How to get to KFKI campus by plane

F2 - 24 - 23 - 12 - 14 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 4 - 3 - 2 - KFKI

• F2: MALÉV Terminal 2a and 2b
• No 24: Űllői út
• No 23: Nagyvárad tér
• No 12: József körút
• No 14: Calvin tér
• No 17: Tunnel / Underpass
• No 18: End of Elizabeth bridge
• No 19: BAH road junction / Novotel hotel
• No 4: Orbán tér
• No 3: Svábhegy
• No 2: Normafa

Ferihegy airport has two terminals, Terminal 2a and Terminal 2b [F2 on the map]. The Malév flights (Malév is the Hungarian airline company) use terminal 2a and the flights of other companies use terminal 2b .

From the airport you have the opportunity to take fixed priced Airport transfers. Either you choose the Airport Minibus service or take a private Budapest transfer. Both services take you to your destination for a fixed charge.

You are also able to rent a car in Budapest. There are several car rental companies at the air terminals. Your itinerary from the airport to the KFKI campus by car is as follows:

The airport parking area is next to the road which leads to the city centre. When you leave the airport region, you have to turn right.

On the road to the city centre, immediately take the LEFTMOST lane. This leads to a speedway. [on the map: Ferihegyi repülôtérre vezetô út]. Do not miss the speedway!

The speedway leads you to Üllôi út, a long, straight road to the centre. [The road junction is marked No 24 on the map]. After driving about 4 km you cross József körút, a broad boulevard. [The road crossing is marked No 12 on the map].

At the end of Üllôi út, turn right and immediately left, and you will arrive at Calvin tér. [No 14 on the map]. Opposite you on both corners is the "Korona" hotel. The two parts of the hotel are connected by an enclosed bridge above the road.

Kecskeméti utca leads you into an underpass. [The underpass is marked No 17 on the map]. Keep to the left before entering the underpass and inside the underpass, bear left; this will bring you on to Erzsébet híd (Elizabeth bridge) over the Danube.

On the bridge take the LEFTMOST lane. At the end of the bridge all lanes turn right, yours - within 50 meters - turns left. [No 18 on the map]. Follow the uphill. This street is Hegyalja út. Now take the RIGHTMOST lane. (BEWARE! The leftmost lane continues on a flyover. Avoid the flyover! You can't turn back for some 10 kilometers!!!!) Follow the road downhill to the road junction (BAH) traffic lights [This road junction is named BAH - rhymes with Bach, the composer. No 19 on the map], and cross straight over the junction, and stay in the same lane. The Novotel hotel is on your right. Take the next exit right.

Continue straight after the turn and follow this road crossing over a set of tr lights. Keep in the right hand lane for about 300 meters. On your left is a square, Apor Vilmos tér. Then take the first right turn, this is Stromfeld Aurél út. Keep straight on till the end of this street.

At the end turn left, the road starts to go uphill. After about 100 meters you reach some traffic lights. [Orbán tér, No 4 on the map]. Select the rightmost road which goes uphill, you should now be in Istenhegyi út.

Follow the main road uphill. Soon you will see 3 high-rise buildings on your left. Continue following the road as it curves uphill. The distance from Orbán tér (No 4 on the map) to the next road junction is about 4 kilometers. (On your right on the way up you will see a cog-wheel railway.)

At the top of the road you reach a wide junction. Turn right, and cross the ra the cog-wheel railway. [Svábhegy, No 3 on the map]. Go straight uphill. The name of this road is Eötvös út. After about 1 km the road divides to circumvent a water tower in the middle of the road. Continue going and after a few hundred meters you will see the signs of two hotels: Hotel Olympia, and Hotel Agro. After 200-300 meters on your left you will see the Normafa Hotel. [Normafa, No 2 on the map].

Immediately after the hotel turn left into Konkoly Thege út. Follow this road for about 2 kilometers. You will cross the r narrow gauge mountain railway, and then on your right is a green-fenced camp. that the road slopes downwards with electronically protected walls on your righ boundary wall of the KFKI campus. Drive parallel to the wall for about 500 m to reach the main gate of the campus. Drive in.

Formalities take only a few minutes. You will need to show your passport to obtain an entrance permit. As the guards do not speak English, you should refer to the name of your host. Ask for a map of the campus (in hungarian: térkép).