M4 metro to KadıköyorHavabüs coach to Taksim?

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

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

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.

Havabüs coach to Taksim: price for every party size