Trabzon Airport to the City Centre: Bus, Dolmuş and Taxi
Trabzon Airport is 7 km from the city centre. The HAVAŞ bus, six municipal bus lines, the dolmuş and the taxi stand, with stops, times and Turkish lines.
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Trabzon Airport (Trabzon Havalimanı, code TZX) is 7 km from the city centre, north of the Trabzon–Rize highway. The General Directorate of State Airports Authority (Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi, DHMİ) lists six ways to reach it. HAVAŞ, a TAV Havalimanları Holding company, runs the airport buses. Municipal buses and dolmuş (shared minibuses) pass the airport on the coast road.
In short · checked 03.11.2026
Four ways connect the airport and the city centre: the HAVAŞ bus, the municipal bus, the dolmuş and the taxi. Municipal buses and dolmuş pass on the coast road next to the airport.
- HAVAŞ bus: four stops on the city side. The summer timetable (file dated 24.10.2025) lists six runs to the airport, from Beşirli at 03:30 to 20:00. Call centre: 0850 222 0 487.
- Municipal bus: six lines stop at Havaalanı on the coast road: 121, 125, 139-D, 250, 476 and 501. Five end at Sahil Peron; 121 goes on to Beşirli. The Metropolitan Council’s item of 14.10.2026 sets the bus fare at 35 TL from 19.10.2026.
- Dolmuş: passes the airport on the coast road. The shortest-distance fare is 40 TL from 19.10.2026.
- Taxi: the airport has a taxi stand that DHMİ lists.
Pages of DHMİ, HAVAŞ and the municipality · checked 03.11.2026
The ticket rack
Six tickets stand in a rack by the arrivals exit. Lift one for its slip: who runs it, where it boards, when it runs, what it costs, and a Turkish line to copy. On the city-bus slip, a line button lights that line’s stops.
HAVAŞ bus, city centre line
- Run by
- HAVAŞ, a TAV Havalimanları Holding company. Call centre: 0850 222 0 487.
- City stops
- Beşirli (Orhan Petrol) · Karşıyaka Kavşağı · Migros (Tanjant) · Meydan Zeytinlik
- Runs to the airport
- Six runs in the summer timetable, from Beşirli. The bus is at Meydan Zeytinlik 15 minutes before the airport.
- 03:30 → 04:00
- 08:45 → 09:15
- 11:00 → 11:30
- 14:30 → 15:00
- 16:30 → 17:00
- 20:00 → 20:30
- Rule
- The times change or are cancelled with the weather and with flight cancellations, says HAVAŞ.
- Not printed here
- Runs from the airport (the timetable file lists none) and the HAVAŞ fare (HAVAŞ’s bus page shows the price, VAT included, for the stops and date picked).
Sources: HAVAŞ summer timetable on DHMİ’s page, file dated 24.10.2025; HAVAŞ bus services; checked 03.11.2026.
HAVAŞ bus, Ardeşen to the airport
- Stops
- Ardeşen · Pazar · Çayeli · Rize · Derepazarı · İyidere · Of · airport
- Runs to the airport
- 14 runs in the summer timetable, from Ardeşen at 03:00 to 19:00. Each run lists the flights it serves.
- 03:00 → 05:00
- 04:00 → 06:30
- 05:00 → 07:30
- 06:00 → 08:30
- 07:00 → 09:30
- 08:00 → 10:30
- 10:00 → 12:30
- 12:00 → 14:30
- 14:00 → 16:30
- 15:00 → 17:30
- 16:00 → 18:30
- 17:00 → 19:30
- 18:00 → 20:30
- 19:00 → 21:30
- Rule
- The times change or are cancelled with the weather and with flight cancellations, says HAVAŞ.
Sources: HAVAŞ summer timetable on DHMİ’s page, file dated 24.10.2025; HAVAŞ bus services; checked 03.11.2026.
HAVAŞ bus, Rize to the airport
- Stops
- Rize · Derepazarı · İyidere · Of · Sürmene · Araklı · airport
- Runs to the airport
- 8 runs in the summer timetable, from Rize at 01:00 to 19:00. Every run takes 75 minutes from Rize to the airport.
- 01:00 → 02:15
- 03:00 → 04:15
- 06:00 → 07:15
- 09:30 → 10:45
- 13:00 → 14:15
- 15:00 → 16:15
- 17:00 → 18:15
- 19:00 → 20:15
- Rule
- The times change or are cancelled with the weather and with flight cancellations, says HAVAŞ.
Sources: HAVAŞ summer timetable, Rize – Trabzon, on DHMİ’s page, file dated 24.10.2025; HAVAŞ bus services; checked 03.11.2026.
Municipal bus, lines with the stop «Havaalanı»
- Board
- The stops Havaalanı and Havaalanı Konaklar on the coast road next to the airport. Six lines call there: 121, 125, 139-D, 250, 476 and 501. Five end at Sahil Peron; 121 goes on to Beşirli.
- 121 Beşirli – Tanjant – Kaşüstü Line page fares: full 41,0 · reduced 32,5 · student 19,0 ₺.
- 125 Çimenli Kavala – Meydan – Sahil Peron Line page fares: full 35,0 · reduced 27,0 · student 15,0 ₺.
- 139-D Afetevler – TOKİ – Meydan – Sahil Peron Line page fares: full 35,0 · reduced 27,0 · student 15,0 ₺.
- 250 Yomra – Arsin – Meydan – Sahil Peron Line page fares: full 49,0 · reduced 39,0 · student 22,0 ₺.
- 476 Of Trabzon – Sahil Peron Line page fares: full 119,0 · reduced 95,0 · student 54,0 ₺.
- 501 Sürmene – Meydan – Sahil Peron Line page fares: full 95,0 · reduced 76,0 · student 43,0 ₺.
- Havaalanı
- Havaalanı Konaklar
- KTÜ C Kapısı 2
- Forum AVM 1
- Kalkınma Sapağı 2
- Sanayii 1
- Sanayii 2
- Değirmendere 3
- Değirmendere 1
- Çömlekçi
- Arafilboyu
- Meydan Can Bakkal önü
- Zeytinlik Cudibey Ortaokulu
- Hacı Kasım Camii 1
- Ortahisar
- + 20 stops to Beşirli
- Büyükşehir İtfaiye
- Sahil Peron Son Durak
- Sahil Peron
- Fare
- The Metropolitan Council’s item of 14.10.2026: municipal bus 27 → 35 TL from 19.10.2026. The line pages list a fare for each line. A Metropol Trabzon Kart must be bought to use the bus lines.
Sources: line pages 121, 125, 139-D, 250, 476, 501; council item of 14.10.2026; Master Plan summary; checked 03.11.2026.
Dolmuş, the shared minibus
- What
- A dolmuş is a shared minibus.
- Board
- The coast road next to the airport, where DHMİ says buses and dolmuş pass. DHMİ’s map marks a bus stop on the highway at the west end of the terminal.
- When
- At various hours of the day, says DHMİ.
- Fare
- Shortest-distance dolmuş: 40 TL from 19.10.2026 (32 TL before), set by the Metropolitan Council on 14.10.2026.
Sources: DHMİ, Trabzon Airport: transport; council item of 14.10.2026; checked 03.11.2026.
Taxi, the airport stand
- Board
- The airport taxi stand that DHMİ lists: S.S.1 Nolu Trabzon Havalimanı Motorlu Taşıyıcılar Kooperatifi Taksi Durağı (the taxi stand of the Motor Carriers’ Cooperative, Trabzon Airport).
- Fare
- On the taximeter (taksimetre). No Trabzon taxi tariff is printed on the pages read.
- Meter rules
- Taxis in Türkiye.
Source: DHMİ, Trabzon Airport: transport, checked 03.11.2026.
The airport in a few lines
The airport (havalimanı means airport) lies in the Ortahisar district of Trabzon, between the Pelitli and Konaklar neighbourhoods, 7 km from the city centre and north of the Trabzon–Rize highway (Trabzon–Rize Karayolu), says DHMİ’s transport page.
DHMİ · Trabzon Airport, transport page
7 km to the city centre
DHMİ lists these ways to reach the airport: the HAVAŞ passenger service, the municipal bus, the dolmuş, the commercial taxi, a rented car and a private car.
- Name and codes
- Trabzon Havalimanı. IATA code TZX, ICAO code LTCG. Domestic and international flights.
- History
- In service since 1957, opened as an airfield (hava meydanı). It became an airport (havalimanı) on 29.11.1995, by DHMİ’s decision no. 503.
- Domestic terminal
- İç Hatlar Terminali: in service since 2008. Built area 17,280 m², usable area 8,080 m². DHMİ’s page gives 2,000,000 under “passengers a year” (Yıllık Yolcu).
- International terminal
- Dış Hatlar Terminali: in service since 1998. Built area 9,590 m², usable area 3,245 m². The same page figure: 2,000,000 passengers a year.
- Car park
- 288 places, 15 of them for disabled drivers (the figure on both terminal pages).
- Hours
- DHMİ’s hours table lists Trabzon Airport open every day, with flight operations for 24 hours (24 SAAT) and working hours (Çalışma Saatleri) of 08:30–17:00.
Sources, checked 03.11.2026: DHMİ, Trabzon Airport: transport; DHMİ, Trabzon Airport: general information; DHMİ: domestic terminal; DHMİ: international terminal; Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality: Transport Master Plan, contractor’s summary and DHMİ’s home page (31.10.2026).
HAVAŞ to the city centre
HAVAŞ runs bus services for air passengers at many points in Türkiye. At Trabzon its city line has four stops. DHMİ’s transport page links HAVAŞ’s summer timetable (yaz tarifesi) for the city centre, a file dated 24.10.2025. The table shows its runs to the airport.
| Beşirli (Orhan Petrol) | Karşıyaka Kavşağı | Migros (Tanjant) | Meydan Zeytinlik | Airport arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:30 | 03:35 | 03:40 | 03:45 | 04:00 |
| 08:45 | 08:50 | 08:55 | 09:00 | 09:15 |
| 11:00 | 11:05 | 11:10 | 11:15 | 11:30 |
| 14:30 | 14:35 | 14:40 | 14:45 | 15:00 |
| 16:30 | 16:35 | 16:40 | 16:45 | 17:00 |
| 20:00 | 20:05 | 20:10 | 20:15 | 20:30 |
- The stops, as the file prints them
- Beşirli (Orhan Petrol) · K.Yaka Kavşağı (İsmar karşısı otobüs durağı) (the bus stop opposite İsmar) · Migros (Tanjant) · Meydan Zeytinlik (belediye otobüs durağı, TS Club Outlet önü) (the municipal bus stop in front of TS Club Outlet).
- Time on the way
- The file puts the bus at Karşıyaka 5 minutes after Beşirli, at Tanjant after 10, at Meydan Zeytinlik after 15 and at the airport after 30.
- Rule
- HAVAŞ’s notice: its services are planned by the aircraft’s departure time at every point it serves. The times change or are cancelled with the weather and with flight cancellations. The call centre (çağrı merkezi) is 0850 222 0 487.
- Fare
- HAVAŞ’s bus page has a search for the stops and the date; it shows the trip time (approximate) and the ticket price (VAT included). This page prints no HAVAŞ fare.
Sources, checked 03.11.2026: HAVAŞ summer timetable, city centre, on DHMİ’s page (file dated 24.10.2025); HAVAŞ bus services (same text as on 31.10.2026); DHMİ, Trabzon Airport: transport.
City buses from the stop Havaalanı
The metropolitan municipality runs the city’s bus lines. Its line data names two stops, Havaalanı and Havaalanı Konaklar, on six lines: 121, 125, 139-D, 250, 476 and 501. Five of the lines end at Sahil Peron (sahil means coast, peron platform); line 121 goes on to Beşirli. Konaklar is one of the two neighbourhoods the airport lies between. DHMİ says buses and dolmuş pass the airport on the coast road next to it.
Metropolitan Council · item of 14.10.2026
27 → 35 TL municipal bus
From Monday 19.10.2026 the council raised public-transport fares; the item gives the rise as 25 %. The municipal bus went from 27 to 35 TL and the shortest-distance dolmuş from 32 to 40 TL. The item covered dolmuş and minibuses, S-plate lines, commercial taxis and municipal buses.
| Line | Name on the bus-times page | Stops from the airport | Full | Reduced | Student |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | Beşirli – Tanjant – Kaşüstü | 34, to Beşirli | 41,0 ₺ | 32,5 ₺ | 19,0 ₺ |
| 125 | Çimenli Kavala – Meydan – Sahil Peron | 17 | 35,0 ₺ | 27,0 ₺ | 15,0 ₺ |
| 139-D | Afetevler – TOKİ – Meydan – Sahil Peron | 17 | 35,0 ₺ | 27,0 ₺ | 15,0 ₺ |
| 250 | Yomra – Arsin – Meydan – Sahil Peron | 17 | 49,0 ₺ | 39,0 ₺ | 22,0 ₺ |
| 476 | Of Trabzon – Sahil Peron | 12 | 119,0 ₺ | 95,0 ₺ | 54,0 ₺ |
| 501 | Sürmene – Meydan – Sahil Peron | 17 | 95,0 ₺ | 76,0 ₺ | 43,0 ₺ |
- The stops after the airport
- Lines 125, 139-D, 250 and 501 call at 17 stops from Havaalanı to Sahil Peron: Havaalanı, Havaalanı Konaklar, KTÜ C Kapısı 2, Forum AVM 1, Kalkınma Sapağı 2, Sanayii 1, Sanayii 2, Değirmendere 3, Değirmendere 1, Arafilboyu, Meydan Can Bakkal önü, Zeytinlik Cudibey Ortaokulu, Hacı Kasım Camii 1, Ortahisar, Büyükşehir İtfaiye, Sahil Peron Son Durak and Sahil Peron.
- Line 476
- 12 stops: after Değirmendere 1 it goes to Çömlekçi, then Sahil Peron Son Durak and Sahil Peron.
- Line 121
- 34 stops from the airport. It follows the same stops to Ortahisar, then goes on through Tanjant to Beşirli and ends at 1 Nolu Beşirli Mahallesi Sahil Camii. Sahil Peron is not among its stops from the airport on.
- Card
- The municipality’s Transport Master Plan summary says all the city’s bus lines are run by the municipality and that a Metropol Trabzon Kart must be bought to use them.
Sources, checked 03.11.2026: the municipality’s line pages for 121, 125, 139-D, 250, 476, 501 (the stops and fares each page loads); council item of 14.10.2026: “Trabzon’da toplu taşıma ücret tarifesi değişti”; the municipality’s bus-times page and its Transport Master Plan summary (31.10.2026).
Dolmuş and taxi
A dolmuş is a shared minibus. DHMİ says dolmuş pass the airport on the coast road next to it at various hours of the day, and its page carries a satellite picture that marks the bus stop. The picture marks a bus stop (OTOBÜS DURAĞI) on the highway at the west end of the terminal.
- Dolmuş fare
- The Metropolitan Council’s item of 14.10.2026: the shortest-distance dolmuş fare went from 32 to 40 TL on 19.10.2026.
- Taxi
- DHMİ lists the airport taxi stand: S.S.1 Nolu Trabzon Havalimanı Motorlu Taşıyıcılar Kooperatifi Taksi Durağı. Taxis in Türkiye covers the meter rules.
- Rented cars
- DHMİ lists 14 car-rental companies with their phone numbers. Car rental in Türkiye covers renting.
Sources, checked 03.11.2026: DHMİ, Trabzon Airport: transport; council item of 14.10.2026.
HAVAŞ along the coast to Rize
DHMİ’s page links a second summer timetable file (Rize – Trabzon, dated 24.10.2025). It holds two HAVAŞ lines to the airport from the east: from Ardeşen and from Rize. Each run lists the stops. The Ardeşen sheet also lists the departure times of the flights each run serves.
| Ardeşen | Pazar | Çayeli | Rize | Derepazarı | İyidere | Of | Airport arrival | Flights served |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:00 | 03:10 | 03:30 | 04:00 | 04:05 | 04:10 | 04:20 | 05:00 | 06:00-06:20-07:00 |
| 04:00 | 04:10 | 04:30 | 05:00 | 05:05 | 05:10 | 05:20 | 06:30 | 07:30-07:45-08:10 |
| 05:00 | 05:10 | 05:30 | 06:00 | 06:05 | 06:10 | 06:20 | 07:30 | 08:20-08:30-08:35-08:45 |
| 06:00 | 06:10 | 06:30 | 07:00 | 07:05 | 07:10 | 07:20 | 08:30 | 09:20-09:40-09:50 |
| 07:00 | 07:10 | 07:30 | 08:00 | 08:05 | 08:10 | 08:20 | 09:30 | 10:10-10:15-10:20-11:05 |
| 08:00 | 08:10 | 08:30 | 09:00 | 09:05 | 09:10 | 09:20 | 10:30 | 11:55-12:25-12:35 |
| 10:00 | 10:10 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:05 | 11:10 | 11:20 | 12:30 | 13:45-14:05-14:15-14:45 |
| 12:00 | 12:10 | 12:30 | 13:00 | 13:05 | 13:10 | 13:20 | 14:30 | 15:30-15:45-15:55-16:05 |
| 14:00 | 14:10 | 14:30 | 15:00 | 15:05 | 15:10 | 15:20 | 16:30 | 17:10-17:30-17:45-17:55 |
| 15:00 | 15:10 | 15:30 | 16:00 | 16:05 | 16:10 | 16:20 | 17:30 | 18:10-18:15-18:25 |
| 16:00 | 16:10 | 16:30 | 17:00 | 17:05 | 17:10 | 17:20 | 18:30 | 19:25-20:00 |
| 17:00 | 17:10 | 17:30 | 18:00 | 18:05 | 18:10 | 18:20 | 19:30 | 20:25-20:45-20:50-21:00 |
| 18:00 | 18:10 | 18:30 | 19:00 | 19:05 | 19:10 | 19:20 | 20:30 | 21:25-21:30-21:45 |
| 19:00 | 19:10 | 19:30 | 20:00 | 20:05 | 20:10 | 20:20 | 21:30 | 22:30-22:35 |
| Rize | Derepazarı | İyidere | Of | Sürmene | Araklı | Airport arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:00 | 01:05 | 01:10 | 01:20 | 01:25 | 01:30 | 02:15 |
| 03:00 | 03:05 | 03:10 | 03:20 | 03:25 | 03:30 | 04:15 |
| 06:00 | 06:05 | 06:10 | 06:20 | 06:25 | 06:30 | 07:15 |
| 09:30 | 09:35 | 09:40 | 09:50 | 09:55 | 10:00 | 10:45 |
| 13:00 | 13:05 | 13:10 | 13:20 | 13:25 | 13:30 | 14:15 |
| 15:00 | 15:05 | 15:10 | 15:20 | 15:25 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
| 17:00 | 17:05 | 17:10 | 17:20 | 17:25 | 17:30 | 18:15 |
| 19:00 | 19:05 | 19:10 | 19:20 | 19:25 | 19:30 | 20:15 |
- Rule
- The same HAVAŞ notice applies: services are planned by the aircraft’s departure time, and the times change or are cancelled with the weather and with flight cancellations. The call centre is 0850 222 0 487.
- Identity reader
- HAVAŞ’s bus page says that for travel between cities a reader takes each passenger’s name, ID number and sex. HAVAŞ says the reader takes no other data and that the data are not kept after they are passed to the public bodies.
Sources, checked 03.11.2026: HAVAŞ summer timetable, Rize – Trabzon, on DHMİ’s page (file dated 24.10.2025); HAVAŞ bus services.
Turkish words used here
| Turkish | English |
|---|---|
| havalimanı | airport |
| hat | line |
| durak | stop |
| otobüs | bus |
| dolmuş | shared minibus |
| taksi | taxi |
| taksimetre | taximeter |
| bilet | ticket |
| tam / indirimli / öğrenci | full / reduced / student (the three fares on a line page) |
| kalkış | departure |
| varış | arrival |
| çağrı merkezi | call centre |
| Sahil Peron | the stop where five of the six lines end (sahil = coast, peron = platform) |
| Meydan | square; the name of a HAVAŞ stop and of stops on the bus lines |
| Metropol Trabzon Kart | the card the municipality’s bus lines use |
| yaz tarifesi | summer timetable |
Quick answers
How far is the airport from the city centre?
7 km, says DHMİ.
Which municipal bus lines have a stop at the airport?
121, 125, 139-D, 250, 476 and 501. The municipality’s line data names the stops Havaalanı and Havaalanı Konaklar on each.
What does the municipal bus cost?
The Metropolitan Council’s item of 14.10.2026 gives 35 TL from 19.10.2026 (27 TL before). The line pages list a fare for each line.
What does the dolmuş cost?
The shortest-distance fare is 40 TL from 19.10.2026 (32 TL before).
Where does the HAVAŞ bus stop in the city?
The summer timetable lists four stops: Beşirli (Orhan Petrol), Karşıyaka Kavşağı, Migros (Tanjant) and Meydan Zeytinlik.
How can HAVAŞ be called?
The call centre is 0850 222 0 487.
Is a card needed on the municipal bus?
The municipality’s Transport Master Plan summary says a Metropol Trabzon Kart must be bought to use its bus lines.
Sources and dates
Each page was read on its own site on the date shown. A time or a fare is the one printed there, with the date of the page or file where it has one. Operators and the council change times and fares.
- DHMİ, Trabzon Airport: transport (Ulaşım) — no date on the page, checked 03.11.2026
- DHMİ, Trabzon Airport: general information — checked 03.11.2026
- DHMİ, Trabzon Airport: domestic terminal — checked 03.11.2026
- DHMİ, Trabzon Airport: international terminal — checked 03.11.2026
- DHMİ home page, hours table — checked 31.10.2026
- HAVAŞ summer timetable, city centre (HAVAŞ YAZ TARİFE ŞEHİR MERKEZİ), on DHMİ’s page — file dated 24.10.2025, checked 03.11.2026
- HAVAŞ summer timetable, Rize – Trabzon (HAVAŞ YAZ TARİFE RİZE- TRABZON), on DHMİ’s page — file dated 24.10.2025, checked 03.11.2026
- HAVAŞ, bus services (Otobüs Hizmetleri) — no date on the page, checked 31.10.2026 and 03.11.2026
- Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality: “Trabzon’da toplu taşıma ücret tarifesi değişti” — dated 14.10.2026, checked 03.11.2026
- Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality: line page 121 (stops and fares) — checked 03.11.2026
- Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality: line page 125 (stops and fares) — checked 03.11.2026
- Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality: line page 139-D (stops and fares) — checked 03.11.2026
- Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality: line page 250 (stops and fares) — checked 03.11.2026
- Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality: line page 476 (stops and fares) — checked 03.11.2026
- Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality: line page 501 (stops and fares) — checked 03.11.2026
- Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality: bus-times page (Otobüs Saatleri) — checked 31.10.2026
- Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality: Transport Master Plan, contractor’s summary (Ulaşım Ana Planı Yüklenici Özeti) — file of 28.10.2026, checked 31.10.2026
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