Dec 10, 2015, 6:53 pm
Last edit by: frb98mf
Note: in many cases there are shorter walks available to either nearby public transport that may be cheaper than the more expensive trains to the airport, or to nearby attractions. If you edit this wiki, please post those as well.
Airport - Notes (include time and a link to a google map route)
AGP - approx. 40 minutes from Holiday Inn Express, which is the nearest airport hotel
ANC - downtown 1h 20'
BOM - from domestic terminal to Ville Parle railway station (crowded on week-days, OK on week-ends) (20 mn)
BRE - center (45 min)
BRU - from Zaventem train station
CNX (Chiang Mai, Thailand) - 48 minutes from the far side of old town, less to near side
CPH - city center(1h30 min)
DAD (Da Nang, Vietnam) - one hour to the beach, 40 minutes to the center
DAL - downtown(2h) or take bus 524 for free to Inwood Station and then walk. Costs $2.50 TO DAL.
DCA - 15 minutes. Crystal City, Arlington.
EDI - short walk to the nearby Hilton. Airport bus also stops across the street from Hilton and goes to centre of town
ETH - AIRPORT CLOSED
FUK - 45 minutes to Hakata Station
GIB - at the north end of Gibraltar. Walkable to La Linea or to Gibraltar
GVA - center (1hr), CERN (1h4),
IEV - City center(1h30 min)
ITM - to Hotarugaike station (Hankyu network) avoiding Monorail (18 mn)
JFK - Lefferts Blvd airtrain station to subway (to avoid airtrain fee) (20 min)
LCA - about 1h to center seafront
LCY - to Canary Wharf (1 hr)
LIS - Oriente (40 mins), city center (1h20m)
LIN - center (1h30m)
LYR - center (1hr) - watch out for the polar bears! (gun required, or make sure you are traveling with someone you can outrun)
MAA - to Tirusulam station across the elevated highway (10 mn)
MAD - T123Barajas metro station (to save on airport surcharge) (30 min)
MEX - T2 to Pantitlan Metro (10 min)
NCE - Arrivals level to the city center's Gare-de-Ville station (75 min)
PEK - Buy a metro card at the metro station but don't take the extremely expensive CNY 25 train there. Walk outside and take 850快 via expressway to the city, CNY 2 only after discount.
PRG - center This map is somewhat deceptive - if you try to walk along the road, there is no room (3h)
SAN - downtown along the coast (40 mins), sidewalks
SDU - downtown Rio (30 min)
SDV - AIRPORT CLOSED
SJC - downtown (1hr)
SJJ - to the nearest trolley bus line (15 min), to the center (2 hrs)
SYD - int'l terminal to Wolli Creek Station (to avoid the airport surcharge) (20 min)
domestic terminal to Mascot station (to avoid the airport surcharge) (20 min)
TLS - to the center (1h40m)
TOS - center (1hr)
TSA - to center (40 mn to 1 hr)
WAW - center (1h40m)
WIC - to the centre (15 min)
WLG - center (1h30m)
YTZ - tunnel to the island is now open.
Airport - Notes (include time and a link to a google map route)
AGP - approx. 40 minutes from Holiday Inn Express, which is the nearest airport hotel
ANC - downtown 1h 20'
BOM - from domestic terminal to Ville Parle railway station (crowded on week-days, OK on week-ends) (20 mn)
BRE - center (45 min)
BRU - from Zaventem train station
CNX (Chiang Mai, Thailand) - 48 minutes from the far side of old town, less to near side
CPH - city center(1h30 min)
DAD (Da Nang, Vietnam) - one hour to the beach, 40 minutes to the center
DAL - downtown(2h) or take bus 524 for free to Inwood Station and then walk. Costs $2.50 TO DAL.
DCA - 15 minutes. Crystal City, Arlington.
EDI - short walk to the nearby Hilton. Airport bus also stops across the street from Hilton and goes to centre of town
ETH - AIRPORT CLOSED
FUK - 45 minutes to Hakata Station
GIB - at the north end of Gibraltar. Walkable to La Linea or to Gibraltar
GVA - center (1hr), CERN (1h4),
IEV - City center(1h30 min)
ITM - to Hotarugaike station (Hankyu network) avoiding Monorail (18 mn)
JFK - Lefferts Blvd airtrain station to subway (to avoid airtrain fee) (20 min)
LCA - about 1h to center seafront
LCY - to Canary Wharf (1 hr)
LIS - Oriente (40 mins), city center (1h20m)
LIN - center (1h30m)
LYR - center (1hr) - watch out for the polar bears! (gun required, or make sure you are traveling with someone you can outrun)
MAA - to Tirusulam station across the elevated highway (10 mn)
MAD - T123Barajas metro station (to save on airport surcharge) (30 min)
MEX - T2 to Pantitlan Metro (10 min)
NCE - Arrivals level to the city center's Gare-de-Ville station (75 min)
PEK - Buy a metro card at the metro station but don't take the extremely expensive CNY 25 train there. Walk outside and take 850快 via expressway to the city, CNY 2 only after discount.
PRG - center This map is somewhat deceptive - if you try to walk along the road, there is no room (3h)
SAN - downtown along the coast (40 mins), sidewalks
SDU - downtown Rio (30 min)
SDV - AIRPORT CLOSED
SJC - downtown (1hr)
SJJ - to the nearest trolley bus line (15 min), to the center (2 hrs)
SYD - int'l terminal to Wolli Creek Station (to avoid the airport surcharge) (20 min)
domestic terminal to Mascot station (to avoid the airport surcharge) (20 min)
TLS - to the center (1h40m)
TOS - center (1hr)
TSA - to center (40 mn to 1 hr)
WAW - center (1h40m)
WIC - to the centre (15 min)
WLG - center (1h30m)
YTZ - tunnel to the island is now open.
Walk to/from the Airport to save money
Feb 19, 2015, 3:36 am
#256
Join Date: May 2009
Location: SIN (with a bit of ZRH sprinkled in)
Posts: 9,446
Feb 19, 2015, 9:24 am
#258
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: NAP
Programs: LH, BA, TK
Posts: 2,409
Now that I came across this thread I see OP's point.
Trying to find my way out alongside the traffic and all that, I found police cars coming after me. I don't know if they thought I might be a bomb freak or something, but they followed me quite a while but did not stop me, nor asked questions. Maybe they just wanted to see a crazy man.
Trying to find my way out alongside the traffic and all that, I found police cars coming after me. I don't know if they thought I might be a bomb freak or something, but they followed me quite a while but did not stop me, nor asked questions. Maybe they just wanted to see a crazy man.
Don't count anymore the stares when jumping guardrails on unfriendly side roads. The perversion to get the better over fees and overcharges is literally priceless.
Feb 20, 2015, 6:12 am
#259
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Poland
Posts: 87
Las Vegas airport isn't good for this. It seems that walking to the city is impossible. I tried to do it, because the hotel was a nice 30 minutes walk and I had almost no luggage. No such luck. I paid the fare for the bus, rode 2 stops and walked anyway. In your face, McCarran Airport!
Feb 20, 2015, 9:42 am
#261
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Poland
Posts: 87
Could you give me a Google Maps marker for future reference. Where do I look for it?
Feb 20, 2015, 1:28 pm
#263
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY, SK, TK
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Feb 23, 2015, 7:57 am
#264
formerly known as Tad's Broiled Steaks
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 6,412
I told a taxi to take me to a local restaurant near T3 (since I had enough time to not eat at the airport). Wherever we went had a somewhat pleasant path to the terminal which went by an artificial lake which doubled as a good location for spotters.
Feb 27, 2015, 3:45 am
#265
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: OSL
Programs: SK Diamond, LH SEN, KL Ivory, AY Basic, OZ silver
Posts: 1,103
Just a crazy thought, but would it help if we started a wiki with this thread and categorize by continent, country and then airport (for walkable airports, that is) how to get there on foot?
I think it'd be much more useful to have an overview that's easily accessible instead of 18 pages with all sorts of success and fail stories.
I think it'd be much more useful to have an overview that's easily accessible instead of 18 pages with all sorts of success and fail stories.
Feb 28, 2015, 12:37 pm
#266
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: NYC/WAS
Programs: UA GS, AA EXP, DL '90s PM, now FK (Flying Kettle)
Posts: 541
Works at Nauru (INU). There are only 2 hotels in the country, one less than 1 km to the west, the other about 2 km to the northeast. And when I was there, the only taxi in the country was immobilized since the island had run out of gas and the delivery dock was broken. (There was diesel for the hotel van, however.)
If you do walk it, there is only one road along the coast, so getting lost isn't much of a problem.
If you do walk it, there is only one road along the coast, so getting lost isn't much of a problem.
Mar 2, 2015, 10:35 am
#267
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: YYZ
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Walked to the Frederico Fellini Airport (RMI) in Rimini, Italy. I wasn't flying, just went for the walk. It's about 10 minutes from the hotels and restaurants on the beach, 50 minutes from downtown and a little more than an hour from where I was staying in Marina Centro. Not very busy at this time of year.
Mar 4, 2015, 3:32 am
#269
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: ZRH
Programs: LH
Posts: 414
ZRH is easily walkable, although it will take you around 75mins for the 10k or so.
HAM is also easily walkable, but again I would estimate a good 60mins to be downtown. The airport however is still inside the city, so depending on where you need to go, it can be a lot shorter.
Public transport in both cities though is relatively cheap and goes straight to the airport in regular intervals.
HAM is also easily walkable, but again I would estimate a good 60mins to be downtown. The airport however is still inside the city, so depending on where you need to go, it can be a lot shorter.
Public transport in both cities though is relatively cheap and goes straight to the airport in regular intervals.
Mar 6, 2015, 2:47 am
#270
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: OSL
Programs: SK Diamond, LH SEN, KL Ivory, AY Basic, OZ silver
Posts: 1,103
However, as there is also a motorway in between and transport was offered for free anyway (and the temperature was on the high side), I chose the shuttle.
