M4 metro to KadıköyorHavabüs coach to Kadıköy?

The short answer

For one traveler the M4 metro to Kadıköy is cheaper by TRY 253.80. That does not change up to 8 travelers.

The M4 metro to Kadıköy is quicker: 52 min against 1 h. The Havabüs coach to Kadıköy varies between 60 and 87 minutes.

M4 metro to Kadıköy: 06:00–23:59. Havabüs coach to Kadıköy: 05:45–01:30.

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Whole-party totals · adult fares

What each costs for the whole party, in TRY. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
Travelers	M4 metro to Kadıköy	Havabüs coach to Kadıköy	Difference
1	TRY 46.20	TRY 300	TRY 253.80
2	TRY 92.40	TRY 600	TRY 507.60
3	TRY 138.60	TRY 900	TRY 761.40
4	TRY 184.80	TRY 1,200	TRY 1,015.20
5	TRY 231	TRY 1,500	TRY 1,269
6	TRY 277.20	TRY 1,800	TRY 1,522.80
7	TRY 323.40	TRY 2,100	TRY 1,776.60
8	TRY 369.60	TRY 2,400	TRY 2,030.40

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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

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.

M4 metro to Kadıköy: price for every party size

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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

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.

Havabüs coach to Kadıköy: price for every party size

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