You can get from the airport straight to the city centre quickly on the special ‘Flybussen’ bus service. A cheaper option, though involving a change, is to take local public transport buses to the city centre.

Car hire

If Stavanger isn’t your only destination, but you’re also planning to explore Norway’s beautiful countryside and fjords (such as the famous viewpoints at Preikestolen or Kjerag), hiring a car is by far the best option for getting around.

Intercity transport to remote areas is very infrequent.

During peak season, expect car hire prices for 7 days to start from 300 eur.

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Buses to Stavanger

The centre of Stavanger can be reached in various ways.

Flybussen

The quickestway to getto the city centre is by the Flybussenbus on route FB40, which has two route options.

• The western route, via the Madla and Sandal neighbourhoods and past Stavanger Turnhall, runs more frequently (twice an hour)
• The eastern route, via the SUS University Hospital, runs once an hour on weekdays, with only a few services in the afternoon on Sundays and none at all on Saturdays

Both routes meet in the city centre and serve the main railway and coach stations. The terminus for both routes is on the central promenade near the Fiskepiren ferry terminals. The buses are not express services and stop at most bus stops along the way.

You can pay for your ticket by card to the bus driver or online at flybussen.no.

• Price– 179 nok / return ticket 264 nok (a single ticket bought from the driver costs 220 nok)
• Journey time– 30 minutes (eastern route), 35 minutes (western route)
• Frequency– every 20 minutes (every 30 minutes at weekends)
• Last bus from the airport – 0:30 (at 0:15 on the night from Saturday to Sunday)
• First bus to the airport – 4.20

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Buses 42 and 7

For a cheaperjourney, take bus number 42 to the ‘Sande terrasse’ stop (towards Sandnes), which takes about 12 minutes from the airport. Cross the road and, heading in the opposite direction, board the X50 express bus towards the city centre (the journey takes about 25 minutes with buses running every 15 minutes, but only in the mornings and afternoons on weekdays) or the slower bus number 7 (the journey takes about 40 minutes).

A transfer ticket valid for 1 hour costs 49 nok. You can pay the fare simply by tapping your own contactless card on the reader by the driver or via the Kolumbus Billett mobile app.

A 24-hour ticket is also available for 133 nok for all buses, ferries and local trains in the Stavanger + Sandnes zone. You can only buy this ticket via the Kolumbus Billettmobile app or from ticket machines at stops (there is no ticket machine at the airport). When paying by contactless card, daily limits do not apply and therefore the 24-hour fare cannot be used.

• Price– 49 nok / for 24 hours 133 nok
• Journey time– approximately 50–60 minutes in total, including a change
• Frequency– every 15 minutes (every 30 minutes on Sundays)
• Last bus from the airport – 23:41, timed to connect with the last service on line 7 to the city centre at the Sande Terrasse stop (on Sundays, 22:21)
• Timetable for all routes: kolumbus.no/timetables

Buses to Sandnes

You can reach the town of Sandnes, 10 km away, where you can change to a train or suburban buses, by taking bus route 42.

• Fare– 49 nok / 24-hour ticket 133 nok
• Journey time– 15 minutes
• Frequency– every 40 minutes
• Last bus from the airport – 00:11 (on Sundays, 22:41)
• First bus to the airport – 5.28 (8.13 on Saturdays, 9.43 on Sundays)
• Timetable for all routes: kolumbus.no/timetables

Tickets are purchased in the same way as for journeys to Stavanger, as both cities are in the same zone as Sandes. You can buy a single-journey ticket by tapping your own payment card with the driver, whilst a 24-hour ticket is available only via the Kolumbus Billettmobile app or from ticket machines at stops (there is no ticket machine at the airport).

Taxi / Uber

A taxi is the fastest, but also the most expensive, means of transport. A 20-minute journey from Sola Airport to Stavanger city centre costs an average of 720 nok.

The Uber mobile app is also available in Stavanger, offering a fare from 440 nok for a journey to the city centre.