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Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airporttoIstanbul city center
To Kadıköy · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours
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Not everything runs all night.Not all night: the M4 metro to Kadıköy runs 06:00–23:59, the Havabüs coach to Kadıköy runs 05:45–01:30, the Havabüs coach to Taksim runs 06:30–00:30, the İETT bus E-10 to Kadıköy (night only) runs 00:15–03:30, every night but Friday to Saturday.
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The cheapest way in. Nothing listed is quicker.
Metro
M4 metro to Kadıköy
M4 · Metro İstanbul, fare set by İBB
52 min rideEvery 6 min06:00–23:59
Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı station→Kadıköy
Non-stopLuggage space
TRY 46.20total for 1 adultTRY 46.20 eachBuy ticketOn Metro İstanbul, fare set by İBB
Pickup, hours & luggage
Boards at. Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı station, the last stop on the M4. Buy or top up the İstanbulkart before the gates
TRY 46.20 on an İstanbulkart, the flat first-boarding fare. A bank card or phone tapped on the gate, or a single-use ticket, pays TRY 65. Children pay from age seven; there is no group ticket. Changing to the Marmaray or a bus on the same card is a TRY 34.40 transfer, not a second full fare. Between 00:30 and 05:30 on Friday and Saturday nights every fare doubles.
Luggage. One large suitcase, up to 30 kg and 120 x 60 x 50 cm, plus a cabin bag or small backpack, free. A second suitcase costs one more fare. Ordinary metro cars without racks.
Hours. Every day, every 4 to 10 minutes. On Friday and Saturday nights the line keeps running — every 30 minutes from 00:30 to 05:30, at double fare — so there is no gap those two nights. Sunday to Thursday nothing runs between 23:59 and 06:00.
The Havabüs stop on the road outside the terminal→Kadıköy Rıhtım
Luggage space
TRY 300total for 1 adultTRY 300 eachBuy ticketOn Havabüs, fare set by İBB
Pickup, hours & luggage
Boards at. The Havabüs stop on the road outside the terminal
TRY 300 per person, flat; İBB's tariff lists the line at TRY 300.30. No transfer, concession or season cards. Bought online or at the coach.
Luggage. A coach with a hold; the operator publishes no bag limit for it.
Hours. Roughly every 45 minutes: 05:45 on weekdays, 06:30 on Saturdays and Sundays, then through the day to 22:45, and 23:30, 00:00, 00:30, 01:00 and 01:30. Between 01:00 and 04:00 extra coaches are run for delayed flights, with no timetable.
The Havabüs stop on the road outside the terminal→Taksim
Luggage space
TRY 485total for 1 adultTRY 485 eachBuy ticketOn Havabüs, fare set by İBB
Pickup, hours & luggage
Boards at. The Havabüs stop on the road outside the terminal
TRY 485 per person, flat; İBB's tariff lists the line at TRY 485.10. No transfer, concession or season cards. Bought online or at the coach.
Luggage. A coach with a hold; the operator publishes no bag limit for it.
Hours. Every 30 minutes, 06:30 to 00:30, every day. Between 01:00 and 04:00 extra coaches are run for delayed flights, with no timetable; the operator's home page also lists 01:00 and 01:30.
Driver meets you in arrivals with a name board→Beyoğlu
Non-stopPer vehiclePre-book
€63total for 1 adult€63 each · about TRY 3,515 in allBook transferPartner link · through Kiwitaxi
Pickup, hours & luggage
Boards at. Driver meets you in arrivals with a name board
Charged in euros: €63 for the car or minibus. Converted at the European Central Bank's reference rate of 30 October 2026 only to compare it with the local fares; your card's rate will differ a little.
Luggage. The sedan seats four with three bags; the minibus seven with seven. Choose by luggage as well as seats.
87 min ride00:15–03:30, every night but Friday to Saturday
The İETT stop on the road outside the terminal→Kadıköy
Non-stop
TRY 92.40total for 1 adultTRY 92.40 eachBuy ticketOn İETT
Pickup, hours & luggage
Boards at. The İETT stop on the road outside the terminal
TRY 92.40 on an İstanbulkart — two boardings at TRY 46.20, the same for every card. A bank card or single-use ticket pays TRY 120. No transfer discount. Bus fares can double between 00:30 and 05:30 unless a decision exempts the line, and none is published, so the 01:05, 02:25 and 03:30 departures may cost twice this.
Luggage. An ordinary İETT bus; İETT publishes no luggage rule for it.
Hours. Four departures a night — 00:15, 01:05, 02:25 and 03:30 — and none by day. Nothing runs on the night from Friday to Saturday, when the M4 runs through instead.
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Prices are whole-party totals; group fares are included. Ride times are recorded journey durations — no waiting or onward travel has been added — and road times vary with traffic. Confirm prices and availability with the operator. Going the other way? Istanbul to Sabiha Gökçen airport: where each one boards and when the first one runs
How do I get from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport to Istanbul city center?
For one traveler the M4 metro to Kadıköy at TRY 46.20, 52 min, is both the cheapest way in and the fastest. Every option below is priced as a total for your party and says where it leaves you.
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Arriving late?
Not everything runs around the clock: the M4 metro to Kadıköy runs 06:00–23:59, and the Havabüs coach to Kadıköy runs 05:45–01:30, and the Havabüs coach to Taksim runs 06:30–00:30, and the İETT bus E-10 to Kadıköy (night only) runs 00:15–03:30, every night but Friday to Saturday. That night service runs on some nights only, so check the day you land; on the others nothing runs to the center in those hours. Set the hour you leave arrivals and the board keeps only what is running.
Luggage
One large suitcase, up to 30 kg and 120 x 60 x 50 cm, plus a cabin bag or small backpack, free. A second suitcase costs one more fare. Ordinary metro cars without racks.
Going somewhere specific?
"The center" is not one place, and the answer changes
The Havaist coach to Istanbul Airport leaves from opposite the arrivals-level exit, next to Simit Sarayı. Havabüs and the İETT buses leave from the road outside the terminal; check the destination board on the coach, since Havabüs runs to Taksim, Kadıköy and Yenisahra from the same place.
Tickets
Use an İstanbulkart at the metro gate, not a bank card: an anonymous card pays TRY 46.20 a ride, and a contactless card, a phone or a single-use ticket pays TRY 65. The single-use tickets are sold as one, two or three rides (TRY 65, 120, 185).
The taxi rank
Taxis run on İBB's meter: TRY 71.94 flag-fall, TRY 47.92 a kilometre, TRY 230 minimum for any ride. Yellow is the standard class; turquoise (eight seats) and black cost more per kilometre. There is no fixed fare to the city from this airport.
Uber and Bolt
Uber works here through its taxi products — yellow, large and black taxis. The app assigns the pickup point, which may not be the nearest exit; follow its directions rather than the first taxi you see. Bolt does not list this airport.
Luggage
On the metro one large suitcase (up to 30 kg and 120 x 60 x 50 cm) plus a cabin bag or small backpack rides free. Each further suitcase costs one more fare, and anything heavier or larger is not allowed on board.
Before you travel
Where each one starts, how long it runs, what it carries
M4 · Metro İstanbul, fare set by İBBM4 metro to Kadıköy
From
Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı station, the last stop on the M4. Buy or top up the İstanbulkart before the gates
To
Kadıköy, the far end of the line: the ferry piers, and the Marmaray at Ayrılık Çeşmesi one stop before
Luggage
One large suitcase, up to 30 kg and 120 x 60 x 50 cm, plus a cabin bag or small backpack, free. A second suitcase costs one more fare. Ordinary metro cars without racks.
Runs
06:00–23:59
Journey
52 min
TRY 46.20 on an İstanbulkart, the flat first-boarding fare. A bank card or phone tapped on the gate, or a single-use ticket, pays TRY 65. Children pay from age seven; there is no group ticket. Changing to the Marmaray or a bus on the same card is a TRY 34.40 transfer, not a second full fare. Between 00:30 and 05:30 on Friday and Saturday nights every fare doubles.
Do not tap a bank card. The reader takes it and charges the single-use price, TRY 65, against TRY 46.20 on an anonymous İstanbulkart bought before the gate.
Fifty-two minutes end to end: the airport is the last stop and Kadıköy the first, so every ride is the whole line, with 21 stops between.
Sunday to Thursday the last train is 23:59. Land later and it is the E-10 bus (00:15, 01:05, 02:25, 03:30), a Havabüs coach to 01:30, or a meter taxi. Friday and Saturday nights the metro runs through instead, every 30 minutes at double fare.
It does not cross to Europe. For Taksim change at Ayrılık Çeşmesi to the Marmaray, then to the M2 — three trains — or take the Havabüs coach direct.
Six and a half times cheaper than the Havabüs coach to the same square, and no slower.
Every fare on this page is İBB's tariff of July 2026, the second revision this year; expect the figures to have moved again and check the fare at the gate.
Every day, every 4 to 10 minutes. On Friday and Saturday nights the line keeps running — every 30 minutes from 00:30 to 05:30, at double fare — so there is no gap those two nights. Sunday to Thursday nothing runs between 23:59 and 06:00.
Havabüs · Havabüs, fare set by İBB — line SG-1Havabüs coach to Kadıköy
From
The Havabüs stop on the road outside the terminal
To
Kadıköy Rıhtım, the İETT bus stops by the ferry piers, via Yenisahra on the way
Luggage
A coach with a hold; the operator publishes no bag limit for it.
Runs
05:45–01:30
Journey
60–87 min
TRY 300 per person, flat; İBB's tariff lists the line at TRY 300.30. No transfer, concession or season cards. Bought online or at the coach.
The M4 metro goes to the same square for TRY 46.20 in 52 minutes. The coach costs six and a half times as much and, by İETT's figure of 87 minutes, is slower; by the operator's 60 minutes it is about the same.
It buys a seat, a hold and a service that runs to 01:30 every night, two hours after the last metro on Sunday to Thursday nights.
The 60 minutes is the operator's own estimate and it says traffic decides the rest; İETT puts the run at 87.
Yenisahra, on the way, is an M4 station: get off there for the eastern districts rather than riding into Kadıköy.
Roughly every 45 minutes: 05:45 on weekdays, 06:30 on Saturdays and Sundays, then through the day to 22:45, and 23:30, 00:00, 00:30, 01:00 and 01:30. Between 01:00 and 04:00 extra coaches are run for delayed flights, with no timetable.
Havabüs · Havabüs, fare set by İBB — line SG-2Havabüs coach to Taksim
From
The Havabüs stop on the road outside the terminal
To
Taksim, on Abdülhak Hamit Caddesi in Talimhane, via Kavacık, the second bridge, 1. Levent, Zincirlikuyu Metrobüs and Dolapdere
Luggage
A coach with a hold; the operator publishes no bag limit for it.
Runs
06:30–00:30
Journey
90–113 min
TRY 485 per person, flat; İBB's tariff lists the line at TRY 485.10. No transfer, concession or season cards. Bought online or at the coach.
The only direct public service across the Bosphorus from this airport. Everything cheaper leaves you on the Asian side or at 4. Levent.
Ninety minutes is the operator's estimate and it says traffic decides; İETT puts the same run at 113 minutes. Plan on two hours at rush hour.
It sets down on Abdülhak Hamit Caddesi in Talimhane, the stop İETT lists for the line; the operator's English page names the Gezi Park metro exit on Cumhuriyet Caddesi instead. Both are Taksim.
Nothing scheduled between 00:30 and 06:30. The extra coaches for delayed flights until 04:00 have no timetable, so do not plan on one.
Every 30 minutes, 06:30 to 00:30, every day. Between 01:00 and 04:00 extra coaches are run for delayed flights, with no timetable; the operator's home page also lists 01:00 and 01:30.
Kadıköy, via Kurtköy and the D100 through Pendik, Kartal and Maltepe
Luggage
An ordinary İETT bus; İETT publishes no luggage rule for it.
Runs
00:15–03:30
Journey
87 min
TRY 92.40 on an İstanbulkart — two boardings at TRY 46.20, the same for every card. A bank card or single-use ticket pays TRY 120. No transfer discount. Bus fares can double between 00:30 and 05:30 unless a decision exempts the line, and none is published, so the 01:05, 02:25 and 03:30 departures may cost twice this.
This line only exists at night. Miss the 03:30 and the next public transport is the metro at 06:00 or a Havabüs coach for delayed flights, if one is running.
The cheapest thing that moves after the last metro on Sunday to Thursday nights — TRY 92.40 against TRY 300 on the Havabüs coach — and it takes 87 minutes.
The night fare is an open question: the tariff doubles bus fares between 00:30 and 05:30 unless a decision says otherwise, and none is published for this line. Budget for TRY 184.80 on the 01:05, 02:25 and 03:30 departures.
Pay with an İstanbulkart: a bank card is charged the single-use price, TRY 120.
No departures on the night from Friday to Saturday. The M4 runs through that night, every 30 minutes at double fare.
Four departures a night — 00:15, 01:05, 02:25 and 03:30 — and none by day. Nothing runs on the night from Friday to Saturday, when the M4 runs through instead.
4. Levent Metro, on the M2 across the Bosphorus, five stops north of Taksim
Luggage
An İETT express bus; İETT publishes no luggage rule for it.
Runs
05:30–01:00
Journey
120 min
TRY 138.60 on an İstanbulkart — three boardings at TRY 46.20, the same for every card, with no transfer discount. A bank card or single-use ticket pays TRY 185. The 00:20 and 01:00 departures fall in the 00:30–05:30 window where bus fares can double.
Two hours on İETT's own figure, over the second bridge. The Havabüs coach reaches Taksim itself in 90 to 113 minutes for TRY 485.
TRY 138.60 for one person against TRY 46.20 on the metro to Kadıköy; the difference buys the crossing to Europe.
The M2 from 4. Levent runs 06:00 to midnight, and through the night on Fridays and Saturdays, so the 00:20 and 01:00 buses land you without an onward train on other nights.
Every 30 minutes until 17:00, then every 40 to the 01:00 last bus, the same on every day of the week.
Havaist · Havaist (İBB), fare set by İBB — line HVL-11Havaist coach to Istanbul Airport
From
Opposite the arrivals-level exit, next to Simit Sarayı
To
Istanbul Airport, transportation floor -2, Peron 13, 85 km away on the European side
Luggage
Two bags of no more than medium size free per passenger; TRY 120 for each bag beyond that.
Runs
All night
Journey
120 min
TRY 515 per person is what Havaist charges; İBB's tariff lists the line at TRY 530. Card, online ticket or İstanbulkart only — no cash, and no transfer, concession or season cards. Children under six ride free on a lap; from six they pay full fare.
Round the clock, with holes: from the airport 00:05, 01:30, 03:00, 04:40 and 06:00, then roughly hourly to 22:50. Overnight the wait can be an hour and forty minutes.
Two hours on the operator's own timetable, and 85 km; traffic on the bridge decides the rest. Do not plan a connection tighter than four hours between landing here and departing there.
Havaist charges TRY 515 where İBB's tariff says TRY 530 — expect the operator's figure at the door.
The sedan seats four with three bags; the minibus seven with seven. Choose by luggage as well as seats.
Journey
130 min
Charged in euros: €63 for the car or minibus. Converted at the European Central Bank's reference rate of 30 October 2026 only to compare it with the local fares; your card's rate will differ a little.
Book at least 16 hours ahead; nearer the day a car is offered only when one is free.
The price read was a reduction on a €70 list price; check it when you book.
In Türkiye the law may put a minibus in place of the car you book, at the same price.
transfer · KiwitaxiPrivate transfer to Istanbul Airport
From
Driver meets you in arrivals with a name board
To
Istanbul Airport, the departures kerb
Journey
140 min
Charged in euros: €70 for the minibus. Converted at the European Central Bank's reference rate of 30 October 2026 only to compare it with the local fares; your card's rate will differ a little.
Book at least 16 hours ahead; nearer the day a car is offered only when one is free.
What is the best way from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport to Istanbul city center?
For one traveler, the M4 metro to Kadıköy at TRY 46.20, 52 min. The cheapest way in. Nothing listed is quicker. The same holds for a group of up to eight. How we weigh price against time is set out on the fares page, in numbers.
What is the cheapest way from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport to Istanbul city center?
For one traveler, the M4 metro to Kadıköy at TRY 46.20. Per-person fares multiply with the size of your party and per-vehicle fares do not, so check the total for your group rather than the single fare.
How do I get from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport to Istanbul city center by metro?
One metro reaches Kadıköy: the M4 metro to Kadıköy, TRY 46.20 for one traveler, 52 min. For one traveler that is the cheapest way into Istanbul by any means. See every option by metro
How do I get from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport to Istanbul city center by bus?
For one traveler the cheapest bus is the Havabüs coach to Kadıköy at TRY 300, 60–87 min, and it is also the fastest. It is not the cheapest way in: the M4 metro to Kadıköy at TRY 46.20 is. See every option by bus
How do I get from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport to Istanbul city center by taxi?
One taxi reaches Kadıköy: the Pre-booked private transfer, €63 for one traveler, 130 min, to Beyoğlu. It is not the cheapest way in: the M4 metro to Kadıköy at TRY 46.20 is. See every option by taxi
How long does it take to get from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport to Istanbul city center?
M4 metro to Kadıköy: 52 min. Havabüs coach to Kadıköy: 60–87 min. Havabüs coach to Taksim: 90–113 min. Pre-booked private transfer: 130 min. İETT bus E-10 to Kadıköy (night only): 87 min. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport is 40 km from Kadıköy.
How far is Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport from the city center?
40 km to Kadıköy. The fastest way in takes 52 min.
Is there Uber or Bolt at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport?
Uber works here through its taxi products — yellow, large and black taxis. The app assigns the pickup point, which may not be the nearest exit; follow its directions rather than the first taxi you see. Bolt does not list this airport.
Where do I catch the M4 metro to Kadıköy at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport?
Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı station, the last stop on the M4. Buy or top up the İstanbulkart before the gates. Follow the signs from arrivals. It leaves you at Kadıköy, the far end of the line: the ferry piers, and the Marmaray at Ayrılık Çeşmesi one stop before.
Is there a train from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport to Istanbul at night?
The M4 metro to Kadıköy runs 06:00–23:59. The Havabüs coach to Kadıköy runs 05:45–01:30. The Havabüs coach to Taksim runs 06:30–00:30. The İETT bus E-10 to Kadıköy (night only) runs 00:15–03:30. Outside those hours nothing else on this board runs to the center, and taxis are not priced on it. Every day, every 4 to 10 minutes. On Friday and Saturday nights the line keeps running — every 30 minutes from 00:30 to 05:30, at double fare — so there is no gap those two nights. Sunday to Thursday nothing runs between 23:59 and 06:00.
Does the İETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent Metro go to Kadıköy, on the Asian shore, and Taksim across the Bosphorus?
The European side, but 4. Levent is a business district on the M2, not the centre: Taksim is five metro stops on, on a TRY 34.40 transfer. For Levent, Maslak or the Bosphorus villages it is the direct way; for Taksim the Havabüs coach is.
Does the Havaist coach to Istanbul Airport go to Kadıköy, on the Asian shore, and Taksim across the Bosphorus?
The other airport, not the city. Useful only for a connection between the two; for the centre take the metro or a Havabüs coach.
Does the Private transfer to Istanbul Airport go to Kadıköy, on the Asian shore, and Taksim across the Bosphorus?
This goes to Istanbul Airport on the European side, not the city: for a connecting flight.
Worth knowing
This is Istanbul's second airport, on the Asian side: 40 km from Kadıköy and about 50 from Taksim. Istanbul Airport, where most long-haul flights land, is on the other continent — two hours and TRY 515 away by Havaist coach.
Buy an İstanbulkart before the metro gate. The M4 to Kadıköy is TRY 46.20 on the card; a bank card or phone tapped on the same reader pays TRY 65, the single-use price. Children pay from age seven.
The Havabüs coach to Kadıköy is TRY 300 and 60 to 87 minutes; the M4 metro to the same square is TRY 46.20 and 52 minutes. Pay the coach for Taksim (TRY 485, direct across the Bosphorus) or for a seat and a hold, not for Kadıköy.
The metro runs 06:00 to 23:59, and on Friday and Saturday nights right through at double fare. Other nights the E-10 bus goes to Kadıköy at 00:15, 01:05, 02:25 and 03:30 (TRY 92.40, 87 minutes), and Havabüs runs to 01:30 with extra coaches for delayed flights until 04:00.
Taksim and the old city are across the Bosphorus. Havabüs goes to Taksim direct; the E-3 bus reaches 4. Levent on the M2 for TRY 138.60 in two hours; by rail it is the M4 to Ayrılık Çeşmesi and the Marmaray under the strait, which no fare here covers.
The taxi is a meter: flag-fall TRY 71.94, then TRY 47.92 per kilometre or TRY 598.90 per hour once the car drops below 12.5 km/h, plus any bridge or motorway toll. No fixed airport fare exists, so no taxi total is priced here.
On the metro one large suitcase and a cabin bag ride free; a second suitcase costs one more fare, and nothing over 30 kg or 120 x 60 x 50 cm is allowed on board.
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