When to Leave Your Hotel for Antalya Airport (by Area)

Your pickup time is easy to work out with one formula:

Departure time − time needed at the airport − drive time − buffer = pickup time

• Time at the airport: for international flights in high season, plan on about 2.5–3 hours. Check-in queues, security and passport control all take longer on busy summer days. Always check your airline's own recommendation, which may differ, and when check-in and bag drop close.
• Drive time: use the typical times below; they are for normal traffic.
• Buffer: add 15–30 minutes for traffic in high season, roadworks or a slow start at the hotel. Add more for long drives.

For a domestic flight you can usually allow less time at the airport, but again, follow your airline's advice.

Based on the typical drive from each area to Antalya Airport (AYT), here is roughly how long before your departure time you should leave the hotel:

• Lara (≈ 20 min), Kaleiçi (≈ 25 min), Kundu (≈ 26 min): about 3–3.5 hours before.
• Kadriye (≈ 33 min), Konyaaltı (≈ 35 min), Belek (≈ 40 min), Boğazkent (≈ 46 min): about 3.5–4 hours before.
• Beldibi (≈ 48 min), Göynük (≈ 60 min): about 4 hours before.
• Kemer (≈ 70 min), Çolaklı and Kumköy (≈ 71–72 min), Side (≈ 75 min), Manavgat (≈ 80 min), Sorgun (≈ 84 min), Tekirova (≈ 85 min): about 4–4.5 hours before.
• Kızılot (≈ 94 min), Okurcalar (≈ 99 min), Çıralı (≈ 100 min): about 4.5–5 hours before.
• Avsallar (≈ 108 min), Konaklı and Alanya (≈ 2 h), Mahmutlar (≈ 132 min): about 5–5.5 hours before.
• Kaş (≈ 3 h), Kalkan and Fethiye (≈ 3 h 20 min): about 6–6.5 hours before.

These are guidelines for a relaxed trip, not exact timings. When you book, we agree the pickup time with you based on your flight.

Say your flight leaves Antalya at 14:00 and you are staying in Side.

1. You want to be at the airport about 2.5 hours before: 11:30.
2. The drive from Side takes ≈ 75 minutes, so you would need to leave at about 10:15.
3. Add a small buffer for summer traffic and loading the luggage: pickup around 10:00.

That puts you at the terminal around 11:15, with about 2 hours 45 minutes before take-off: enough time to check in, drop bags and get through security without stress. The same logic works for any area: for the same flight from Belek you would leave around 10:30, from Alanya around 9:00. See the Side route or the Alanya route for details.

Most hotels expect you to leave the room in the late morning, while many flights leave in the afternoon or evening. A few tips:

• Ask reception about late check-out a day or two before. If it is not possible, ask whether you can leave your luggage in a luggage room and still use the hotel until pickup.
• Settle your hotel bill the evening before if you can, so you are not queuing at reception at pickup time.
• Keep passports, tickets, chargers and medicines in your hand luggage, not in the suitcase.
• Do a last check of the safe, the bathroom and the chargers by the bed.

Be in the lobby with your luggage at the agreed pickup time, not just coming down from the room. With a family or a group, that small detail matters most. A few minutes before pickup, it helps to:

• keep your phone on and WhatsApp open in case the driver messages you;
• tell us your terminal if you know it (it is on your boarding pass or airline app), so you can be dropped at the right one;
• let us know straight away if your flight time changes, so the pickup time can be moved as well.

The price is fixed in advance: there is no night surcharge for early-morning flights and no luggage fee.

Add a little more than the guide times above if:

• you are travelling in peak summer, when traffic around Antalya is heavier;
• you travel with babies or small children, or someone needs special assistance at the airport (arrange that with your airline);
• you have bulky items such as golf bags, bikes or a pram to check in;
• you are a large group checking in many bags at once.

If you stay in Alanya or Mahmutlar and your flight leaves from Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport (GZP) instead, the drive is much shorter: GZP to Alanya centre is ≈ 40 km / 40 min. See our Gazipaşa airport transfer page.

You can book your return transfer at the same time as your arrival, so the last day is already sorted. Every transfer is private, with a fixed price per vehicle agreed before the trip, and you pay in the vehicle, with no prepayment. Free child seats are available on request, and you can choose a minivan (1–6), a Mercedes-Benz Vito (1–7) or a Sprinter (8–16).

Send us your hotel, flight number and departure time via WhatsApp or the booking form, at any time of day, and we will agree the pickup time with you. Arriving soon? Read our Antalya Airport arrival guide too.