Turkey due to legal obstacles. In 2017-2018, UberXL vehicles had become quite popular in Istanbul. In addition, the yellow taxis providing legal taxi services in Istanbul were able to serve as Uber vehicles. However, the billions of dollars valued Istanbul transportation market did not allow Uber to advance much. In 2019, UberXL vehicles were banned from carrying passengers. So Uber came under the hegemony of only yellow taxis. Since the tariffs of the yellow taxis are not variable depending on time, Uber has not much attraction in Istanbul after UberXL ban. And at the end of 2019, Uber totally banned from Turkey. So you can not use Uber in Turkey.

For a price comparison of all available transportation methods from Istanbul Airport, you can check links below: 

As in many other parts of the world, Istanbul is a place where you need to be careful about the safety of taxis.  In the past, Istanbul was much worse in terms of the safety of taxis, taking a taxi was a completely unsafe and risky act.  In recent years, as a result of the measures taken and tightening controls, fraud committed by taxi drivers has decreased.  However, the fraud made by the taxi drivers is not completely prevented.  From time to time, taxi drivers taking the customer in longer way to take more money, taxi drivers giving counterfeit money to customers as change or taxi drivers refusing customers since they do not like the route are being heard in the news. So what can you do about them?  In order to prevent the taxi driver from taking you unnecessarily long distance, it is useful for you to check on our site how much it will cost before getting into the taxi.  So how can you avoid the risk of counterfeit money and refusal? Credit card might be a good way to prevent from counterfeit money, but credit card can not be used at many taxis in Istanbul. So the best way to eliminate the risk of counterfeit money and also driver refusal is pre-booking for a taxi before coming to Istanbul Airport. You can read the article Taxi Booking from Istanbul Airport for more information.