Istanbul Airport to Sabiha Gökçen transfer

Any ride between the two airports crosses the Bosphorus, so it is priced at our cross-side rate: €70 for the Eco Van, for up to six people. The fare is per vehicle, not per person, and it does not rise at night.

• Eco Van, up to six people: €70.
• Mercedes Vito: €80.
• Mercedes V-Class: €85.
• Mercedes Sprinter, up to 16 people: €100.

The same €70 applies in the opposite direction, from Sabiha Gökçen to Istanbul Airport. If you also need the reverse connection on your way home, two airport-to-airport rides in the Eco Van come to €140. The amount fixed at booking is what you hand the IST to SAW driver at the end; nothing is paid online beforehand.

We measured Istanbul Airport to Sabiha Gökçen at about 85 km, about 59 min on an empty road. With normal Istanbul traffic, our estimate for the airport-to-airport drive is 75–105 minutes, and weekday rush hours and Friday evenings sit at the slow end of that range.

Three road bridges and one road tunnel cross the Bosphorus: the 15 July Martyrs Bridge, the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in the north and the Eurasia Tunnel under the water further south. The driver chooses the crossing for your IST to SAW ride on the day, from live traffic; we never promise a particular bridge.

A few mornings a year, races and big events close bridges or the tunnel. Send your flight details with the booking and we plan the crossing between the two airports around any closure we know of.

We do not quote a minimum connection time. How much time you need between a landing at IST and a departure at SAW depends on passport control, baggage reclaim, check-in deadlines and whether your tickets are on one booking, so ask your airline what it requires.

1. 01Land and collect your bagsSwitching airports means leaving IST landside with all your luggage. International passengers pass passport control at IST first, so check Turkey's entry rules on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs site before you travel.
2. 02Meet the driverYour driver waits right at the IST exit door you come out of, with your name on a printed sign, and takes you straight to the car.
3. 03Cross to AsiaThe car drives east across the city and over or under the Bosphorus to Sabiha Gökçen.
4. 04Check in again at SAWSabiha Gökçen has one terminal. The driver drops you at the east entrance for domestic flights or the west entrance for international ones, and you check in for the onward flight.

Because the drive alone can run beyond an hour and a half in heavy traffic, a short gap between two separate tickets on different airports leaves little room. If your IST landing is delayed, we still wait: we track the flight and waiting for a delay is free.

There is no desk to find and no number to remember. Whichever exit door you walk out of at Istanbul Airport, the driver for your Sabiha Gökçen connection is standing right there with a printed name sign.

Add your arrival flight number to the booking, and the departure flight from SAW too if you have it. If one is not fixed yet, choose "send later" and add it on WhatsApp before you fly, so the driver knows both ends of your airport-to-airport day.

All luggage is free on this connection. Golf bags, pushchairs and folding wheelchairs ride free as long as the vehicle has room, and child seats cost nothing; tell us the children's ages and your suitcase count so we send a big enough vehicle.

Book Istanbul Airport to Sabiha Gökçen with the Fare Pass on this page, or message +90 551 464 26 32 on WhatsApp with your landing date and time, both flight numbers and the number of travellers. If anything is still uncertain, ask on WhatsApp first and book once the IST arrival is fixed.

At the end of the drive you pay the driver: cash in euros, pounds or Turkish lira, or Visa or Mastercard on the card terminal every car carries, contactless included. There is no prepayment for the IST to SAW transfer, and cancelling it is free at any time.