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It is easy to reach Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Airport from the city center. Even though the distance between is 25 kilometers, you can have a both comfortable and budget-friendly journey with the taxis. On the other hand, you can rent a car from Al-Ula, or use the Uber application. It takes 30-35 minutes maximum to reach from Al-Ula city center to Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Airport.

Taxi

Since Al-Ula is not a very big city, the domestic and foreign tourists visiting the city prefer taking a taxi. If you are also looking for the most practical means of transportation to go to Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Airport, airport taxis are just for you. You can go to Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Airport by paying a fare of 150-180 Saudi Arabian Riyals. You can go to Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Airport by taxi from Al-Ula. On the other hand, Uber is a more affordable means of transportation as the fare would be around 30-45 riyal. You can reach Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Airport with the taxi you take from Al-Ula in about 25-30 minutes.

Car Rental

There are the branches of many car rental companies in Al-Ula city center. You can choose one of these companies to rent a car, and reach Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Airport in about 20 minutes via route number 70. Werent Carr Car Rental (+966148842929) is the most popular car rental company with branches both in the city center and at Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Airport.

Airport Information

Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Airport, located in Al-Ula, one of the smallest cities in Saudi Arabia, is serving to domestic civilian flights only. The airport is located 25 kilometers southeast of the city center and started operation in 2011. Saudia is the only airline that has direct flights to Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Airport which has a 100 thousand passenger capacity per year. You can reach Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Airport directly from Jeddah and Riyadh cities.  

There is the Rioni river at the entrance of Kutaisi, which is the second largest and most developed city of Georgia, and this river literally divides the city into two. Kutaisi is located in the Imerati Region in the western part of Georgia and its distance to the country’s capital, Tbilisi, is approximately 221 kilometers. The city’s population is around 201.000. Kutaisi’s urban transportation is mostly composed of buses, trolleys, taxis and mini-buses called marshrutka.

There is also a big train station in the city. But from this train station, daily express trains from Kutaisi to Georgia’s other major cities depart. As the area of the city is small, majority of the visitors walk or use taxis for transportation.

Kutaisi railway terminal is directly connected to Georgia’s capital city, Tbilisi. All of the trains leaving from this terminal are operated by Georgian Railways. You can travel to Tbilisi from Kutaisi in around 5.5 hours by taking the train #18, which departs from Kutaisi I station. There are also daily express trains.

The train starts its trip at 08.50 every morning and arrives at Tbilisi in 6 hours. This train also stops in Mtskheta, the former capital of Georgia. There are also regular bus trips from Didube bus station in Didube, where the metro station in Tbilisi is located at, to Kutaisi. Price for this bus trip is only 10 Lari.

In addition to the marshrutkas and buses, you may also consider using car rental services or taxis for transportation to city centre from the Kutaisi Airport.

Marshrutka

After arriving at the Kutaisi Airport, take the exit from the arrival terminal and proceed to the bus stops. As well as the buses, marshrutkas also depart to Kutiasi city centre or suburbans from the bus stops at the area in front of the terminal building. Marshrutka drivers may not accept paying with dollar or euro, so do not forget to stop by the exchange office in the airport just in case.

Marshrutkas leaving from Kutaisi Airport go directly to the Kutaisi bus station just behind McDonalds. Marshrutkas, which run in every 20 minutes, provide transportation services to the town of Samtredia from Kutaisi Airport for a fee of 2 Lari. There are also vehicles named ‘direct marshrutkas’, which have a fare of 5 Lari. These direct marshrutkas will take you to your destination as well.

There are direct marshrutkas running between Kutaisi Airport and Tbilisi, and fare is currently 20 Lari. Likewise, there are also marshrutkas going directly to Batumi, another major city of Georgia, for a fare of 18 Lari.

Bus

Bus service timetable are usually updated according to the flights' arrival times. You don’t need to worry if you forget to get Georgian currency, as it is possible to buy bus tickets with euro or dollar as well.

Taxi

Taxi is the most economical vehicle you can use for traveling to the city centre from Kutaisi Airport. Traveling to the city centre from the airport by taxi costs around 25 Lari, but you can drop the price to 20 Lari by bargaining with the taxi driver.

Rent a Car

The only thing that you need to do to go city centre from Kutaisi Airport by your rented car is to take the highway, which passes right by the airport, and follow the direction signs to the city. You can reach the city centre in around 20 minutes by your vehicle.

As well as you can find several rent a car services at the exit of Kutaisi Airport terminal, you can also make benefit of discounts by making an online reservation. People visiting Kutaisi often prefer renting a car as they usually include visiting other Georgian cities such as Tbilisi and Batumi  in their travel plans.