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I just walked to the airport for the first time in my life in Da Nang, Vietnam. The 3.4 mile walk took about an hour and 20 minutes including a 20 minute stop at a KFC along the way.
I have been wanting to walk to an airport for some time for the novelty factor. In Chiang Mai, Thailand a few weeks ago, I had the time and an even shorter 2.4 mile walk, but the 90 degree heat and my friend’s heavy bag made walking impractical.
In Da Nang, I was alone and the weather was cool with a slight drizzle. The walk took me over down a dirt road, across the dragon bridge, and finally to the airport along a very easy and safe for pedestrians route.
I have never seen an airport that is so smack dab in the middle of the urban development. If I had stayed in the main nightlife and restaurants district on the west bank of the river, I would have had an even shorter walk than from my Airbnb close to the beach. My walking time rivaled driving from downtown Los Angeles to LAX, Washington DC to Dulles, or Buenos Aires to EZE in traffic.
I only saved abut $3 by walking instead of taking a taxi, but that wasn’t the point. I just wanted an enjoyable stroll and to be able to say that I once walked to an airport.
Have you ever walked to an airport?
I remember once finding a site that listed walking and biking options to airports worldwide. I can’t find it now, but some individual airports, like the San Diego Airport, provide walking instructions.
I sweat after 15 minutes even if it’s 60 or below. A sweat body and clothes combined with cold temp is just not ideal.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/midamerica-airport-director-gets-bonus-airport-had-deficit-for-year/article_70961499-c9ec-52d1-b4b3-d2d60a7c7a29.html
While one can ride the light rail train, aka Metro, to Lambert International Airport, the IL line ends at Scott Air Base. Either drive and park at MidAmerica, find a ride or hoof it from the Scott station.
Billy Bishop Toronto City airport! So neat to be able to walk from the airport to downtown Toronto in a jiffy and vice versa.
It’s on my bucket list too. Recently took a tuk tuk to Sihanoukville airport.
Did that in Chiang Mai!
Scott, the ultimate airport in walking distance is in Lisbon, of course. From my place, it’s a 35 minute walk. Could take you an hour and so if you’re downtown (Baixa, Chiado). Only 15 minutes if you’re in Parque das Nações. You can stroll the avenues right up to the Departure Entrance. Though I don’t think we have a KFC on the way, I’m sure there are a few coffee shops for rest 😀
I’ll consider walking next time I’m there.
Two weeks ago I was leaving cph and hit up the aquarium just before. From the aquarium it is a 15 minute walk so it seemed very reasonable. However in the cold of January it was rather chilly, paired with the fact that the route is on the coast and the wind was whipping. Next time I will call an uber
I haven’t walked to an airport, but I’ve walked from an airport. I walked from Nadia Fiji to the hotel across the street.
There’s a fun Flyertalk thread which has been active on and off for years on the topic:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/budget-travel/1079806-walk-airport-save-money.html
The issue in walking to and from an airport often isn’t distance, but rather access roads that make it unsafe or impossible to walk. The last airport I walked from and to was Ubud in the Aleutians.
Whoops, dumb mistake on my earlier post. Ubud and Alaska are pretty much opposite in every way. I meant Unalaska.
Good find. Thanks!
My husband and I walked to the airport in the Isle of Man. We spent the morning visiting Castletown and then picked up some delicious Manx ice cream and made the ~30 minute walk to the airport just down the road. Stopped at the Manx Aviation Museum along the way, too.
Yes I did a combined walk and hitchhike to the airport in Liberia Costa Rica at 5:00am when the hotel’s pre-arranged and prepaid taxi didn’t show – and no employees around to call one. Finally a bus picked me up after walking a mile or two. I barely made it and was sweating buckets. Questioned by immigration a lot. The upside was I got some great Costa Rican souvenirs – the room key and AC and TV remotes. You don’t think I was leaving those behind after they made me prepay for their taxi did you? 😉
LOL. You got them
The walk to the airport on Easter Island isn’t bad, depending upon where in town you start.
I was actually planning on walking to the Geneva airport in Switzerland because we were only staying 2.5 km away. But then every hotel in Geneva gives you a free public transportation pass, so we just hopped on the bus to get there. So lazy.
I walked to Caye Caulker Belize (CUK) at about a 10 minute walk from the guesthouse I was staying at.
I walk to SNA all the time. From my work, it is a very comfortable 1 mile walk to the airport. A few years back I tried walking to SAP in Honduras after taking the bus to the nearest highway exit. However, a friendly stranger picked me up in his truck and dropped me off at the airport 🙂
This doesn’t quite count, but for my wedding in the Virgin Islands we had to take a ferry over from St. John to St. Thomas to pick up our marriage license, and then planned on meeting our family at the airport. Being cheap and not wanting to take a taxi, we ended up on a hop on bus that got us to airport road, which then had about a mile walk along the airport perimeter to make it to the terminal. In the caribbean, in July… Luckily, they greet everyone that landed there with a shot of chilled Rum.
Indeed I have! It is a most enjoyable experience. I walked from (and to) Owen Roberts International Airport in Grand Cayman (GCM) to my airbnb in downtown Georgetown. This was doable since the area is entirely safe, flat, and with good sidewalks ( beautiful weather doesn’t hurt). It was around two miles, and an easy stroll. It is a rare and delightful thing to be able to do.
Key West, FL is very walkable. Sidewalks are available and they take you right to the promenade which you can take into town. Walking around sunset makes for some nice views.