TRANSFER TIME & DISTANCEİstanbul Airport to Elite World Europe Hotel: distance and transfer time
The drive from İstanbul Airport to Elite World Europe Hotel is about 40.1 km and usually takes around 33 minutes. Traffic, terminal conditions and the hotel entrance can affect the journey time. See route prices and vehicles →
Your stay at Elite World Europe Hotel will be in the Küçükçekmece, Istanbul area. Küçükçekmece is a western district on the Marmara coast, named after Lake Küçükçekmece. Address on record: Basın Ekspres Caddesi.
Airport and meeting: Istanbul has two major airports: Istanbul Airport (IST) on the European side and Sabiha Gökçen Airport (SAW) on the Asian side. Before booking, check the airport code on your ticket (IST or SAW); the two airports are on opposite sides of the city, so choosing wrongly costs a lot of time. Traffic in Istanbul varies greatly during the day and between weekdays and weekends, so the journey time cannot be given as one figure and it is wise to leave a margin. Enter first name and surname exactly as in your passport; it avoids name mix-ups at the meeting.
At the property: Hotel names can look alike because of different branches of the same chain; confirm with the district name when you book. From the western districts Istanbul Airport (IST) and Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) lie in different directions, and SAW needs a Bosphorus crossing. Choosing the right airport in the booking decides the time plan. In this part of Istanbul's European side hotels are usually close to main arteries such as the E-5 (D100), the TEM and the coastal road; knowing which street your hotel faces helps the driver find the right entrance.
Return transfer: On the return from the western districts, traffic on the E-5 and TEM varies a lot during the day; plan the pick-up with a wide margin counted back from departure and agree beforehand where the car will wait on busy streets. For the return, check on your ticket which airport you fly from (IST or SAW) and plan the pick-up counted back from departure with a wide margin. Settle any extra bills and hand in keys or cards before leaving the hotel, so that last-minute delays do not affect the pick-up time.
In short: the right airport, the right property name and area, the right flight number, a reachable phone. If these four are correct, the rest of the transfer usually goes smoothly.