So, you flew by plane to Phuket, and the question arises before you, how to actually get to the city? Well, below are the answer options: 1) The cheapest way is the yellow city bus. It is very easy to find, it is located to the left of the exit from the airport building. I mean, we got out and went to the left. There at the end of the airport building there will be a bench and a bus schedule. In 2013, the bus fare cost 90 baht. The bus runs until half past nine. That is, then there are no flights. You will also be deceived along the way by taxi drivers, saying that the bus does not run, if you let's fly in the evening, at 6 o'clock. So, you flew by plane to Phuket, and the question arises before you, how to actually get to the city? Well, below are the answer options: 1) The cheapest way is the yellow city bus. It is very easy to find, it is located to the left of the exit from the airport building. I mean, we got out and went to the left. There at the end of the airport building there will be a bench and a bus schedule. In 2013, the bus fare cost 90 baht. The bus runs until half past nine. That is, then there are no flights. You will also be deceived along the way by taxi drivers, saying that the bus does not run, if you let's fly in the evening, at 6 o'clock. 2) Fast and inexpensive on a minibus (minibus). Right at the exit from the airport, you will be taken out by taxi drivers and a minibus. The cost to Phuket town by minibus per person in 2013 was 150-200 baht. 3) Fast and expensive by taxi. It's like saying without comment. Although there are 2 types of taxis in Phuket: private drivers (for how much you bargain for so much and go) and state taxis with a meter (100 baht airport fee, the rest is metered). A trip to Patong from the airport will cost about 500 baht.
Personal experience driving from Phuket Airport to Phuket Town
We arrived in Phuket in the evening, about 6 o'clock. I lost my luggage, so for now, we got off at half past eight from the airport building. Immediately they began to get taxi drivers and minibuses, saying that the bus no longer runs, like late. But we walk to the minibus stop in the cold. We come to the stop, and it is so imperceptible and we see the schedule, on top of which a leaf is pasted, that buses run until 19-30 :-). We thought a little about it, maybe the bus really doesn't run anymore. But there was a local woman sitting on a bench at the bus stop and she told us that there would be another bus. So we waited. And we waited about 45 minutes and the bus really arrived. All this time, taxi drivers periodically approached us. Then we got on the bus and drove to the bus station in Phuket Town. By the way in Thailand, the worst people are taxi drivers! This axiom was confirmed in many cities of Thailand.