There are 10 ways to get from Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca by bus, plane, night train, train, rideshare, or car
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Bus to Istanbul, fly to Cluj-Napoca
best- Take the bus from Sabiha Gokcen Airport to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)IST - CLJ
5h 43m$123–249Night train, train, bus
cheapest- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Take the train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Take the bus from Feldioara to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
19h 46m$43–86Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)SAW - CLJ
4h 33m$59–292Night train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to BucharestBosphor Express
- Take the train from Bucharest to Cluj NapocaBucureşti Nord Gr.A - Cluj Napoca
22h 17m$68–91Bus
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara MilitariN1998
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Cluj-Napoca
23h 32m$96–140Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Oradea International Airport, bus
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Oradea International Airport (OMR)SAW - OMR
- Take the bus from Oradea to Cluj-Napoca
9h 18mFly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Tirgu Mures, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)SAW - TGM
- Take the train from Vidrasău h. to Războieni
- Take the train from Războieni to Cluj Napoca
9h 57m$85–384Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sabiha Gokcen Airport to Istanbul Beyoğlu Abdülhak Hamit Caddesi
- Take the bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Razgrad Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Razgrad to Sibiu
- Take the train from Sibiu to Cluj Napoca
28h 16mAirport Transfer
- Take the rideshare from Sabiha Gokcen-SAW to Cluj-Napoca1,089.7 km
13h 25mDrive 1,089.7 km
- Drive from Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca1,089.7 km
13h 25m$174–251
Istanbul (IST) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca is to night train and train and bus which costs $40 - $90 and takes 19h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca is to fly which takes 4h 33m and costs $55 - $300.
No, there is no direct bus from Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca. However, there are services departing from Sabiha Gokcen Airport and arriving at Cluj-Napoca via İstanbul Dudullu, İstanbul Esenler bus station and București, Autogara Militari. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 32m.
No, there is no direct train from Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca. However, there are services departing from Sabiha Gokcen Airport and arriving at Cluj Napoca via Ayrilikcesme, Halkali and Bucharest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 17m.
The distance between Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) and Cluj-Napoca is 819 km. The road distance is 1089.7 km.
The best way to get from Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca without a car is to night train and train which takes 22h 17m and costs $65 - $95.
It takes approximately 5h 43m to get from Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca, including transfers.
Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from İstanbul Esenler bus station.
Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
The best way to get from Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca is to fly which takes 4h 33m and costs $55 - $300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $95 - $140 and takes 23h 32m.
What companies run services between Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW), Turkey and Cluj-Napoca, Romania?
Pegasus Airlines, Anima Wings, and five other airlines fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sabiha Gokcen Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Kemalpaşa, İstanbul Dudullu, İstanbul Esenler, İstanbul Esenler bus station, and București, Autogara Militari in around 23h 32m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–210
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–280
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Istanbul to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–210
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–300
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Oradea International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $55–330
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–280
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Oradea International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–330
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Oradea International Airport via Sofia, Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $70–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Oradea International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–480
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–440
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Oradea International Airport via Antalya, Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–370
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–370
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $21–30
- 1st Class
- $29–40
- Website
- interregional.ro
Train from Bucharest to Cluj Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- interregional.ro
Train from Vidrasău h. to Războieni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- interregional.ro
Train from Războieni to Cluj Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- interregional.ro
Train from Sibiu to Cluj Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- interregional.ro
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- interregional.ro
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Cluj Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $46–50
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Vidrasău h. to Războieni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–8
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Războieni to Cluj Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–10
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–19
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Războieni to Cluj Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–9
- Schedules at
- transferoviarcalatori.ro
- 2nd Class
- $3–6
- 1st Class
- $6–9
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–23
- Schedules at
- transferoviarcalatori.ro
- 2nd Class
- $8–14
- 1st Class
- $15–23
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- contact@regiocalatori.ro
- Website
- regiocalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://regiocalatori.ro/
- Phone
- 0751.525.520
- office@astratranscarpatic.ro
- Website
- astratranscarpatic.ro
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Book at
- astratranscarpatic.ro
- Phone
- 0351/40.91.53
- info@softrans.ro
- Website
- softrans.ro
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–10
- Schedules at
- softrans.ro
- Phone
- 0850 888 33 34
- info@hava.ist
- Website
- hava.ist
Bus from Sabiha Gokcen Airport to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–8
- Website
- https://hava.ist/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0726.922.277
- Website
- obada-transmontana.ro
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $43
- Schedules at
- obadatrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Oradea to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +90 212 372 22 22
- iett@iett.gov.tr
- Website
- iett.istanbul
Bus from Sabiha Gokcen Airport to Istanbul Beyoğlu Abdülhak Hamit Caddesi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–5
- Website
- https://iett.istanbul/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Razgrad Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +90 212 658 00 61
- info@huntur.com.tr
- Website
- huntur.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Razgrad Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–33
- Website
- https://www.huntur.com.tr/?l=EN
- Phone
- +359 82 82 81 51
- info@avtogararuse.org
- Website
- avtogararuse.org
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Razgrad Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- avtogararuse.org
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Razgrad to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- +4-0364.101.110
- Website
- fany.ro
Bus from Feldioara to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Schedules at
- fany.autogari.ro
- Website
- mozio.com
Rideshare from Sabiha Gokcen-SAW to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- On demand
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Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
Cluj-Napoca is 1h behind Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW). It is currently 6:36 AM in Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) and 5:36 AM in Cluj-Napoca.
Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Bucharest station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca is 1090 km. It takes approximately 13h 25m to drive from Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) to Cluj-Napoca.
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