Popular Airport | Argyle Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 14 hour |
Approximate Travel Distance | 11211 Km |
Beirut, the capital and largest city of Lebanon, offers limited but comfortable transportation facilities between the city center and the airport, as well as the historical and natural beauties it has. You can be at the airport in a very short time with taxis or private cars that you can easily find in the city center.
Since there is no official transportation vehicle to the Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, which is the only civil airport in the country since 1954 and was established for the replacement of the much smaller Bir Hassan Airfield, taxis become compulsory for passengers. Taxis are also open for bargaining for the average amount you will pay for the travel of about 15 minutes. In the city where taxi drivers speak French and English, taxis are air-conditioned and comfortable.
It is also a good option to go to the airport from the city center by private vehicle. Because in Beirut having a population of 1.5 million, it is extremely normal to encounter a traffic like in Istanbul. There are many alternatives but 2 major roads directly connect the city to the airport. The first one is the road that is connected to the airport via Ahmad Mukhtar Beyhum and Hafez Al-Assad street.
The second one is the road arriving at the airport through the Gamal Abdel Nasser Street, Ruhollah Khomeini Street and Umar ibn Al-Khattab Street. By using the either road, you can arrive at the airport within 15 minutes and can leave your vehicle to the parking lot with a capacity of 2350 vehicles.
The airport, which hosts 6 million passengers per year, aims to host 35 million passengers annually as a result of the developments in the process up to 2035. It also offers free internet service for airport passengers. The only airport of Lebanon, the country having the most non-Muslim population in the Middle East, has places of worship for every religion.
There are a few cafes and restaurants as well as a Japanese restaurant right now at the terminals. The terminals are expected to have more facilities when they are expanded and new terminals are opened in the future.
The airport, which welcome millions of mainly European tourists as well as Lebanese living abroad, has a very interesting Beirut Duty Free. There is also a car gallery in Beirut Duty Free.
After landing at Argyle Airport, which is located in a close distance to Lake Argyle center, you can get on a taxi or rent a car at the airport in order to reach the city. Another alternative is to benefit from transfer services.
You can prefer getting on a taxi for travelling to the city center from Argyle Airport as soon as possible. You can use the airport taxis carrying you to the city center from the airport directly or you can use the taxis operating under private taxi companies.
We advise you to make a little search about the car rental companies before renting a car at Argyle Airport. In this way, you can get preliminary information about the prices and make a pre-reservation by choosing one of the companies. If you make a reservation in advance, you can receive your car at Argyle Airport within a few minutes and get to the center of Lake Argyle in a short time.